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Today marks the deadline for Capitol Hill lawmakers to file their third-quarter campaign finance disclosures with the Federal Election Commission, but don’t

After announcing that he would not mount a campaign against Sen. Debbie Stabenow earlier this year, former U.S.

Recent polls sponsored by the Club for Growth and the Minuteman PAC, which show Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman surging into the lead in the three-way

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota (Pic via Facebook) Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has released its annual report on the “most corrupt” members of Congress

A report by Physicians for Human Rights released on Monday claims that U.S. physicians and psychologists betrayed ethical standards by collecting data on

The Anti-Defamation League is out with a statement shaming Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives for bringing Nazi and Hitler comparisons into the debate on

In his first public remarks after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253, President Obama reiterated a number of expected

Presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., made the typical campaign stop today for any aspiring office-holder looking to court Cubans in Miami: Versailles Restaurant.

A marijuana plant (Pic by LancerenoK, via Fotopedia) State Rep. Jeff Clemens , D-Lake Worth, filed a joint resolution last week that would allow Floridians to vote on whether they want to legalize medical marijuana in the state during the 2012 election

Somehow I missed the forest of President Obama’s Iraq visit for the trees. Peter Juul corrects: At the end of his European trip yesterday, President Barack

Excellent rundown from James Besser in the Jewish Week about the coterie of Christian and Jewish peace-process rejectionists ready to support Benjamin

In a recession, can President Obama make the case for immigration?

Last night, the U.S. Senate attempted to move on the House’s version of a war-funding bill, providing much-needed funds to the Pentagon for Afghanistan and Iraq

Under the auspices of the Center for Victims of Torture, two former officials have compiled a list of questions to set expectations for the Obama

Peter Orszag’s New York Times opinion piece has set off a flurry of discussion about whether to extend tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans and how the

Earlier today, we previewed an effort by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) to require insurance companies to dedicate a minimum share of premium revenues to health

American Future Fund — a nonprofit with numerous ties to Gov.-elect Terry Branstad and based out of a P.O. Box in Des Moines — spent $9,599,806 in 2010, ranking 7th nationally in spending by outside political organizations , according to research by the Center for Responsive Politics. Because the group is registered as a 501(c)4 nonprofit, it is not regulated by the Federal Elections Commission or the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board

During the holiday season, we are reminded to spare a thought for the less fortunate among us. In that spirit of empathy, here are the ten least successful politicians of 2009.

Larry Summers, the head of the National Economic Council and an adviser to President Barack Obama, is stepping down at the end of the year. Here is the full