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The Supreme Court just announced that it will hear the case of the Chinese Muslim Uighurs -- detainees at Guantanamo Bay cleared for release but still in prison

Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) might be making enemies in the White House over his stimulus stance, but he’s winning over key conservatives.

Could it be fatigue, stonewalling or just symptom of a lame-duck administration that White House press secretary Dana Perino -- usually well versed in the

In Alabama, it’s not enough that the United States has filed suit to stop the nation’s strictest immigration law from going into effect, 16 other nations

The New York Times comes down hard today on the Bush Administration and the Treasury Department for failing to move forward with a plan to help modify the

Eli Lake at The Washington Times has the exclusive: President Obama’s choice to run the Justice Department has assured senior Republican senators that he won’t

Strange as it sounds, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was a strong proponent of President Obama’s decision to reverse course and argue in court that

The Ryan White program , named after a teenager who died of AIDS, is celebrating 21 years of existence while the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, one of its most important components, faces an ongoing funding crisis. # “ Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13

Because you just can’t make this stuff up: Tea Party darling and will-she-or-won’t-she presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann is pals with anti-gay crusader and hair-metal-music DJ talk show host Bradlee Dean.

Iowa’s jobless rate fell to 6 percent in September from 6.1 percent in August, but the number of working Iowans is down and so is the level of nonfarm employment. The state continues to do significantly better than the nation as a whole, which had an unemployment rate of 9.1 percent in September, said Teresa Wahlert, director of Iowa Workforce Development. Teresa Wahlert “However, we recognize that 100,000 Iowans are still unemployed and the department continually works to connect unemployed workers with current opportunities throughout the state,” she said.

Yesterday, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee made headlines when, during an appearance on right-wing radio host Steve Malzberg’s show, he erroneously cited

After a one-week reprieve, the Department of Labor reports that new unemployment claims jumped back up above 400,000 again this week, ending at 408,000. That’s 9,000 more than last week, but the four-week average dropped by 3,500 to 402,500

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Even when Gov. Sarah Palin had few facts, she could still win over a crowd.

A later version of the Associated Press story I cited on joint NATO-Russia missile defense has this reaction from Russia’s emissary to NATO: Since 2003, NATO

The grassroots component of the anti-stimulus, anti-spending conservative tea parties has always been endangered by the grasping need of established

Pledging that he will not be a distraction, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination for secretary of health and human services,

So much for stimulus. Just before the July 4 congressional recess, the House passed a massive piece of legislation: a war-funding bill with billions in

Another day, another damning federal report regarding the ease with which potential criminals can purchase guns in America. Just days after issuing findings

Four thousand Americans died to empower this torturer. From a brilliant Washington Post piece: What Zobaie wants is for the U.S. military to hand over full

Brooke Obie documents a paranoia that had escaped my attention up to now -- the worry that the Obama administration was altering the Missile Defense Agency’s