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Adele Stan’s write-up of Tuesday’s Code Red protests on Capitol Hill includes a journey into the office of Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), a surprise guest at

Though congressional lawmakers avoided a federal government shutdown by agreeing to a short-term funding extension late Friday and early Saturday, there’s still

GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) Mark Boykin, senior pastor at Church of All Nations in Boca Raton, is calling on GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain to retract his comments “calling for an electrified fence on the country’s border with Mexico that could kill people trying to enter the country illegally.” A press release issued by Boykin adds: It is appalling that in this day and age politicians resort to incendiary and cruel comments to pander to voters.

The Obama campaign’s viral organizing took a hit today -- from NBC News. Obama’s web team whipped up a frenzy this week with an edgy YouTube video imagining

As Congress moves to reform punitive fees and penalties levied on cardholders who miss payments or exceed their credit limits, credit card issuers are

The Swat valley in Pakistan might actually be the center of the war on terrorism. Nestled in the Northwest Frontier Province, Swat is home to the psychotic

Reuters reports today that the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating BP for potential insider trading following the oil spill, though few details

In a surprise development, the CIA just announced that longtime and well-respected Deputy Director Steve Kappes will retire from the agency in May. Kappes was

China threatens to dump U.S. Treasuries over arms sales to Taiwan. One day it will probably realize that always crying Wolf! means eventually people stop paying attention.

Secretary Janet Napolitano and other officials from the Department of Homeland Security testified today on the growing threat of homegrown terrorists and

Wikileaks obtained and published (PDF) a CIA Red Cell analysis -- that’s what the agency presents either to counter received wisdom or to be deliberately

Bloomberg News reports that despite the continued effects of the recession felt by many Americans (unemployment levels, for example, still hover near 9

I’ve confirmed with Pakistan’s Washington embassy that Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, the chief of staff of the Pakistani Army, will arrive in D.C. early next week.

The unemployment numbers spell trouble for Dems in the midterms. DeMint dismisses Cornyn’s big tent strategy. And in response to assurances on Honduras,

With about six weeks to go until Gov. Rick Perry’s prayer and fasting event in Houston, a growing handful of Republican governors are saying they won’t be

Last year several Senate Republicans supported the cap and trade idea, but are now shying from President Obama’s push.

Lawrence B. Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, writes in The Washington Note about the utter incompetence of the battlefield

Via Matt Welch at Reason, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has proposed an amendment to the jobs bill requiring that recipients of unemployment insurance or welfare

The election of Barack Obama and the increased push for energy independence have helped Congress make strides toward passing comprehensive climate change