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The Obama administration has cleared 75 of the remaining 223 Guantanamo prisoners for release as it attempts to move toward closing the detention camp by

While Gov. Rick Perry’s push for legislation banning sanctuary cities won him a cool reception from Texas Latino leaders last month, the bill’s failure has

State legislators introduced 1,592 immigration-related bills and resolutions in the first half of 2011, according to a new report from the National Conference

DETROIT -- Among the McCain traveling press, the hot topic of conversation the last few days has been the senator’s recent elusiveness. McCain had not taken

Following on Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair’s star-crossed testimony in the Senate yesterday about Northwest Airlines Flight 253 -- which the

The Obama administration’s plans are running smack into an industry buzz saw that they might not escape.

Andrea Mitchell went on MSNBC’s ’Morning Joe’ yesterday and made a claim that freaked out former Rep. Tom Andrews (R-Me.). Her sources, she said, had discovered

Via Justin Elliott, Greg Sargent and Tim Fernholz, the aforementioned Republican members of Congress are incensed that the Council on American-Islamic

Chadi Moussa is a man in trouble, The New York Times reports today. He is unable to afford the mortgage on his $2.24 California mansion - and yet ineligible for

It’s very hard to have a debate with someone when your underlying assumptions are radically different. Inevitably, things will get pretty heated. That’s what

Steve Rosen, who’s trying to derail Ambassador Chas Freeman’s chairmanship of the National Intelligence Council, says this about M.J. Rosenberg from the Israel

In a big win for the pharmaceutical industry, the Senate on Tuesday killed legislation that would have made it easier for Americans to buy their prescription

The discrepancies in the Senate’s version of the stimulus package leaves housing advocates fuming.

CINCINNATI, Ohio -- As we noted previously, Sen. John McCain took a pretty harsh position on whether gays should be allowed to adopt children in a recent

At the Huffington Post, Ryan Grim reports that Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) has capitulated and decided to vote for financial regulatory reform legislation.

President Obama is expected to sign an executive order Monday ending the controversial ban on increased federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, The

This morning as I tried to draw up plays for the anemic Bengals offense -- the worst since Coach Marvin Lewis offered a glimmer of hope when he took over six

I’ve been writing a lot about this lately, but there are just so many interesting facets to the trials and tribulations of Sen. John McCain as he tries to court

Four Democratic senators are calling on BP to suspend all drilling operations in Libya so the State Department can conduct an investigation into allegations

The youthful Republican and ex-Speaker of Florida’s House of Representatives is pushing back against unsourced rumors that he’ll drop out of the 2010 U.S.

This is the best political ad of the decade, in retrospect.

You’ve probably heard by now that the five alleged plotters of the 9/11 terrorist attacks have not only admitted to the deed once again, but cackled and boasted