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Having officially announced his Presidential bid, former Minnesota gov. Tim Pawlenty is already making campaign stops – first in Iowa, and later in Florida.

The New York Times reports that President Obama is considering sending a far smaller number of additional troops to Afghanistan than previously

Yesterday, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) told reporters he hopes to hold a special election to replace Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) in November, rather than

Update, 10:50 a.m. EST: This post now includes a witness list for the hearing. The U.S. House Subcommittee on the Constitution is scheduled to hold a hearing

From Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton’s remarks at the unveiling of the State Department portrait of her predecessor, Colin Powell: Colin Powell served as

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

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) is the second Republican senator to propose an amendment that would scrap the entire stimulus and replace it with tax cuts. Via Marc

American Federation for Children is creating a new media affairs position in Louisiana, signaling a redoubling of efforts by the school voucher group in the

Texas A&M University System Chancellor Mike McKinney is stepping down effective July 1, 2011. McKinney announced the move in a letter to faculty: Many

The Democrats’ ginormous $787 billion stimulus bill passed the House this afternoon, without a lick of Republican support. The count was 246 to 183, with seven

President Obama has said he will go after wasteful Pentagon contracts; defense lobbyists prepare to battle.

More in our ongoing coverage of J Street’s efforts to build a better American Zionist movement. Earlier this month, J Street endorsed a Washington Democrat

Public News Service called up TWI’s own Jesse Zwick to hear more about the financial support the Knights of Columbus are giving the National Organization for

Florida Congressman Vern Buchanan is no stranger to controversy, but Sam Kazran, a former business partner now currently enmeshed in a campaign finance controversy with the lawmaker, is. A recent interview with Kazran, along with a 2009 sworn deposition he made to the Federal Election Commission that he gave to The Florida Independent offer much greater detail about allegations of financial violations during Buchanan’s 2006 and 2008 campaigns

So reports Roll Call, which cites several anonymous sources claiming that the Obama administration is drafting an alternative to the congressional bills in the

While the Salt Lake City Republican Party responded to the arrest of James O’Keefe by canceling his scheduled speech at an upcoming fundraiser, the embattled

The Washington Independent hereby calls for Spanish Intelligence officers to investigate our contribution to any financial crisis Spain might have in the future, too.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement data received through a Freedom of Information Act request shows that Secure Communities , a federal immigration enforcement program, detains and deports people who are not criminals. # In a press release issued last week, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network indicates that: # “Nationally, 1 in 4 people deported under S-Comm haven’t been convicted of any crime

Today, following a meeting of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB), President Obama is to announce a new jobs program aimed at training

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan – Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser is the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in the eastern sector of Afghanistan, known as RC-East.