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During an Apr. 11 press conference and in public remarks in Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. Rep

Today, almost five months after the start of fiscal year 2009, House Democrats introduced an enormous spending package to fund much of the federal government in

Interesting luncheon at the White House today. A host of Afghan cabinet officials dropped by to brief the Obama administration’s Af-Pak strategy review. For

As the ideologically charged debate revs up over the qualifications of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama’s newly announced pick to replace David

Ingham County Register of Deeds Curtis Hertel, Jr.

Later today, President Obama is scheduled to give a speech at Camp Lejeune, N.C., announcing his troop drawdown plan. Basically, it’s a fixed timetable for

Two weeks ago, the Obama administration raised fuel efficiency standards by an average of two miles per gallon -- a modest change that disappointed some

PITTSBURGH - At a RightOnline panel on Blogging 101, PoliticsDaily writer Matt Lewis showed a video of a health care meeting held by Rep. Lloyd Doggett

Republicans have been trumpeting polls indicating that most Americans oppose the Democrats’ proposals to reform the country’s dysfunctional health care system.

So says The Associated Press, reporting this afternoon that the absence of an estimated cost from the Congressional Budget Office means that the Senate Finance

Florida right-wing groups are up in arms over a 19-year-old initiative launched by the United Nations in an effort to promote sustainable development in communities all over the world.

The Economic Policy Institute has posted a new study of the average duration of unemployment by state. The report shows that workers wait longest for jobs in

Ohio voters in 2009 approved by an overwhelming margin a ballot measure that allowed the state to borrow and spend $200 million on bonuses to Buckeye State

New Mexico’s congressional delegation split on the debt ceiling deal that passed the House by a 269-161 vote Monday, with most Republicans and half of Democrats voting for the bill. Democratic Albuquerque Rep

There is nothing, at this point, that will surprise me about the McCain campaign. Apparently, Sen. John McCain hired the same firm that carried out a vicious

More on Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) offer to trade the White House a Guantanamo Bay closure for a military commission for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. On ’Face

The economic downturn has meant cutting back one prestige product and trimming some minor costs and low-level staff. Several long-time scholars have left for more complicated reasons.

Building on yesterday’s question of how precisely Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s Afghanistan strategy is synchronized, take a look at Brandon Friedman’s post at