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FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan -– Demonstrating the unconventional approach taken by the Human Terrain Team, the team recently interviewed 25

The incredibly successful, punchy conservative messaging firm -- one year ago, it was dumping negative ads into the NY-20 special election -- is back with an

Over at The Huffington Post, Sam Stein has a piece on something kind-of-but-not-totally-similar to a piece I’m working on: progressive-Jewish reactions to Gaza.

Today at the Heritage Foundation, legal experts debated the merits of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision -- with Justice Anthony Kennedy joining the liberal wing

In the wake of the arrest of two Americans , U.S.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is trying to come with a new system that would make it harder for illegal immigrants to fake legal working status,

I’m a little late, but the Republican Governors Association (RGA) was the beneficiary of some big time contributions the other month -- one from News Corp., the

When Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) Friday called Wall Street executives idiots for using taxpayer money to pay out $18 billion in bonuses, then proposed that

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today defended Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s restriction of military recruiters’ access at Harvard Law School

DES MOINES — As the Ames Straw Poll hovers on the proverbial horizon and the eyes of the nation turn to Iowa, members of the religious right want to make sure their voices are the loudest come Saturday. The “ Values Voter Bus Tour ,” a coalition comprised of state and national religious conservative organizations, including National Organization for Marriage and The Family Leader , will hit 22 Iowa cities before the Ames Straw Poll, advancing their agenda that entails support of traditional marriage and anti-abortion initiatives. Many within the group also spoke out adamantly Tuesday about state supreme courts overstepping constitutional bounds.

Paul Rolly reports on Sarah Palin’s trip to Utah, who burned hairdresser Rhonda Halliday by not paying for all of her services. Halliday was the last one out

A battle is brewing over a plan to rein in medical spending by weeding out ineffective treatments.

Obama ran on a platform to enact the most sweeping health care overhaul in decades, and much of his focus in his inaugural year has been just that. Although

Colorado lawmakers staring down an historic recession budget deficit last year passed legislation requiring Amazon.com to finally begin collecting sales taxes in the state. It didn’t go so well. Amazon is still doing business here tax free.

The outrage over AIG bonuses is dying down, but it is only being replaced by a blame game. According to critics, President Obama went too far in his populist

Voters around the state, from Anchorage shopkeepers to political insiders, say Sarah Palin has been re-branded, both in message and style, for the national arena. What has the McCain campaign wrought?