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President Obama just acknowledged that the government messed up in not passing along information intelligence agents had about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the

Jeff Biggers watched helplessly as the hollers of Eagle Creek, Illinois -- a corner of the Shawnee National Forest and his family’s home for roughly 200 years -- were blasted away.

With approval ratings in the 30s, GOP lawmakers hope to align themselves with the popular Obama administration, while criticizing the work of the Democratic Congress.

Billions of dollars of stimulus funds created in the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act remain in state coffers, Alec MacGillis reports at The

Brazen: Deputy Mayor Azizullah Yarmal walked into a mosque in central Kandahar, turned toward Mecca and began to pray to Allah. As he reached the point where

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Florida about $1.8 million to help the state sign up more children for health insurance.

An omnibus bill drafted by Legislative Republicans was greatly denounced Tuesday at a public hearing on the eve of the Iowa House’s debate on it. In a two-hour public hearing in the Iowa House chamber, representatives heard mostly pleas from individuals and groups who do not want to see cuts or reduced spending on education, tobacco use prevention and the Health and Human Services budget. The omnibus bill wraps several pieces of legislation into a two-year budget proposal

No. But the idea is out there. Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Texas) has proposed requiring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to verify that everyone receiving a home loan

In April, I wrote about J Street, the first-ever Jewish-led political organization dedicated to a building an American constituency for an immediate and just

Ben Smith, Nick Gillespie, and Byron York are writing up Gallup’s report that Vice President Joe Biden’s favorable ratings have fallen below the 50 percent

Some of Gov. Bill Richardson’s former campaign higher-ups were spotted in downtown Santa Fe by Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican — not planning another presidential run for the two-term New Mexico governor, but planning on how to push for an initiative to abolish the electoral college and elect a president by the national popular vote

Three environmental groups have filed suit in federal court against the U.S. Department of State and Department of the Interior to stop work on the Keystone XL pipeline before the project has received the approval of the federal government. The Center for Biological Diversity, Western Nebraska Resources Council and Friends of the Earth sued the State Department and U.S.

A bill introduced by U.S. Rep.

After a four-hour meeting of the Senate Budget panel on Monday, chairman J.D.

During a radio interview Thursday on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show, I was asked the question that’s popping up more and more these days, now that Obama has pledged

Testifying at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this morning, Attorney General Eric Holder promised to produce the evidence, withheld by the Department of

Two data points that are almost certainly connected. First: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a jetliner bound for

Fox News’ Iowa debate of Republican presidential hopefuls brought frequent clashes between Minnesota’s two candidates. Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty

Andrew Breitbart, who’s been absolutely unbowed by the James O’Keefe controversy -- quickly turning the story into one of media malpractice against

At least 9,000 people in 13 states were on AIDS Drug Assistance Program waiting lists on Aug. 4; more than 3,700 of them live in Florida. # The Drug