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This week’s report that the S&P index has cut its outlook on America’s credit future from “stable” to “negative” was clouded by questions of the

The Israeli air attacks on targets in Gaza are continuing for a sixth day after the Israeli government rejected a proposed ceasefire Wednesday, but pledged to

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WATERTOWN, N.Y. -- The final Siena poll (pdf) of the NY-23 special election is out, and while it finds Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman leading

The Obama campaign just rolled out a new YouTube video with Natalie Portman rallying young Americans. But she’s not asking them to vote for Obama. Instead,

Rep. Dan Benishek (R-Crystal Falls) campaigned on cutting federal spending

It seems all those deficit hawks have the country spooked. A new Gallup poll says that terrorism and the national debt now rank evenly -- above health care

Boycotts protesting Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law could affect the state’s tourism industry for years, with contracts for future conventions falling through

Congressman Ed Perlmutter yesterday told House Republicans to back off efforts to reorganize Medicare. He said Medicare has helped millions of older Americans and is not the reason the the country is running a deficit. “Americans know Medicare didn’t get us into this financial pickle, yet the Republicans in Congress want to pick on Medicare because they’ve never liked the program

Five House lawmakers sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today calling for the Obama administration to push for the establishment at climate

Given that it is housing day in Washington, with a major conference on the future of housing finance at Treasury, it is worth taking a look at ProPublica’s

Science educators in certain U.S. states operate a bit like dissidents in the old Soviet bloc. They have to pick their battles as they walk the fine line

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The notion of a "nuclear renaissance" was raised this week at a congressional hearing about whether the United States should take other countries’

The senior senator from Texas is set for an 11 a.m. announcement on whether or not she’ll retire from the Senate, setting up what, for now, would be a

Apropos of this insightful Marc Ambinder post on the push to equate Trent Lott’s 2002 gaffe with Harry Reid’s current flap, here is the entirety of the new

Though Leon Panetta is inexperienced, his political ties to President-elect Barack Obama could keep the agency relevant.