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Power, a journalist covering the Balkan wars of the 1990s, wrote the 2002 groundbreaking book on U.S. indifference to genocide, A Problem From Hell, before

Bloomberg takes a hard look at the lobbying fight over financial regulatory overhaul and concludes that despite last week’s passage of a financial regulatory

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan – This is by far the darkest FOB I’ve ever been on. By 7 p.m., it’s pitch black out here, and to leave a

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled today (pdf) that four British men who say they were tortured while imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay have no

The conference report to next fiscal year’s defense appropriations bill includes a provision long -- and I mean long -- sought by Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.): a

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative – a ten-state experiment in crafting a U.S. cap-and-trade program – will mark its one-year anniversary on Sept. 25.

This morning, the outplacement consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said that planned payroll cuts were 38,810 in May -- roughly the same level as

WATERTOWN, NY -- The walls of the small event hall were festooned with Don’t Tread On Me and Liberty or Death signs; supporters waved placards that read Save Our Country, Vote Hoffman and THANK YOU: John Rich, Fred Thompson, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck.

Earlier this year, even as state lawmakers debated a proposal to criminalize undercover operations at agriculture facilities, investigators from animal advocacy group Mercy for Animals were shooting hidden video at one of the nation’s largest hog operations. The video footage, as well as the abuse it alleges, were released Wednesday.

I ran into Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.), the fourth-ranking member of the House Republican leadership, before this morning’s Big Government press conference

Luke Rosiak has the scoop, reporting that the site cost five times more than the Democratic National Committee’s Website. In the months prior to the October 13

Democrats on Capitol Hill were all cheers when they passed first-of-its-kind credit card reform earlier in the year -- only to become publicly indignant when

Sen. Patrick Leahy’s comments on the possibility of an investigation into Bush torture policies offered legitimacy to a debate over how to handle the past.

WATERTOWN, N.Y. - Rallying support for Democratic congressional candidate Bill Owens before Tuesday’s special election in NY-23, Vice President Joe Biden today

Now that Newt Gingrich is expected to form a presidential exploratory committee (though he will not be announcing an official presidential bid when he goes

Pic by stu_spivack, via Flickr The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity reports that the state’s unemployment rate for the month of September dipped slightly to 10.6 percent, still well above the 9.1 percent national rate. Florida saw job growth in the accommodation and food service sector, which workers say features low pay and unhealthy working conditions. A report on the “State of Working Florida 2011″ recently issued by the Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy (aka RISEP) at Florida International University indicates job growth has been concentrated in “lower wage industries,” including accommodation and food services. Today’s Department of Economic Opportunity report (.pdf) shows that the accommodation and food service industries added 7,500 jobs over the last month

Rep. Michele Bachmann is one of 81 cosponsors of a House resolution that would condemn President Obama for his decision to discontinue the federal government’s defense of the Defense of Marriage Act

The Americans for Prosperity Foundation launched a new higher education reform initiative, “Rock the Ivory Tower,” aimed at making college education

One day after longtime Democratic Rep. David Obey made his surprise retirement announcement, the National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting

In the Texas gubernatorial race, a new Rasmussen Reports survey of Texas Republicans finds Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) falling slightly behind Sen. Kay Bailey

For all this talk of strategic reevaluation of the Afghanistan war, The Washington Times puts forward a possibility that few have considered: If you support

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