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Camille Paglia, the lone Salon.com columnist who can count on her ramblings getting regular links from The Drudge Report, appeared on NPR’s On Point yesterday

Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn confirmed Monday Republican National Commitee chair and co-chair Reince Priebus and Sharon Day will be in Ames Thursday to attend the presidential debate prior to Saturday’s straw poll . Additionally, 22 RNC members will attend the Straw Poll, Iowa GOP officials confirmed

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

Following up on yesterday’s post concerning how Sen John McCain’s transition-team chief had ties to Saddam Hussein (!), a McCain spokesman named Ben Porritt

LANSING — HIV advocates and legal experts say the state’s local health departments and the Michigan Department of Community Health are using documents which exaggerate the risks of HIV transmission and misstate what Michigan law requires. At issue are documents called “client acknowledgment forms” that are meant to explain to newly diagnosed HIV-positive people Michigan’s disclosure law. But experts say those forms go beyond that stated purpose and distort the legal requirements on HIV-positive people

Sen. Barack Obama is ending this campaign just like he started it -- as the coolest guy in the room. Obama’s calm vibe is a recurring theme in campaign

Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain will make a joint appearance at Ground Zero on Thursday, to commemorate the anniversary of Sept. 11. We will put aside

Sen. Barack Obama had a quiet arrival in Hawaii to visit his ailing grandmother. His wife, Michelle, and running mate Sen. Joe Biden continue to campaign

Earlier today, Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio weighed in via Twitter on fellow anti-illegal immigration crusader Lou Dobbs’ announcement that he was

Marc Ambinder, Eli Lake and the tag team of Carol E. Lee and Laura Rozen all report on John Brennan’s compromised role directing the Obama administration’s

U.S. Congressman Hansen Clarke (D-Detroit) says the draft legislation being floated by California Rep.

Via Kevin Drum, the Toronto Star reports that Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen captured in 2002 by U.S. officials and sent to Syria for a year’s worth of torture,

So the Justice Department got most of what it wanted here. Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled this morning that the CIA will have until August 24 to release a

From the White House press secretary... As the people of Haiti observe a national day of mourning to remember those lost in the catastrophic earthquake one

KABUL – A friend of mine who’s been to Afghanistan warned me several times against flying on Ariana, the national airline. Apparently she’s traveled with a

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 presidential hopes of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) received a third nod from the ranks of the Iowa Senate.

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