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Two separate votes. Two high-profile legislative reforms, wrapped together, are on their way to the White House for a signature. The first installs sweeping

Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy, one of the Obama administration’s most influential officials shaping Afghanistan-Pakistan policy, will

Kenneth Feinberg will take over BP’s claims process for victims of the Gulf oil spill on Aug. 23. As that date fast approaches, Feinberg is rounding out his

People who have struck out looking for jobs, like Michele Walker of Pennsylvania, are dropped from the nation’s labor force, even if they desperately want work.

Another principle most participants in the Future of Housing Finance Treasury Department conference agreed on: The country needs more, better rental housing.

In January, I previewed the Winter Soldier conference sponsored by Iraq Veterans Against the War. Winter Soldier is an investigation into eyewitness accounts

Citizens for Ethics in Washington filed an IRS complaint against former Sen. Norm Coleman’s American Action Network Tuesday alleging that the group violated its 501(c)4 status by working to elect Republicans

Last week, TWI’s video team brought you 90 seconds of insight into the 2010 campaign season. If you’re ready for more, check out, below the jump, this more

This morning, Democratic leaders will join White House officials to release a report outlining the economic case for enacting health care reform ASAP. In

People living on the dioxin contaminated area should not worry about absorbing the cancer-causing chemical from their surroundings, a Dow Chemical-funded report said last week. Since 2003 the University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study has received funding from Dow to study dioxin exposure among people who live in areas contaminated by the company’s Midland plant.

From the White House, readouts of President Obama’s communications with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari about the

While reporters hooted at the comically simplistic charts and lack of details in the House Republican leadership’s budget plan, the green eyeshade types at

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke drew some headlines Tuesday when he said in a speech that it’s time to overhaul the nation’s financial regulatory system,

During the two-week debate over health care reform in the Senate Finance Committee, it was a Republican -- Sen. Jon Kyl (Ariz.) -- who pushed back most vocally

Immigrant-rights groups are up in arms after a retired U.S. Navy chief Geoff Ross filed a complaint with Immigration and Customs Enforcement alleging that GOP state Sens. Anitere Flores and J.D. Alexander “engaged in dialogue” with “suspected illegal aliens” — actually, immigrant activists — and did not report them to authorities.

I’ve reported twice now (here and here) on the issue of Gulf oil spill victims being told their claims have been expedited, or escalated, only to wait days

I just talked with Steve Moore, the Club for Growth founder and current editorial page writer for The Wall Street Journal, to get a sense of how dedicated free

Changing how campaigns are financed could change the system, advocates say.

Perhaps emboldened by a rare victory over the gun lobby last week, a group of liberal senators introduced legislation Wednesday to prevent people convicted of

Florida’s unemployment rate remained flat last month as the national economy hit what state economist Rebecca Rust called a “soft spot” brought on by rising gas prices and natural disasters. # Employment rates actually fell across the state, but the statistical measure of unemployment remained unchanged due to seasonal adjustments, which are intend to allow number crunchers to get a read on economic trends that aren’t obscured by events that typically happen in June, such as layoffs in education and agriculture. # Gov.