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Josh Rogin at Foreign Policy thinks he sees light at the end of the Obama administration’s strategy and resource review tunnel: Reliable sources tell The Cable

The American Independent’s sister site The Iowa Independent has launched a new politics wiki, Factbook, focusing on the 2012 presidential campaign and the

The National Organization for Women nominates David Letterman for a slot in its Hall of Shame for his joke about the governor of Alaska’s daughter getting

As TWI’s Mary Kane has demonstrated in previous reporting, when a bank forecloses on a delinquent mortgage and evicts the homeowner, it can often be

Planned Parenthood has sent a petition to Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration, warning that a provision in the state’s Medicaid overhaul plan that allows providers to not offer family planning services “due to an objection on moral or religious grounds” could restrict access to a federally required service. # During this past legislative session, state legislators included the opt-out provision in its Medicaid plan at the request of Catholic Services

CHICAGO -- When it comes to politics in Chicago, Rev. Jeremiah A.Wright Jr. is a big fish in his small pond. His parishioners at Trinity Church of Christ

Debate becomes more urgent over what the incoming Obama administration should do about Bush officials who implemented a policy of torture.

If there has been a single thread that has connected the previous 11 editions of The Iowa Independent’s Power Rankings, it has been an overall feeling of discontent among Republicans as activists in the state search for someone who represents their views and that they believe also stands a good chance of unseating Democratic incumbent Barack Obama. With the Ames Straw Poll a memory and, thanks in part to a timed entry by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, showing very little bounce for the top two finishers, our panelists seem more intent on the political end game and which candidate has the mixture of organization, charisma and “that special something” to take the race all the way to the finish line

While the coal industry lobby in Washington seeks to rebrand its product as “clean,” and the fate of climate change legislation in Congress remains

It was no surprise when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) came out a few hours ago in enthusiastic support of President Obama’s Afghanistan policy.

The rhetoric on earmarks and pork barrel spending keeps paying dividends for conservative advocacy groups looking to undermine House Democrats in swing

John McCain, Palin aides assert, has no idea of the location of the Tlingit Indian reservation, nor any idea how, when or why the Eagle Dance is performed.

Senate aides, in a background briefing today, laid out a number of the provisions that will be included in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) energy

Gary Bauer, the religious conservative leader who was undersecretary of Education under President Reagan, and who now runs American Values, tells supporters in

Appearing on Fox News yesterday, Rep. Dave Camp (Mich.), senior Republican on the House Ways & Means Committee, reiterated an oft-mentioned, but also

It may be too soon to draw comparisons between the Vermilion 380 oil rig explosion and the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion. The Associated Press has a helpful

The Project on Government Oversight today sent a stark warning to Congress: Don’t let the commercials paid for by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

It’s eerie and uncomfortable and inappropriate that there isn’t much notice that six years ago today, the United States invaded Iraq. Maybe that’s natural now

Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), the chairman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, just released this statement blasting recent Republican accusations

<p>Here’s an interesting detail from The New Republic that helps explain why the Times went with the McCain story when it did. As

If the banks have to be regulated, they’re going to charge you more fees. And, if history is any guide, they’ll charge you those fees even if they aren’t.

File this in the things-you-knew-were-true-but-wanted-confirmed file: House Republicans want former Vice President Dick Cheney to stop snarling his way into the