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The New York Times reports that President Obama is considering sending a far smaller number of additional troops to Afghanistan than previously

Yesterday, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) told reporters he hopes to hold a special election to replace Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) in November, rather than

Update, 10:50 a.m. EST: This post now includes a witness list for the hearing. The U.S. House Subcommittee on the Constitution is scheduled to hold a hearing

From Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton’s remarks at the unveiling of the State Department portrait of her predecessor, Colin Powell: Colin Powell served as

Congressional leaders from all walks are joining President Obama in berating AIG for doling out millions in bonuses after accepting $170 billion in federal

A sign of the times: I just got an email pointing me to this post, sent by an aide to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman.

Four thousand Americans died to empower this torturer. From a brilliant Washington Post piece: What Zobaie wants is for the U.S. military to hand over full

It was a full six days ago that Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) went after the stimulus package for not allowing money to spent renovating a sectarian instruction,

Pic by micahb37, via Flickr A court ordered a temporary halt to Florida’s controversial new law requiring welfare recipients to submit to a drug test before receiving benefits yesterday. In its decision, the court also dismissed a report by a newly formed conservative think tank, which the state had cited as part of its defense of the law

Florida Security Council Director Tom Trento (Pic via Facebook) The United West, an anti-islamic organization, will host an event in Tallahassee on the first day of Florida’s 2012 legisltative session to honor members of the U.S. military who served in Iraq

President Obama has said he will go after wasteful Pentagon contracts; defense lobbyists prepare to battle.

More in our ongoing coverage of J Street’s efforts to build a better American Zionist movement. Earlier this month, J Street endorsed a Washington Democrat

Public News Service called up TWI’s own Jesse Zwick to hear more about the financial support the Knights of Columbus are giving the National Organization for

Florida Congressman Vern Buchanan is no stranger to controversy, but Sam Kazran, a former business partner now currently enmeshed in a campaign finance controversy with the lawmaker, is. A recent interview with Kazran, along with a 2009 sworn deposition he made to the Federal Election Commission that he gave to The Florida Independent offer much greater detail about allegations of financial violations during Buchanan’s 2006 and 2008 campaigns

So reports Roll Call, which cites several anonymous sources claiming that the Obama administration is drafting an alternative to the congressional bills in the

While the Salt Lake City Republican Party responded to the arrest of James O’Keefe by canceling his scheduled speech at an upcoming fundraiser, the embattled

The Washington Independent hereby calls for Spanish Intelligence officers to investigate our contribution to any financial crisis Spain might have in the future, too.

Gov. Rick Perry has added voter photo ID and amending the U.S. Constitution to mandate a balanced federal budget to the list of emergency items for the 2011

The White House is pushing back against a series of draft staff reports released yesterday by the national oil spill commission. As I noted in my story