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But it’s important that they realize that they don’t have to be friends with the guys they replace the Democrats with, said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reforms. They get them to run on their issues. That’s how you avoid third party movements.

Deficits give Republicans the political cover to cut social programs they always hated anyway.

Ahead of the State of the Union, top aides contend Obama’s first-year task was to revitalize international support for America that waned during the Bush administration.

Environmentalists slammed Ken Buck, the Republican running for Senate in Colorado, today for Buck-pedaling on his stance on climate change, painting the

UPDATED at 11:58 p.m., with details on how to watch the speech live. Acknowledging that America’s current immigration system is broken, President Obama is

It was a tough morning for Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, summoned to Capitol Hill to testify on the decision-making surrounding the federal bailout of

According to a State Department spokesman, a new review currently underway within the department might result in controversial security company ArmorGroup North

D.C. snowpocalypse has closed government buildings for a second day -- for those not subject to this winter siege, we’re told to expect another 10 to 20 inches

I had some concerns that a recent Los Angeles Times op-ed from Richard Fontaine and John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security treated the fraudulent

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is reportedly preparing to introduce a bill extending the filing deadline for the next tier of unemployment benefits

In the wake of Dick Wadhams’ exit from GOP leadership , a shootout is erupting over the soul of the state Republican Party. Wadhams this week said he is done with the political sniping – particularly from Tea Party and 9-12 sectors – and is not seeking a third term as party chair.

Annie just noted that the national debt hit a (somewhat meaningless) milestone this week, topping $13 trillion yesterday. As a quick addendum, it’s worth

In the latest show of disapproval for Gov. Rick Perry’s prayer and fasting rally, the Houston Clergy Council (HCC) has penned a letter expressing its opposition

Following up on Matt’s nice post about the states tapping Obama for help with enormous budget shortfalls... Few are saying it out loud, but the issue has a

The last time we saw Larry Sinclair, an ex-con who won a strange sort of fame in 2008 for his wild and unsubstantiated allegations against Barack Obama, he was

Hey, this is going to come as a big shock, but it turns out that some Guantanamo Bay prisoners on trial for plotting Sept. 11 are actually claiming they’ve

The American Independent previously reported on a Dillard’s-sponsored Heroic Media fashion-show fundraiser scheduled for April 9, with an estimated attendance

In March, The American Independent was first to report that the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), had

The son of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) handily beat Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson (R) in the first quarter, raising $1.1 million to Grayson’s $600,000. As

The Hill reports that the American Association for Nude Recreation is coming to town next week to lobby Congress on nudism-related issues. The AANR will be

The rapid implosion of Rep. Eric Massa’s (D-N.Y.) career will end with his resignation from Congress on Monday, less than a week after he announced that he had