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Foreign policy sage Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has returned from a fact-finding trip to Afghanistan and has a few thoughts he’d like to share on the House floor.

Those reports about an $80 billion Senate jobs package? Wrong, a Senate Democratic aide told TWI. The staffer indicated this afternoon that Democrats are

The reports this morning that President Obama intends to nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter suggest that, while not

Marc Morano, the communications guru for Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and his fellow Republicans on the Senate Environment Committee, passes along a piece of

Jeb Bush isn’t terribly happy with President Obama’s willingness to blame his brother George for his administration’s challenges: For months now, Jeb Bush has

Any sanctions would seek to curb Iran’s nuclear program.

Another thing that Noah Shachtman got into during his interview Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the military’s newest

Not long ago, a Marine colonel named Dale Alford who served in Afghanistan had some blunt criteria for how we’d know if U.S. troops were truly partnered with

Several House Democrats will introduce legislation next week to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law that bars the federal government from

Maybe it’s just me, but if I happened to find myself as, say, the head of a government-sponsored agency that buys mortgages from lenders and packages them into

GUANTANAMO BAY -- We’ve just been informed that the recess ordered by Col. Patrick Parrish, the military judge, to ensure Omar Khadr will be advised of his

U.S. Senate Republicans recently introduced a bill that would require a doctor to notify a minor’s parents, and wait four days, before providing an abortion .

The House and Senate have each passed versions of financial regulatory reform, and it will be up to a conference committee comprised of members of both bodies

The New York Times identifies the State Department official who urged Twitter to reschedule a site maintenance -- and risk disrupting the communications of

Citing a new report by the Congressional Budget Office that corn-based ethanol subsidies cost taxpayers more than $7 billion a year, Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

Dear Justice Dept, I know it’s been a while since we talked, but I felt compelled to reach out to you. I read a report this morning by Brian Ross, Anna

Daphne Eviatar is guest-blogging for Glenn Greenwald today. The following is cross-posted at Salon. If, as the latest reports indicate, Attorney General Eric

The sailing is suddenly much smoother for Leon Panetta’s reported nomination to head the CIA, as California senator and prior Panetta critic Diane Feinstein --

In another sign that the foreclosure crisis might have peaked, foreclosure filings declined 3 percent in May, RealtyTrac reported this morning. Florida, Nevada,