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Republicans put some effort into painting presidential candidate Barack Obama as an insufficient friend of American soldiers, with Exhibit A being his decision

The repeal of don’t ask, don’t tell, the U.S. military’s policy of banning openly gay servicemembers, was signed into law late last year. Nevertheless, Rep.

Congress has until Friday at midnight to pass 12 appropriations bills for fiscal year 2012, as well as stopgap spending legislation to keep the government

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Joseph Farah, who’s edited the conservative WorldNetDaily.com since its founding in 1997, is swinging back at an ad hoc campaign led by conservative blogger Jon

Four Senate Democrats have called for EPA administrator Stephen Johnson to resign. Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer

Christina Romer, leaving her position as the head of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers this week, gave a flash response to the jobs report released

Starting tomorrow, members of Service Employees International Union are protesting the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a two-day prayer vigil

Finding that Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdulrahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco was no longer part of the Taliban or al-Qaeda after he was imprisoned and tortured by the

Governor Lincoln Chaffee of Rhode Island and Governor Christine Gregoire of Washington have petitioned the federal government to change the schedule of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, a move they claim will remove the conflict between federal drug laws and state laws that allow the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries. Colorado will file its own request before the end of the year. Shortly after filing the petition, Governor Peter Shumlin of Vermont signed on as well.

A new report commissioned by the Center for American Progress finds that oil industry contracts with universities to conduct energy research may not adequately

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan told Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) this afternoon that she believes the death penalty is now settled law and that she has

President Obama will meet with pro-immigration reform Democrats -- Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Reps. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) and Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) --

The U.S. Department of Labor’s latest weekly unemployment report shows another sizable decrease in the number of new unemployment claims, down to 368,000. In the week ending Feb

ABC News reports that the task force President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder empaneled to decide the venue for charging each remaining Guantanamo Bay

Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is perhaps the barometric view here. Mullen said the heads of the military services did not yet

Following this morning’s White House jobs meeting with congressional leaders from both parties, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) issued a

This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that initial jobless claims fell by the largest amount in two months. Still, they remain high -- at

Spencer sends over a short video clip revealing that Sen. Saxby Chambliss probably needs some rest. Facing a runoff election in a few weeks -- and recently

Arizona wrapped its 50th legislative session this week, with both Republican-controlled chambers passing several pieces of legislation that will likely impact