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It’s the 30th anniversary of the Iranian revolutionary capture of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. But instead of the typical anti-American protests, the Iranian

Following up on this morning’s post about Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) calling for a hearing on 44 czars, I asked McHenry’s spokesman Brock McCleary where

After weeks of Congressional wrangling over raising the debt ceiling, U.S. Rep. Ron Paulthrew a wet rag on celebrations by his Republican colleagues, with a

A roundup of the top immigration stories of the week: - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that defendants in criminal cases are entitled to

Bill Pascoe, who worked for both of the luckless Republicans who ran against Barack Obama in the 2004 Illinois U.S. Senate race, tells his party to distance

The Republican Party makes history, but grumbles.

Shortly after Politico reported on an internal Democratic memo telling members to spin away the looming cost of a doc fix, Republicans began pointing

This part of RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s press release On Democrat Withdrawals From 2010 Elections has all the hallmarks of news cycle giddiness. The

A powerful story from The Washington Post: a leading State Department foreign-service officer official in Afghanistan’s Zabul province has resigned in protest

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asked Gen. McChrystal about the size of the Taliban; McChrystal answered: Our estimate is 24,000 and 27,000 full-time fighters,

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That didn’t take long. Found in today’s New York Times: “It is unfair to discriminate against over 150 million people because of the behavior of one

The so-called back door draft is over. From a just-released Pentagon announcement: The Department of Defense announced today a comprehensive plan to

With a steady stream of research pointing to the value of early education instruction and funding, the Department of Education announced today the creation of a

Ada Fisher, one of only three black members of the Republican National Committee, is asking Michael Steele to step down as RNC chairman. In an e-mail to fellow

According to the “End of Session” report from the Florida House of Representatives released this week, Florida’s Healthy Start Coalitions lost $5.2 million dollars in state funding this year. Local Healthy Start coalitions provide high-quality prenatal care services for at-risk mothers and health care services for children in their communities

Colorado U.S. Senator Mark Udall is leading the fight for equal rights for gay Americans on Capitol Hill and on the video internet