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Notwithstanding my own analysis of President Obama’s statement today on the failed underpants bombing, Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, just

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) announces the hiring of Megan Whittemore as deputy press security for the minority whip’s office. Her background, from the

Danny Tarkanian, one of the GOP challengers who’s leading Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in the polls, has put together a web video that remembers Ronald Reagan’s

While Rick Perry seems to take it in the shorts from both the right and the left on any given day, he has quickly become one of the frontrunners for the GOP nomination for president. If he makes it, he will have one group to thank as much as any other–Latino voters.

One day after the Department of Homeland Security announced record-high deportations of illegal immigrants, ColorLines has a good story about some of the

Third-party candidates face dizzyingly steep odds of ever claiming the presidency, which accounts in part for all the criticism that was unleashed on Thomas

Today, J.P. Morgan Chase revealed that it made a third-quarter profit of $4.4 billion, despite dwindling revenues. The bank set aside far less money -- $6.6

Yesterday we ran a post raising a red flag on Rep. Tom Davis’s (R-Va.) claim that his new, seven-figure consulting gig is not representative of the revolving

Here are two coinciding stories that indicate just how far removed public opinion is from economic reality. (1) The Democrats’ $787 billion economic stimulus

Florida resident and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will act as keynote speaker for the controversial anti-abortion group Heroic Media at a Feb.

Yesterday, speaking on the House floor, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) suggested an offensive, if creative, form of welfare reform. Via Media Matters’ Political

As Dave pointed out last week, some conservatives aren’t mincing words about their desire to see disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) step away from

The same environmental groups that launched last week a web site targeting lawmakers who have taken money from the oil, natural gas and coal industries are at

They came from Colorado and Arizona, the two leaders of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, summoned to Washington Wednesday to explain the panel’s

When the Mackinac Center’s requested emails from the labor programs at Wayne State and the University of Michigan, John Beck, Associate Professor and Director of the Labor Education Program at Michigan State University, says his phone started ringing off the hook. The media, both local and national, wanted to know about Michigan State University’s request from the right wing think tank .

He’s faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a Soviet-era Kalashnikov, he’s the Russian Prime Minister.

Stephen Gordon whacks me for not understanding the fuss over the Department of Homeland Security report: To help Dave find what’s wrong with the report,

TWI correspondent Ana Marie Cox, on the McCain campaign trail, reports via video from Columbus, Ohio. Here it is, after the jump: