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With the news that Bristol Palin, the unmarried 17-year-old daughter of Sen. John McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, it’s difficult not to

For weeks there have been reports that the FBI is investigating Massey Energy for possible criminal neglect following last month’s deadly mine explosion at the

President Obama this morning called for a speedy nomination process for Elena Kagan during his speech announcing the Solicitor General as his choice to succeed

The U.S. hopes to continue to imprison indefinitely a young man arrested in Afghanistan, perhaps at age 12, with evidence gathered using torture.

I don’t know if it’s a vote of confidence in Massachusetts Democratic turnout or lagging indicator of Coakley’s fumbled campaign--for example, her mystifying

After reportedly saying he had no idea how he’d vote on Sotomayor, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) now says he will support her, according to the Great Falls

Want a rundown on all the incidents of voter fraud and voter intimidation that have been reported thus far today? The New Republic’s Eliza Gray has set up shop

U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan told Congress Wednesday that his agency estimates that 82 percent of America’s public schools will be given

Laura Rozen at Politico beat me to this, but today Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released letters he sent to

The Twitter-crazed Michigan GOP chairman, Saul Anuzis, is nominated by Rev. Keith Butler, a black pastor who whom he walked the streets of Detroit, supporting

Annie Lowrey, our former colleague at the Washington Independent, is now writing for Slate — and is still doing the brilliant job she did for our network of telling the story of the 99ers , those who have been unemployed so long that they have exhausted their unemployment benefits. The average length of a spell of unemployment now sits at 30 weeks, after hitting a high of 35 weeks in July

Today, President Obama announced he will not sign H.R. 3808, the Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2010, quietly passed through the Senate with no

Kalsoom Lakhani over at Changing Up Pakistan takes a look at the conclusion of this week’s ministerial talks. s expected, a diplomatic “We’re Just Not That

Senate Republicans realize that, barring some yet-unrevealed scandal, there’s little standing in the way of Sonia Sotomayor’s eventual placement on the Supreme

Add former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich to the list of 2012 competitors who will not participate in Nevada if that state’s caucuses interfere with New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary.

Mike’s excellent story today about the weak reforms of the payday lending industry proposed by onetime industry foe Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) details a

President Obama has named Fred H. Bartlit Jr. as chief counsel for The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, a

As we noted, the White House and Senate Democratic leaders yesterday killed legislation that would have significantly lowered prescription drug prices for