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Legal scholars say that detentions at Gitmo are an example of President Bush making his power consolidation permanent.

I mentioned this in my 11:37 post this morning, and I’m surprised it hasn’t gotten more attention, so here goes again. Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson

Two Democratic senators who are apparently unafraid of jailing Guantanamo detainees in civilian prisons in their states: Dianne Feinstein of California and Carl

In its ongoing fundraising campaign targeting four Republican New York state senators who jumped party lines to vote in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage

Bush administration officials have been under fire for effectively forcing a merger last December between Bank of America and Merrill Lynch without informing

Pollsters are revising their estimates up for the number of seats that Democrats will lose in the House, but in the Senate Dems look like they’re sitting

Most Democrats and even many Republicans agree that Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) lucked out in a major way when he drew tea party candidate Sharron Angle as his GOP

BP expects to have the well completely sealed by this weekend. The company announced the end of the Vessels of Opportunity program, in which local boaters

This New York Times piece about farmers in Marja voting with their feet is perhaps the clearest evidence yet that the holding phase of February’s massive

In the wake of yesterday’s Senate vote on an unemployment insurance extension, there’s been some confusion -- including among TWI commenters -- about what

Detainees U.S. Government 32 11 Click on the numbers in the scoreboard above for a detailed breakdown of the cases. Since the Supreme Court

Part 2: Sen. John McCain’s military service is central to his campaign, despite a record in Congress that raises doubts about his support of veterans.

Oh, Washington Post editorial board. When Steve Coll left the paper, did he take all his voluminous historical memory about U.S. policy to Afghanistan between

In his opening statement, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) noted that Thurgood Marshall, despite the fact that he graduated first in his

Today, the Senate overcame a key procedural hurdle to move forward on a much-needed $26.1 billion state aid bill. The provision provides $10 billion in funds

The word from the White House and from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is unequivocal, by which the Obama administration fully supports the actions