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Speaking of Jim Jones, President Obama’s national security adviser, his speech to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy last night also offered an early

The nation’s unemployment picture might be improving, but the country remains in an enormous jobs hole that will take years to scratch out of. And some House

After 17 years of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the next bill authorizing the Department of Defense’s budget will contain a provision instructing the Pentagon to

In a U.S. House subcommittee meeting held today, business sector spokesmen announced their support for the “Legal Workforce Act,” filed by chair Lamar Smith, R-Texas, that would require the use of E-Verify, the federal program that checks to see if a job applicant is authorized to work in the U.S. # Barry Rutenberg, first vice chairman of the board at the National Association of Home Builders , and himself a home builder from Gainesville — testified at the subcommittee meeting, highlighting points in in his written statement (.pdf): # E-Verify must continue to focus on the direct employer-employee relationship; holding every U.S

That’s what Rick Hasen, the uber-election lawyer and blogger is predicting. Instead of ruling on Citizens United v. FEC, a case that questions the legitimacy

At this point in the health-reform debate, observers are well aware that the Republican strategy is to delay the vote as long as possible, even if it means

The Senate this evening took a step toward extending the filing deadline for unemployment benefits, hopping a procedural hurdle that sets the stage for final

The established forces in his conservative party fear and denounce him. They cringe whenever he attacks Wall Street, vows to use government to help the poor

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) just denounced Supreme Court Justice John Roberts’ disingenuous umpire theory of judging -- his oft-quoted statement that the

Joe Sestak (D) is now tied with Pat Toomey (R) in the Pennsylvania Senate race. Four Democratic senators claim BP aided efforts to get the Lockerbie bomber

Rachel Maddow had a segment on her show about the Catherine Ferguson Academy, a public school in Detroit for girls who become pregnant that is being closed down by order of the Emergency Manager that oversees the Detroit Public Schools.

Kirk Johnson has a piece in Saturday’s New York Times that hints at divisions among conservative groups as to whether to support Judge Joseph L. Tauro’s

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, after consultation with Attorney General Eric Holder, just issued a declassified narrative of how the Justice

There are signs of capitulation -- or at least there is some clarification -- coming from Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the GOP member Democrats believe to be

The latest ruling in the legal battle over California’s anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 , like all other rulings and semi-rulings and arguments and positions in the battle, has poked up a hornet’s nest of cheers and complaints from supporters and opponents of gay marriage. Yet momentum in general seems to be turning fast against the anti-gay marriage forces and it is the same in the latest clash

Some troubling findings today out of the Woodstock Institute, which examined home lending trends in seven major cities to discover that banks have scaled back

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Lynn Sweet writes today that Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.), who occupies President Obama’s old seat, recently told her he believes

Confronting the skeptics, President Obama over the weekend told reporters that he’s confident the Senate this year can pass ambitious legislation to address the

TWI’s David Weigel appeared on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show once again last night to talk about recent GOP efforts to co-opt the Tea Party message ahead of

Way back in April, I talked to Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs about his very public arguments with fellow warbloggers whom, he believed, had gone