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Incredibly, Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain changed his surprise mortgage plan this week to make it even easier on lenders, Politico

In response to a recent TWI report, the nation’s leading financial literacy group has launched an investigation into its conflict-of-interest policies.

As Daphne blogged, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- the terrorist organization’s Yemen-based franchise -- claimed credit for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s

Mormons take over the White House. Michele Bachmann is not a fan of the minimum wage increase. For your reading pleasure, here’s the police report on the

Democratic Virginia blogger Ben Tribbett has video of Catherine Crabill, a Republican candidate for delegate — whom we last saw accusing the government of

Moments ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) tried to set up a series of Wednesday afternoon votes on the first four amendments to the

After supporting restrictionist immigration measures for most of their history, labor unions are now pushing for an easier path to citizenship.

Enacting a comprehensive set of medical malpractice reforms would reduce nationwide health care spending by 0.5* percent, according to a report released today

I was surprised to see Sam Stein of The Huffington Post report Dick Cheney’s remarks on gay marriage as the former vice president taking a more progressive

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner appeared before the Senate Banking Committee today to discuss the Wall Street bailout, but Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) wanted to

Kerry Picket of The Washington Times trekked to Baltimore to hear former Weatherman Bill Ayers speak yesterday and sparked an exchange that the paper is teasing

Mike Sheehan is a legend in counterterrorism. As part of Richard Clarke’s anti-Al Qaeda squad in the 1990s, he fought Al Qaeda at the State Dept. before most

As Congress prepares to consider a series of consumer-friendly finance reforms, some minority advocates, researchers and lawmakers are pointing to a trend as another reason the reforms are urgently needed.

Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) just completed a week-long raid that nabbed 2,901 foreign nationals with criminal records living in the United States, 36 of which were apprehended in New Mexico. KRQE Channel 13 News has the scoop on the criminals in New Mexico: Exactly half of the 36 arrests in New Mexico were for drug related offenses, 11 were for violent crimes and one person arrested is a sex offender. The remaining offenses involved property crimes and D.W.I

Even if he doesn’t raise a dime from his political allies, Dick Cheney is well positioned to continue speaking out against the Obama administration’s national security agenda.

From the foxes-guarding-the-henhouse department, Neal Wolin, who served as general counsel to the Treasury during the final years of the Clinton administration,

This seems like some curious behavior from a party that ostensibly wants to win some elections in Illinois next year. In a sizable embarrassment for the White

Undeterred, Ensign will seek reelection. The GOP might not want to pit Palin against Sotomayor. Conservatives cry race card, but they can probably only

Marcy Wheeler may have solved a mystery about the previously unacknowledged CIA enhanced interrogation technique of prolonged diapering. I wondered in my

According to a recent report released by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured , about 76 percent of the 49.1 million uninsured people in the United States come from working families. The report (.pdf) explains that most uninsured workers tend to be self-employed or work for smaller companies.

Anything Fred Dicker reports can set people talking in New York, so this piece of informed speculation — rumors that Rudy Giuliani might make a comeback in