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Today, The Washington Post’s Neil Irwin reports that the Federal Reserve -- concerned about the sustained high level of unemployment and the general stall-out

Here is the full Gulf coast long-term recovery report, written by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. I wrote about the report earlier today here. According

The former Clinton-era State Dept. official shares with the president-elect a frustration with conventional foreign-policy thinking. Impatient with ideology, she focuses on transnational threats, challenges and opportunities -- befitting the emphasis of a new generation of global strategists. Her experience with Africa has taught her invaluable lessons.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the health reform bill unveiled today by House Democrats comes in under the $900 billion, 10-year threshold set

Democratic lawmakers will still sign a resolution calling for a special legislative session to override line-item vetoes made last week by Gov. Terry Branstad , state senators said. Jack Hatch “We don’t have the two-thirds yet,” Sen

Some of the nation’s top environmental scientists are calling on the Obama administration to end the destructive practice of mountaintop coal mining, saying

Not that I’m at the White House, but let’s do this liveblog style. I’m watching the rollout of the Af-Pak strategy on MSNBC, where Chris Matthews, commenting on

Seriously, how can this go wrong? The Ohio Militia, which has maintained a YouTube account since October, is up with a video asking a million armed militia

Today, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission continues its fourth round of hearings on the origins of the recession, with the current and former Treasury

Two Republican members of Congress will hold a press conference Thursday to discuss Americans United for Life’s recent report accusing Planned Parenthood

UPDATED Oct. 27, 2:40 p.m. EST: Amended with a correction* and update UPDATE: The National Organization for Marriage has since removed from its website the

After the failure of the third cloture vote to start formal debate on Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform proposal, Senate Democrats say

Crack intelligence reporter Erick Erickson posted that he was hearing a very credible rumor that CIA Director Leon Panetta has dispatched a resignation

The benefits of longer instructional time for students were put into question this week with the published results of Chicago Public School’s state

<p>Apropos of <a href="http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/state-department">my piece on the State Department</a>, I ventured

House Republicans are increasing pressure against U.S. Rep

MSNBC’s The Ed Show on MSNBC turned its focus on Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District race as candidate Lynne Torgerson spoke with Rev. Al Sharpton about incumbent Rep. Keith Ellison last night

The statement from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) following today’s health policy teleconference with other Gang of Six members relays

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (Pic by The National Guard, via Flickr) Former members of a task force on Secure Communites sent a letter this week to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano calling on her to suspend the immigration enforcement program.

The resilient Tea Party movement, seven months on from its first protests against the economic stimulus package, is proud of its success.

Napolitano says airline security failed. Republicans who criticize health reform’s costs struggle to explain their vote for the 2003 Medicare