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KDKA of Pittsburgh reports that according to local police, the McCain worker who claimed to have been attacked for her political convictions just confessed to

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan says that two recent Second Amendment cases are now settled law and that she will follow them if she is confirmed as a

There’s a big coordinated attack underway in Lahore, the cultural capital of Pakistan, far from the tribal areas where the Pakistani military is about to launch

In an exclusive interview with Jake Tapper of ABC News, Lakhdar Boumediene said he was tortured while wrongly imprisoned for seven and a half years at

The House oversight committee has spent the day unloading on Lehman Bros. CEO Richard Fuld -- his $480 million in compensation over the past eight years, his

It’s not just the government that’s considering bailing out the auto industry. Several utilities executives are considering ordering thousands of plug-in

Records from the final months of Bill Richardson’s administration will be unsealed following an opinion from Attorney General Gary King’s office. According to the opinion from King’s office, Richardson’s public records should be subject to requests from the Inspection of Public Records Act.

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) wants to know more about the watchlisting standards that Michael Leiter, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said

Tea Party-supported candidate Rand Paul (R) and state Attorney General Jack Conway captured the major party nominations for retiring Sen. Jim Bunning’s (R-Ky.)

Last year, the State Department couldn’t fill positions in Iraq, so it threatened to conscript diplomats if it didn’t find volunteers. But people stepped up and

Clinton, in her own words. Let’s do this liveblog-style. On Sen. John Kerry: I join in offering my congratulations... You have traveled quite a distance

The influential Center for American Progress, which has close ties to the Obama administration, is now calling on President Obama to push back the closing of

Minnesota GOP Sen. Norm Coleman -- who’s busy juggling a contentious election recount and allegations that a wealthy supporter tried to funnel him $100,000 in

I know, I know: It’s a time of national service today, and of growing excitement about Tuesday’s historic events. But The Consumerist can’t help noting that

Dem turnout in 2010 could suffer if the public option dies. The Obama administration may be exaggerating the domestic threat of al-Qaeda terrorism. Things

Related to the warnings from some economists that the official unemployment rate will likely jump again this year, a Labor Department official today conveyed

In a last-minute scramble yesterday, Planned Parenthood’s clinic located in Overland Park was granted a license from a Kansas state agency allowing the clinic to continue providing legal abortion services. # The Planned Parenthood clinic was one of the last three clinics operating in the state until a new law went into effect today

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Source: Gfpeck, Flickr Union members who have been locked out from American Crystal Sugar plants since the start of August rejected the company’s most recent offer in a vote Tuesday.

Former congressional candidate and Iraq war veteran Adam Kokesh was arrested this weekend after dancing at Jefferson Memorial.