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ROANOKE, Va. -- Barack Obama is like you, said Sen. Jim Webb at a stadium rally here Friday, directly rebutting smears and lies that have swirled around the

The American economy was swept up in a rising tide of foreclosures this year as credit continued to ebb. These six players from the public and private sectors struggled to steer the country’s financial ship through treacherous waters.

This Benjamin Sarlin piece on right-wing delight at Al Franken’s Senate win in Minnesota is ... strange. Al Franken is a very tempting target because he is so

This is the beginning of an assessment written by Maj. Gen. Michael Flynn, the senior-most intelligence adviser to Gen. Stanley McChrystal, for the Center for a

Prediction time. When the definitive history of the Bush administration’s prosecution of the Iraq war is written, its attempt to force the Iraqi government to

The battle in Colorado over the shape of next decade’s congressional districts continues.

This week, the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee released a report on Medicaid that outlines cost-saving measures decided upon by 31 Republican governors. Among the policy recommendations is a proposal to require the federal government to pay for the care of undocumented immigrants

Here’s why Palin probably won’t run in 2012. Americans are split on an Afghan troop increase. Kerry might be having his best press cycle ever. And he

Thanks to TPM for spotting what appears to be the first big defection from the Clinton camp in the wake of Tuesday’s results in North Carolina and

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As the Senate takes up debate on climate legislation, environmental groups slam a biofuels provision.

Months of compromises left many liberals disappointed, but party leaders hailed the bill’s passage as a landmark leap forward.

It can’t explain every aspect of Taliban resilience, of course -- insurgencies survive on passive or active popular support, whether freely given or coerced --

The ethics committee meeting is now in full swing, and Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas), the lead Democrat on the investigation panel, has laid out the four broad

As lawmakers in Washington look for answers to ongoing economic woes, U.S. Sen.

Flouting a federal court order, the CIA refused Wednesday to make public long-secret records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on

As The New York Times reported in a front-page story today, President Obama is slowly coming around to saying he’s thinking that he’s probably going to do

Are there really any “lone wolves” engaging in dangerous terrorist liaisons? That’s what some opponents of section 6001(b) of the USA PATRIOT Act are

Fresh out: The United States and the European Union condemn the continuing human rights violations in Iran since the June 12 election. The large scale

We read lots of emails from the presidential campaigns around here, but sometimes the most interesting ones say nothing at all. Bill Burton, chief

In October, freshman Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas) introduced a resolution honoring James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles for their ACORN sting. Thirty-one Republicans