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Ah, Alberto Gonzales. After the then-Attorney General presented a slippery account to the Senate Judiciary Committee in July 2007 of, among other subjects, the

The Arkansas governor-cum-TV host’s poem Fancy Nancy gets at how rote the Republican calls for the Speaker of the House to step down are becoming. Huckabee

Two weeks after moving next door to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Boise, Idaho, Stanton Healthcare, an anti-abortion center for women with unexpected

Iraq’s presidency council has now signed the U.S-Iraq basing accord known as the Status of Forces Agreement, meaning it’s official now. The terminus phase of

So says Yochi Dreazen of The Wall Street Journal: President-elect Barack Obama is leaning toward asking Defense Secretary Robert Gates to remain in his

It was bound to happen eventually. Fox 29 Philadelphia has the scoop: Fox 29 News spotted Tuesday a member of the New Black Panther Party standing outside of a

So it looks so far like the Republican House members who voted down the bailout bill are going to come in for some criticism because they based their opposition

Christine O’Donnell, a longtime conservative activist who took on the thankless task of challenging Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) in 2008, is running against Rep.

GOP Senate candidate Adam Hasner (right), in a 2009 photo (Pic by Meredith Geddings, via myfloridahouse.gov) GOP Senate hopeful Adam Hasner called Occupy Wall Street supporters all over the country “anarchists,” “extremists” and “thugs” in an email to supporters today.

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), the self-described (sort of) freedom fighter against the Democratic majority, is rolling out the latest of his hard-right economic

When Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) switched parties, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform told me that it could have been worse; Specter was still blocking

Politico reports that Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) chief of staff Michelle Marston is stepping down. Multiple sources have confirmed that Michelle

The Associated Press is reporting that a Rapid City, S.D. doctor plans to challenge four-term Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin in the Democratic primary. Kevin

As the banks go national and Wall Street goes loco, states are increasingly feeling the pain of the economic turmoil. Twenty-one states and the District of

President Obama again pledged his support for the DREAM Act during a meeting today with Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Reps. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) and Luis

Want to learn how Jack Bauer ought to get terrorists to divulge information against their interests? Check out Interrogations Central, a website launched last

Suddenly, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s abrupt resignation announcement might make a bit more sense. An independent investigator has found evidence that Gov. Sarah

Well, you might have a bit more if Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Ron Paul (R-Texas) get their way. The two lawmakers have plans to reintroduce legislation to

Marc Theissen, get set to attack your next target -- Michael Sulick, head of the CIA’s National Clandestine Service. Via Jeff Stein, Sulick, a longtime CIA

Via Rick Klein, here’s a combative address by Federal Communications Commission diversity officer Mark Lloyd, a frequent target of Glenn Beck and the Tea Party

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