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President Barack Obama promised that his inauguration would be different from those of previous presidents, but change doesn’t come easily when it requires shaking influence in Washington.

Something I didn’t know but Brandon Friedman at VoteVets did: a staff sergeant leading an infantry squad in Afghanistan makes, with combat pay, about $44,500

Former George W. Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson is about the furthest thing from a bleeding-heart apologist for criminal behavior. But in his column in

Following up on Spencer’s post, while President Obama’s critics are silent on the detention of alleged would-be Northwest Airlines Flight 253 bomber Umar Farouk

This weekend, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) told Think Progress that Republicans are purposefully slowing down the legislative pace and purposefully blocking

After a day of horrific violence in Iran, Mir Hussein Moussavi issued this statement to the opposition and to the world. (Via Andrew.) The most compelling

For the average worker who has lost her job since May 31, the cost of COBRA has tripled. And that’s likely to mean hundreds of thousands of families dropping out of health plans altogether.

Biden’s rehabilitated his White House image, transforming from a gaffe-prone machine into a sought-after Democratic spokesman. Blanche Lincoln’s primary

LANSING, Mich--On the campaign trail there are announcements and then there are announcements. Obama chose to unveil the details of his energy plan here--the

Much as Gen. Raymond Odierno recently said, here’s Col. Gary Volesky, commander of the U.S. brigade combat team in Mosul: Q Hi, sir. This is Daphne Benoit

More from Defense Secretary Bob Gates’ press conference call about withdrawing from Iraq. Gates was asked if he supported keeping troops in Iraq beyond 2011,

The National Alliance of State Territorial AIDS Directors has added its voice to the growing movement opposing HIV-specific criminal laws, or enhanced sentencing for people because of their HIV status. “HIV criminalization has often resulted in egregious human rights violations, including harsh sentencing for behaviors that pose little to no risk of HIV transmission,” the statement from the group reads.

Declaring that recent visits to Iowa, New Hampshire and North Carolina were successes, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Clute) says more trips to key primary battlegrounds

Putting an end to the questions about which Republican would replace newly christened Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) atop the Judiciary Committee, Politico

President Obama made six recess appointments Wednesday, allowing officials to bypass Senate confirmation to serve for approximately one year. One of those

The caught-on-tape run-in with Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-N.C.) is not his first unpleasant encounter. A coalition of Tea Party groups is urging sponsors to

As if there weren’t enough news going on already, Washington Mutual goes belly up in the largest bank failure in U.S. history, and JP Morgan Chase buys up all

The presidential exploratory campaign for former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, a Pennsylvania Republican, is announcing new additions to its Iowa and New Hampshire teams.

Gov. Susana Martinez, Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, and Rep.