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For a certain anti-Obama crowd, thoughtful responses from GOP lawmakers to queries about the validity of president-elect’s right to office fuels their fire.

This week, the National Association of Realtors announced that home sales in July slumped 27 percent to a 15-year low. The annual pace of sales for existing

“Dangerous levels” of radiation will not reach American soil from Japan and nuclear power remains “an important part of our energy future,” President Obama said in remarks at the White House today.

610 South Blvd., Tampa (Pic by Phil Bardi) A little over a year ago, no-party gubernatorial candidate Bud Chiles stood outside an off-white single-story building with a carefully manicured lawn in suburban Tampa and said , “This building behind me is ground zero for what’s wrong with Florida politics.” The building’s address: 610 South Blvd., a designation found on the financial disclosure forms of countless political committees in Florida and all over the country. The unassuming building nestled in an unassuming neighborhood is a veritable political action committee mill , churning out millions of dollars and influencing elections all over the country. The kicker: What is happening at 610 South Blvd.

It’s got to be Barack’s in the basement from The Washington Times, which argues that at the 100-day mark of his presidency, Mr. Obama is the

The presidential campaigns of U.S. Reps. Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul have announced additional support in the Hawkeye State

The Boeing logo (Pic via yapastl.org) Gov.

Anne Kornblut of The Washington Post writes a curtain-raiser on the unveiling of a story I broke about the contours of the Obama administration’s new team for

As Obama’s favorability drops, critics are questioning the usefulness of his pledge of support for immigration reform. One Democratic aide told Time that

Afghanistan reporting appears to have ended in 2006 and in Iraq reports stopped in 2008.

Senate Democrats will continue their budget hearings into a second week, officials said Monday. Tuesday’s hearing will focus on property tax, which became a point of contention between Democrats and Gov

Several months ago, I asked many Republicans if Sen. John McCain could win the election without the support of the party’s base. After all, the base --

The Hill reports that Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is asking leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works panel to delay any examinations of the Gulf oil

Jamie Kirchick interviews the incredibly resilient Republican pundit/daughter of the 2008 presidential candidate, who takes a swing at Joe the Plumber

Today, a report from the Congressional Oversight Panel faults the Treasury Department’s efforts to stem the tide of foreclosures: Treasury’s response

Sarah Palin tries to put the toothpaste back in the tube following her birther comments yesterday. The full post today on her Facebook page: Voters have

Adam Serwer reads Andy McCarthy’s comment in my piece today about information of any kind being unacceptably jeopardized by the day to day interactions of

I know it’s not helpful to have knee-jerk reactions to Wall Street pay, given that compensation is often more complicated than portrayed, but there’s no

It’s looking more and more like the forged Kenyan birth certificate released by Orly Taitz on Sunday was a prank by a supporter of President Obama. Politijab