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Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO who’s now running as a Republican for governor of California, donated $4,000 to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) in her 2004

The tent cities in Sacramento, Calif., which we described recently, and the increasing number of shanty towns detailed in The New York Times today, are only

Just emailed to reporters: outgoing Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell’s praise for incoming DNI Denny Blair. I am very pleased to learn that

Attorney General Eric Holder this afternoon named Mary Patrice Brown as the new head of the Office of Professional Responsibility, the Justice Department’s

Potential presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and his wife will be in Minneapolis in May to present their film “Rediscovering God in America,” a Citizens United production. The event is hosted by the Minnesota Family Council, according to an event listing on the Newt Gingrich’s campaign website .

I’ve been reporting for weeks about the tussle between Tea Party Patriots and the Tea Party Express, which got ugly when Tea Party Patriots organizer Amy Kremer

Is it better to be a child stuck indefinitely at the Guantanamo Bay prison, or to stand trial by military commission? Neither option sounds very good. But

Not to contradict Spencer, but I have to note at least a couple of caveats to the high praise for President Obama’s sweeping first acts in office. First, as

Today, TWI rolled out some design changes. We are trying to make the site clearer and cleaner. We know we are throwing a lot of information at you all at once,

Jon Michael Turner’s story of serving as a Marine in Iraq was documented here by a team of video journalists on behalf of The Washington Independent. Turner

Losing the people of Afghanistan will cost the United States the war, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said before a Senate panel Tuesday.

Public Policy Polling’s ongoing survey of American attitudes about presidential conspiracy theories continues with a fascinating look at the birther and

If there’s been one cardinal Bush administration tenet for negotiations, it’s been Not To Negotiate With Yourself. In practice, that’s meant presenting your

I didn’t get many specifics from Pentagon when I asked about alternatives to the soon-to-be-lost Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan for resupplying U.S. troops in

OK, so the Kyrgyz Parliament has kicked the U.S. military out of the Manas airbase logistics hub. It’s not over, do you understand? Do you get it? Nothing’s

As federal battles over medical marijuana across the country heat up, a statement from one federal agency may be a huge asset for medical marijuana dispensaries

For your viewing pleasure, Ana Marie Cox files her third video piece of the evning:

Sen. Chris Dodd is getting blamed for a stimulus bill amendment that allowed AIG executives to legally pocket bonuses. The trouble is, he’s not responsible.