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With the news that Bristol Palin, the unmarried 17-year-old daughter of Sen. John McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, it’s difficult not to

A top Democrat on Monday warned the nation’s banks that, unless they get more aggressive in modifying mortgages to prevent foreclosure, Congress will renew previous efforts to empower families to keep their homes through bankruptcy.

Culver is governor of a highly competitive state crucial to national politics. And Culver has already proven his loyalty to the president: the governor

Jonathan Martin writes that the RNC Voyeur scandal isn’t likely to change the political facts of life keeping Steele in his job until he’s up for re-election

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) asks Defense Secretary Bob Gates about Guantanamo. Finally. Gates doesn’t really make an overt pushback, but he subtly points

FREDRICKSBURG, Va. -- With post-debate polls largely favoring Sen. Barack Obama, the presidential hopeful is drawing crowds in the tens of thousands in traditionally red states.

Because servicers in the lending industry can make more money collecting delinquency fees on mortgages than by modifying loans, guess which road they are

On February 19, a semi-obscure CNBC commentator expressed his outrage over the Homeowners Affordability and Stability Plan while reporting from the floor of the

When a lawyer who finds a legal avenue for shoving someone into a confinement box with an insect that person might believe is poisonous thinks you’ve crossed

One by one, the powerful Democrats of coal country are calling for an investigation into yesterday’s explosion that killed at least 25 coal miners in Raleigh

As far as I’m aware, this is a first: A suicide bomber attacked a suspected nuclear-weapons site Friday in Pakistan, raising fears about the security of the

For weeks there have been reports that the FBI is investigating Massey Energy for possible criminal neglect following last month’s deadly mine explosion at the

U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan told Congress Wednesday that his agency estimates that 82 percent of America’s public schools will be given

President Obama this morning called for a speedy nomination process for Elena Kagan during his speech announcing the Solicitor General as his choice to succeed

The U.S. hopes to continue to imprison indefinitely a young man arrested in Afghanistan, perhaps at age 12, with evidence gathered using torture.

After reportedly saying he had no idea how he’d vote on Sotomayor, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) now says he will support her, according to the Great Falls

I don’t know if it’s a vote of confidence in Massachusetts Democratic turnout or lagging indicator of Coakley’s fumbled campaign--for example, her mystifying

Laura Rozen at Politico beat me to this, but today Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released letters he sent to

Want a rundown on all the incidents of voter fraud and voter intimidation that have been reported thus far today? The New Republic’s Eliza Gray has set up shop

With federal lawmakers on recess and unlikely to reauthorize No Child Left Behind (NCLB) — the current reiteration of the decades-old Early and Secondary