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Bill Gertz has kind of a breathless piece in today’s Washington Times about how Defense Secretary Bob Gates is asking many of the Pentagon’s political

The Senate on Wednesday easily cleared the last procedural barrier standing in the way of passing legislation to extend unemployment insurance benefits as long

<div class="mini gray">Illustration by: Matt Mahurin</div> <p>It was the crescendo of an otherwise flat State of the Union address.

All of Michele Bachmann’s paid New Hampshire staffers quit her campaign Friday, Politico reports . Bachmann did not have a large campaign staff in the Granite State and had focused much of her efforts in Iowa, but the news comes as a blow to a campaign that has floundered since briefly tasting success in the Iowa Straw Poll. Her staff told reporters on Friday that they had intended to quit sooner, but waited so as to damage her image

PART TWO of ‘TOXIC TITLES’ As the subprime crisis spreads, solutions seem to be in short supply. Given the enormity of the problem – the

The man carrying an AR-15 at yesterday’s presidential speech in Arizona participated in a video project by RP4409, a channel of Ron Paul fans from the far

Americans United for Change is going up with radio ads targeting four House Republicans in districts that voted for President Obama: Rep. Thaddeus McCotter

The semi-grassroots, semi-astroturf tea parties against the stimulus get a thumbs-up from House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio). In gatherings large

While the organizers of the Washington, D.C. anti-spending Tea Party have given a speaking slot to Alan Keyes, that other failed African-American Republican

Several 2012 GOP candidates have released official statements following Sunday’s announcement by former Gov. Tim Pawlenty that his campaign would be ending following its third place finish at the Ames Straw Poll — including Gary Johnson, who questioned the role of the GOP poll

Sometime during the next week, the Obama administration is expected to unveil its much-anticipated overhaul of the Afghanistan war and related policy toward

This Colin Clark lead about how the Defense Department under Secretary Bob Gates is conceiving of the upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review -- a huge

When the Minnesota State Canvassing Board completes its review of challenged ballots tomorrow, the Al Franken campaign expects to hold a slim lead of 35 to 50

Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale, who faces a tough reelection bid in 2012 , is being forced to explain to his tea party supporters why he voted to support the Budget Control Act, which raised the federal government’s debt ceiling

One can pity Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke. No other federal reserve chairman ever cut interest rates by a full 1.25% within just eight days, as