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<p>Fellow <a href="http://tpmmuckraker.com/">TPMmuckraker</a> alumnus Justin Rood has an <a title="amazing story"

Jonathan Stray, an energetic blogger, has constructed a social-network chart detailing the connections between the so-called Counterinsurgents. It has some

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

In The New York Times’ Sunday piece on the Truth Commission proposed by Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) , which I wrote about last week, reporter Scott Shane notes

When Congress passed the mortgage rescue bill in July, politicians touted help for homeowners as a big part of the legislation. By Oct. 1, the Federal Housing

Two bills introduced in Congress recently stake out rival positions on a key issue related to health care reform. Which approach ultimately prevails will help

I just talked with James Bopp, Jr., the Indiana member of the Republican National Committee who’s doing a lot of the legwork to pass the Democrat Socialist

In an insightful column in The New York Times Sunday, Frank Rich attributes Obama’s choice of the Rev. Rick Warren -- the megachurch pastor who has likened gay

Tensions ran high during former Massachusetts Gov.

We’ll know for sure imminently, but McClatchy reports Secretary Bob Gates’ full defense budget may cut purchases of the Marines’s V-22 Osprey aircraft -- a kind

A proposal allowing guns in national parks. That’s right. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is pushing a provision to overturn the Obama administration’s dismissal

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

Well, you’ve got to hand it to President Obama. He doesn’t really worry too much about pleasing the people who most ardently supported him as a presidential

Sat., Aug. 27 will be “Prescription Drug Take-Back Day,” the second annual statewide drug take-back event that will allow citizens to safely return unused or expired medications.