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Damian Paletta at The Wall Street Journal reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is likely to file cloture on Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.)

Patrick Thibodeau of ComputerWorld reports that one result of the administration’s crackdown on employers using H-1B (non-immigrant skilled worker) visas is

If we are successful, what does that mean to the bringing home of troops? asked Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) during today’s Senate Armed Services Committee

Most campaign finance reform advocates are calling for greater restrictions -- or at least stricter disclosure requirements -- on donations from outside groups

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the secretary-general of the NATO alliance, told an audience at Georgetown University today that this year the alliance’s military

TWI’s David Weigel went head-to-head with The American Prospect’s Tim Fernholz on bloggingheads.tv yesterday, discussing a wide range of topics, from the

For a random person with no role in the presidential election, William Ayers has drawn plenty of political attention lately. We try to focus on real issues

As a dramatic feature, yesterday’s high-profile health care summit in Washington was a flop. That is, for all the breathtaking headlines inspired by the

Following up on my earlier post on the FBI’s longstanding problems with putting terror suspects on its terror watchlist, I just got off the phone with FBI

2012 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) Jacksonville’s Susie Wiles, the former campaign manager for Gov. Rick Scott, has joined the team of would-be GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Wiles was working closely with Romney opponent Jon Huntsman until July, when she left her position as campaign manager

Nick Baumann of Mother Jones reports that the latest vehicle to try to soak American investors -- after Citi’s plans to develop derivatives (a type of insurance

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) During a House committee meeting yesterday, Democratic state legislators questioned Gov. Rick Scott’s newly proposed economic growth plans and whether they would indeed improve the stagnant unemployment rate in the state

One of the major critiques of holding a civilian trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his fellow alleged 9/11 conspirators is that any city hosting the trial

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) introduced a proposed rule change today that would allow immigrants with U.S. citizen spouses to submit a waiver of inadmissibility before returning to their country to attend their immigrant visa interview

A new television ad begins airing Friday in the Sioux City market that informs those expecting August government checks — Social Security, veteran benefits and military pay — that if the check doesn’t arrive, they should thank U.S. Rep.

Of all the interesting tidbits in Brett Arends’ article in The Wall Street Journal about how to decide whether to walk away from your mortgage, his admission

At his oil spill hearing today, Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) questioned Obama administration officials about their testing of Gulf seafood. Markey, the House

Do you know a guy named... K-I-R-I-A-K-O-U, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asks Ali Soufan, referring to a former CIA official who alleged that -- at an

The big news from today’s Gallup Poll is President Obama’s weak 44-42 lead over a generic Republican 2012 candidate. It’s the kind of support that Bill Clinton

Sen. Jim Bunning’s (R-Ky.) decision to block an unfunded 30-day extension of unemployment insurance, COBRA benefits, and Medicare doctor payments has been

Less than a week after a high-profile, bipartisan health reform summit in Washington, President Obama has said he’s open to adopting four major provisions