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A few weeks ago, we ran a piece pointing out the disastrous trickle-down effect that the auto industry’s troubles have had on the companies that supply them

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Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), the architect of the financial regulatory reform bill, just released a statement saying that he and Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) have

Perhaps the biggest unexpected fact to emerge in the hearing comes in response to a question from Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.). According to Gen. McChrystal,

I’m at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington for Afghanistan: Planning for Success, the first conference put on by the Foreign Policy Initiative, the new

COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan -– Leaving Salerno, I asked someone what he knew about Zormat, an area in southwestern Paktia Province to the west of the

The decision by leadership in a small Iowa town to provide the public additional information on write-in municipal candidates has raised a few eyebrows, but state officials indicate that there is nothing inherently unethical or unlawful regarding the instance. Tim Box, Linn County’s deputy commissioner of elections, said his office was alerted to information posted on the website for the City of Ely , which he described as being “odd” and “unusual.” Staff at the city, posted announcement on the website for the Nov

Last week, the House Select Committee on State Sovereignty fielded testimony on legislation seeking to challenge or replace ’Obamacare.’ One particular set of

Some weird spin from Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele: Steele, before ducking into an elevator on on the second floor of the Capitol: I

The administration’s rescue plan for housing is taking shape. But as Calculated Risk notes, one thing it apparently won’t include is a proposal - once under

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan -- The anthropologists of the Human Terrain Team put together a report on life and war from the perspective of the Afghan population.

After months of stagnation and speculation that comprehensive climate action was dead for 2010, there’s some real momentum on the climate front. First came word

Supporters of Massachusetts GOP Senate Candidate Scott Brown are holding a Ron Paul-style moneybomb today at the site RedInvadesBlue. The money, according to

President Obama will address attendees at the American Legion national convention at the Minneapolis Convention Center starting at 11 a.m. Following his speech, Gov. Mark Dayton and Sen

ThinkProgress points to a strange item on the Bazpedia page of Pentagon metro shooter John Patrick Bedell, buried below the incomprehensible kookery (I have

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While Greece’s public debt -- which the Goldman currency swaps were designed to help hide -- amounts to 113 percent of its GDP currently, it turns out that

Presumptive House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told reporters today that he will work toward a smaller, less costly and more accountable government here in

The FBI once had to show a factual basis connecting a target to criminal activity, now almost anyone is fair game.