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Weekdays at 5 p.m. is a sacred time of day for defense reporters, and not just because of the promise of imminent alcohol. Come rain, shine or economic

Just released from the Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dr. Raj Shah is a leader in the development community, an innovative and results-oriented

Here’s what an anonymous Republican aide told Greg Sargent about the politics of escalation in Afghanistan: “There better be a hell of a compelling reason

While I don’t want to step on my colleagues’ coverage of Eric Holder’s hearings, I’m at the Dirksen building for the joint confirmation hearings of Detp. of

It has been close to four months since Gov. Rick Perry soundly defeated Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison for renomination in the Texas Republican gubernatorial

Via The Hill, here’s House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) telling Fox News yesterday that the extended debate over Democratic priorities (ie, health care

Now that summer’s getting into full swing, it’s time to slow down and take a few moments to daydream and compile wish lists. In that spirit, Time offers a

One of the world’s premier global warming deniers, Sen. James Inhofe , R-OK, Monday endorsed Rick Perry for president. Colorado politics watchers may remember it was shortly before last November’s election that Inhofe came to Colorado to engage in some joint campaigning with senate candidate Ken Buck

Bucking conventional legal strategy, Rod Blagojevich has done more than 100 media interviews since his arrest in 2008. Former Florida GOP chair Jim Greer has

Napolitano sees no vindication for a Department of Homeland Security report over recent violence.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, has never been much a fan of Stephen Johnson, the Environmental Protection

Now that Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) is home for recess, the local papers continue to further the story on his ethics probe in Washington. First, on Saturday,

After 17 years of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the next bill authorizing the Department of Defense’s budget will contain a provision instructing the Pentagon to

The Senate this evening took a step toward extending the filing deadline for unemployment benefits, hopping a procedural hurdle that sets the stage for final

At this point in the health-reform debate, observers are well aware that the Republican strategy is to delay the vote as long as possible, even if it means

That’s what Rick Hasen, the uber-election lawyer and blogger is predicting. Instead of ruling on Citizens United v. FEC, a case that questions the legitimacy

Kirk Johnson has a piece in Saturday’s New York Times that hints at divisions among conservative groups as to whether to support Judge Joseph L. Tauro’s

Rachel Maddow had a segment on her show about the Catherine Ferguson Academy, a public school in Detroit for girls who become pregnant that is being closed down by order of the Emergency Manager that oversees the Detroit Public Schools.

The latest ruling in the legal battle over California’s anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 , like all other rulings and semi-rulings and arguments and positions in the battle, has poked up a hornet’s nest of cheers and complaints from supporters and opponents of gay marriage. Yet momentum in general seems to be turning fast against the anti-gay marriage forces and it is the same in the latest clash

In another black mark on the Obama administration’s promised transparency, former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed has launched an urgent legal fight to

The Senate is on the verge of passing a bill extending unemployment benefits up to 20 weeks nationwide, after lawmakers on Monday easily hopped the procedural

Last week, I noted that House Republicans had introduced a motion to penalize strategic defaulters -- underwater homeowners who simply stop paying their