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Here’s an interesting look at the inner workings of the Consumer Advisory Council, which is supposed to advise the Federal Reserve on consumer protection

Picking up on the controversial proposal he made during a Feb. 9 speech at Georgetown University, Sen.Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) today reiterated his call for a

As we’ve pointed out, passage of the House climate change proposal last month wouldn’t have happened without the liberal sponsors first bowing to the demands of

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign is still trying to raise money to pay off old debts. James Carville, the Democratic

Andrew Exum of the Center for a New American Security, a critic of the CIA’s Predator drone program in the Pakistani tribal areas, writes: I worry that the CIA

After introducing his family -- all of whom seem to be there, I guess this is a big deal or something -- Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder began his opening

I’m at the Brookings Institution, where Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is presenting the Obama administration’s agenda for next week’s United

My friend Siobhan Gorman at the Wall Street Journal -- who, for my money, is the best intelligence reporter in the business -- breaks a big story this morning:

Feminist outrage is making headlines today as women’s groups react to President Obama’s last-minute move to to eliminate a portion of the stimulus package that

This story that ran Sunday in The Los Angeles Times, Obama Preserves Rendition as Counter-Terrorism Tool, has caused quite a stir. Swirling ’round the

With fears of a new wave of domestic terrorism rising (even though those fears are statistically way out of proportion to the millions of American Muslims), The

A plan to insert the right to carry a concealed weapon across state lines has the support of some gay rights advocates.

The Senate, which overcame a meager attempt yesterday by Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kans.) to stop Chris Hill’s nomination to be ambassador to Iraq, just voted to

The Washington, D.C. tea party is underway! Several hundred intrepid protesters turned out in the rain to voice their opposition to taxes, bailouts, the Obama

It’s time for a post-White House press conference listicle. 1. Unity, Stand Together as One. The priority message that I will take back with me to the

Looks like all the paperwork’s been filed. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has set CIA Director-designee Leon Panetta’s confirmation hearing for Thursday at

COMMENTARY Among the many sorry gifts George W. Bush passed on to President Barack Obama, the next prime minister of Israel is among the most dubious.

The New York Times takes a swipe at the Obama administration today, in a sobering editorial warning that more needs to be done to address the alarming number of

Bloomberg News’ Caroline Baum has a tart piece on strategic defaults and consumer spending -- invoking the theory, first put forward by HousingWire’s Paul

During the U.S. Senate debate in Morgantown, W.Va., last night, Republican John Raese’s campaign kept me faithfully updated with emails pairing Gov. Joe

Bobby Joe Rogers (Pic via escambiaso.com ) Police today announced they have made an arrest following a fire at a Pensacola area abortion clinic early Sunday morning. After a joint investigation involving the Division of State Fire Marshal’s Bureau of Fire and Arson Investigations and other members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, officers determined that Bobby Joe Rogers of Tuscaloosa, Ala., set fire to the clinic, causing approximately $300,000 in damage.