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Minnesota GOP Sen. Norm Coleman -- who’s busy juggling a contentious election recount and allegations that a wealthy supporter tried to funnel him $100,000 in

The influential Center for American Progress, which has close ties to the Obama administration, is now calling on President Obama to push back the closing of

Clinton, in her own words. Let’s do this liveblog-style. On Sen. John Kerry: I join in offering my congratulations... You have traveled quite a distance

I know, I know: It’s a time of national service today, and of growing excitement about Tuesday’s historic events. But The Consumerist can’t help noting that

Tea Party-supported candidate Rand Paul (R) and state Attorney General Jack Conway captured the major party nominations for retiring Sen. Jim Bunning’s (R-Ky.)

Dem turnout in 2010 could suffer if the public option dies. The Obama administration may be exaggerating the domestic threat of al-Qaeda terrorism. Things

Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for California governor, is facing accusations that she knowingly employed an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper and

With roughly an hour to spare before a midnight deadline, federal lawmakers and President Barack Obama struck a deal to avoid a shutdown of the federal government — at least for this week.

The House on Friday approved legislation to extend the filing deadline for emergency unemployment benefits through November. It does not create new

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Everyone in the blogosphere -- Glenn, I’m looking in your direction -- who may have thought that John Brennan was kneecapped just because he didn’t become CIA

A system that protects southeast Michigan water systems by monitoring for chemical contamination in Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair and Detroit rivers may shut down because of a lack of funding.

Five former Treasury secretaries support the Volcker Rule to separate banks’ risky trading from their commercial banking operations. Social networking theory

The number of people filing new claims for jobless benefits fell to 11,000 to 445,000 this week, the Labor Department reported this morning. Economists had

Declining numbers of Pennsylvania Republicans and anger at party moderates have made backers of Pat Toomey confident they can defeat the five-term senator.

Sen. Charles Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) suggestion that the climate bill being drafted by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) might be introduced as

Sure, it’s probably too little, too late. But blownmortgage.com reports that insurers are finally saying no to Liar Loans, which are mortgages that allowed

Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty has spent the past few weeks trying to curry favor with a slew of conservative religious figures, some so extreme they’ve been labeled “hate groups” by the Southern Poverty Law Center. He’s gone public about his plan to reinstate of the military’s ban on openly gay and lesbian servicemembers if elected president and claimed that America was founded “under God.” While Pawlenty has always been a social conservative, he hasn’t worn it on his sleeve this prominently.

Kevin Hassett, writing for Bloomberg, comes up with what he probably thinks is a clever column theme. Imagine that some hypothetical enemy state spent years

From The Hill: According to the Federal Election Commission, Lieberman’s 2006 reelection campaign and its treasurer, Lynn Fusco, made payments to

The appointment of Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.) is being heralded by progressives as a return to negotiated disarmament accords.