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Sandra Pianalto, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, gave a speech explaining how she analyzes the economy and forecasting a long, slow

President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón announced a trade agreement Thursday, making good on an aspect of the 1994 NAFTA pact that has long been

Congratulations, Leon Panetta. When you decided, unexpectedly, to become President Obama’s CIA director, did you anticipate spending one of your first major

Rep. Joe you lie! Wilson (R-S.C.), on Twitter, Sept. 7: – You can follow TWI on Twitter and Facebook.

One year after the Beer Summit, Democrats are once again on the defensive on race. Jerry Brown (D) on Meg Whitman (R): I’ve overseen thousands of

National People’s Action and the Public Accountability Initiative are up with a report on financial links between payday lenders, Main Street banks and Wall

Newly released guidelines from the Justice Department are calling renewed attention to the fact that the FBI is allowed to initiate assessments of individuals

In an era where the word “transparency” is a favorite bell to ring, a Congressional committee chair has asked federal agencies to provide a complete list of names of every person that has made a request under the Freedom of Information Act. The New York Times reports Congressman Darrell Issa , a California Republican, has sent letters to every federal agency demanding they turn over the lists of names of people who have requested information in the last three year’s of George W. Bush’s administration and the first two year’s of President Barack Obama’s administration

With the rush of successfully hosting a major cycling event still fresh in the state’s collective consciousness, Colorado officials are starting to once again dream of Olympic glory. Gov. John Hickenlooper and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock over the weekend were quoted seriously contemplating Denver making a 2022 Winter Olympic bid.

The Michigan Messenger, TWI’s sister site, has a troubling story today about accusations of sexual assault leveled at two Michigan State University basketball

An interagency task force looking at long-term federal strategy for so-called clean coal technologies released its final report today. The verdict? There are

Earlier today, I participated in a reporters’ call with Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), regarding the collapse of the jobs bill,

As I’ve noted on the blog, since the government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in September 2008, their roles in the housing market have changed

Gary Glenn, president of the American Family Association of Michigan, did an interview with Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality in which he claimed that because Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Christian, he would be on the anti-gay side in today’s politics: I mean, Dr. King having been a conservative, southern, with a small ‘s,’ southern Baptist pastor in the 50’s and 60’s, whose view from a biblical standpoint on the question of homosexual behavior would’ve been unquestionable that he would have opposed it.

New data from Gallup show independents drifting away from Democrats -- and President Obama in particular -- in large numbers. After averaging four months of

President Obama’s push for additional economic stimulus has hit a wall not only in Congress, but also at the G-20 summit among European leaders.

In that piece about Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) shift to the right in the Obama era, Jonathan Martin and Manu Raju mention that the senator is at least

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new rules to limit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide pollution from power plants. It hopes to implement the

Democrats are in the uncomfortable position of claiming that an overhaul of the way doctors are paid under Medicare is somehow not part of health care reform.