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As Tax Day looms (April 18 this year, thanks to the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation), several recent reports serve as reminders that the wealthiest

As we wrote today, there’s a real hope among housing experts that President Barack Obama’s new plan to tackle the foreclosure crisis will be wonderfully

This evening, 57 senators said they supported the jobs bill, also known as the extenders package or H.R. 4213, which would extend unemployment benefits and

The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision represented a major change to campaign finance law. I’ve been tracking the story of how some corporations (both

The Watchdog Institute, a nonprofit reporting center based out of San Diego State University, has released a report showing connections between a committee in

Cory Barnardi, a Liberal Party senator from South Australia, is in Washington for meetings with some stateside conservative groups. (The Liberal Party in that

So now the U.S. and Iraq have signed the Status of Forces Agreement that gets the U.S. out of Iraqi cities in 2009; out of Iraq entirely in Dec. 2011; and

A new poll indicates that only a third of likely U.S. voters think the U.S

Two must-read pieces on the RNC and Michael Steele today from Reid Wilson and Ralph Hallow, the best reporters on that beat. Wilson reports on a tense

In November, I pointed out that the irregular warfare-heavy think tank known as the Center for a New American Security was basically President Obama’s shadow

The steep hike in gas and energy prices has created a national debate about the future of American metropolitan areas -- mostly about the reputed decline of

For every banner headline crowning Sen. Barack Obama the Democratic nominee for president, there was at least one lurking lower on the page wondering what Sen.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton breathed new life into the floundering climate talks in Copenhagen this morning with a surprise announcement that the

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) has rejected a written request, penned on Sept. 18, by his fellow armed-services-committee senators John McCain (R-Ariz.), Joe

Lt. Choi may not be so satisfied with Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ decision to relax Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell enforcement, but it’s being greeted warmly by

An economics professor at the University of California-Berkeley has filed a formal grievance to investigate the tenure of one of Berkeley’s most

When Congress rushed to pass a $2 billion extension of the enormously popular Cash for Clunkers program earlier this month, there were few cheerleaders more

The Obama administration’s Making Home Affordable plan has fallen painfully short, a move to blame borrowers grows.

More than a year ago, in Ankeny, the U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Agriculture began an unprecedented joint journey into possible agricultural sector antitrust violations. The series of five public workshops ended in December 2010 but no findings have yet been released

At the American Constitution Society blog, Rick Hasen breaks down the possible meanings of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to put a hold on gay

GUANTANAMO BAY -- We don’t know who the individual known as Interrogator #1 is. He hasn’t yet been called to testify for the defense, which hopes to be able