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Here’s the text of an ad that the Republican National Committee is running on health care, with Chairman Michael Steele doing the voiceover. The Democrats are

Wendy Norris of TWI’s sister site, The Colorado Independent, caught up with former Vermont governor, presidential candidate and Democratic National Committee

UPDATED Nov. 11, with additions to the list of services offered* by Stanton Healthcare A Planned Parenthood clinic in Boise, Idaho, has a new neighbor, Stanton

Today’s loophole alert regarding financial reform comes from The Wall Street Journal, which points out that USAA, an insurer that serves military families,

Immigration courts are experiencing a massive backlog, with a 459-day average waiting time before cases are heard by a federal judge. Nearly 248,000 cases were

In March, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino demurred on a question about the military. Her reason? Don’t ask her -- she’s just a woman. Some of

RedState.com uses scare quotes to refer to the bipartisanship that would result if merely two Republicans vote for the stimulus package. True: if only two of

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), who’s been one of Sonia Sotomayor’s harshest critics and questioners at her confirmation hearings, just said to Sotomayor: “I

I spent most of my day at the J Street conference, but took a few breaks for recreation -- in this case two impromptu roundtables with prominent aides to Iraqi

Meet the next commander of the beleagured Afghanistan war. The Senate confirmed now-four-star Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal by voice vote this afternoon.

A new index from a leading education policy group allows parents and students to assess a college’s “borrowing-to-credential ratio,” combining newly

Starting today, the state of Florida requires a doctor to perform an ultrasound prior to any abortion service, whether it is medically necessary or not.

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How would CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta prevent the next dubious intelligence-based public presentation, a la then-Secretary of State Colin Powell’s 2003

Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) says he thinks Clinton will succeed. But he’s the one making the uncomfortable statements about the Clinton Foundation. It’s a

A new tweet from the governor of Alaska reveals her choice of reading material; the new, bestselling book from the legal-minded conservative radio host.

This is the third and final installment in a series on social networking sites and the military. Part One: How the Army Found Middle Ground Part Two:

Public Policy Polling, conducting an automated poll on the Massachusetts Senate race, is finding good data for Republican candidate Scott Brown. According to

The Blaze, the conservative news and opinion website founded by former Fox News host Glenn Beck, reports on a claim that the Obama administration increased the

I’ll be totally honest: I’m swamped with other documents, but Greg Sargent has read through some newly acquired CIA documents from the American Civil Liberties

Fresh off last week’s news that companies run by the nephew of Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the prominent House defense appropriator, have received millions of