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As we just noted, Senate Republicans are urging consideration of three amendments on the proposal to extend federal unemployment benefits, but only two are the

Peter Feaver, a political scientist at Duke University who served on the National Security Council staffs of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, has

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul ‘s Iowa campaign has reached out to farmers and gun owners during the past two weeks.

Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) brings the heat on Twitter, offering one of what will be many friendly fire attacks on Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine).

The Wisconsin supreme court election held yesterday is still too close to call.

The White House has announced that President Barack Obama and representatives from the departments of Health and Human Services and Education will participate in a conference to address bullying in the U.S.

Laura Rozen -- writing on her personal blog -- publishes a surprising email she got from Iran. Who’s the foreign agent now? The Arab, Israeli, Palestinian

President Obama’s decision today to deploy 1,200 National Guard troops to beef up security on the U.S.-Mexico border, at a cost of $500 million, has fallen

The Wall Street Journal has picked a fight with local Chambers of Commerce in Tennessee over their hesitance to support a state voucher program that recently

A federal court is imposing a $67,900 fine on a car dealership once owned by Rep.

In the late 1950’s, the federal government began investigating reports that radiation from uranium ore mines in the Navajo Nation was causing lung cancer

That was fast. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) just announced that the Senate Armed Services Committee, which he chairs, will hold confirmation hearings Thursday for

Following up on my story posted this morning about the government’s botched case against an Afghan teenager held at Guantanamo Bay, I spoke today to Maj. Gen.

Environmentalists and renewable energy advocates are looking to Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) to revive their hopes of passing a renewable energy standard this

Life Always, the group behind controversial billboards aimed at Planned Parenthood, yesterday announced its decision to halt using the image of a young girl in its media campaign. # The group, an arm of Texas-based Heroic Media, recently unveiled a billboard in New York’s Soho neighborhood that was so controversial, it came down after one day.

The polling wars on immigration reform have officially begun. Today, the Center for Immigration Studies, which aims to restrict immigration to the United States

At what point does a campaign contribution cross over from Washington status quo to illegal quid pro quo? That’s what the Office of Congressional Ethics has

Dave Dilegge of Small Wars Journal has the galleys of Bing West’s forthcoming Iraq book The Strongest Tribe. I’ll admit right now that the title strikes me as

There used to be this line among Iraq war supporters that the road to Jerusalem runs through Baghdad, meaning that the intractable problems of the

Breaking news from The Associated Press: the Iranians may in fact accept a crucial nuclear deal: Iranian negotiators on Wednesday expressed support for a deal

Legislation to restore federal regulation of fracking would not protect households that draw water from private wells because such wells are not overseen by the

Things just keep getting worse for Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.). An attorney for U.S. Sen. John Ensign says the senator’s parents gave his mistress and her family

New documents obtained by an environmental news service show that an EPA analyst believes that wastewater from fracking may be partly responsible for a fish kill in a West Virginia river. Scientific American reports : U.S

Well, that was fast. The Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a petition by environmental and conservation groups to ban the use of lead bullets and