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Now Democrats are employing harsh tactics.
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New Jersey governor, Rubio get prime speaking slots at convention
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#5in5 | The opponents continue their war of words in a Chicago-area district.
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The five-term Michigan lawmaker’s drop from presidential aspirations to resignation amid criminal charges against his staff for filing fraudulent voter petitions.
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The move elevates the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee and pairs Biden with someone who has intimate knowledge of the Ryan budget blueprint.
Uncertainty abounds, Harold Ickes gets profiled and a couple gets burgled...by a catfish. Here's what we missed today
Mitt Romney's attack of Obama's stimulus is a central pillar of his campaign: In ads, statements, and speeches, he's attacked the law as a giveaway to the president's "friends, donors, campaign supporters, special interest groups." But buried inside Romney's economic plan is a promise to invest federal money in a new energy R
Romney says he paid more than 13 percent in taxes for the last 10 years. But he didn't specify 13 percent of what.
Republican Rep. Cliff Stearns (Fla.) hurt by ‘incumbent’ label.
Brig. Gen Tammy Smith is the first openly gay member of the US military to be promoted to general.
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The head of the nation’s cyberwarfare command is urging adoption of legislation to require companies providing critical services to fortify their networks.
A photo posted on a government Web site shows President Obama swiping an iPad screen during his daily update on U.S. intelligence operations overseas.
Declassified documents published online highlight 60 years of intense U.S. interest in the science of detecting and destroying deeply buried targets.
A Guantanamo inmate’s lawyer says an al-Qaeda member who agreed to testify against a top planner of the Sept. 11 attacks is getting a perk for his cooperation: a cat.
Do the skies seem a bit darker? Could be all those lame ducks flying hither and yon across the globe, seeking facts.
She’s the wildly popular wife of the U.S. ambassador to Beijing, the subject of Vogue photo spreads. So why isn’t Mona Locke being given a more visible diplomatic role?
Walter Pincus notes a steady buildup in the number of U.S. ships and aircraft available for possible new military action.
If the Reagan years had their government-created welfare queens, this past decade has seen the enrichment of Pentagon-supported “warfare millionaires.”
Espionage, eye-for-an-eye tactics all part of the silent war that is going on between Iran and Israel.
It’s not unusual for House Republicans to call for limits on federal retirement benefits, but this time the targeted benefits are their own.
AFGE President John Gage retires with a major victory: negotiating a contract for transportation security officers.
New study reports on interviews with top federal personnel officials, who say the GS system needs reform and who question the veterans preference process.
All of the GOP’s potential 2012 candidates are uninspiring or unelectable.
Allegation about Romney’s taxes is yet another brazen and tasteless partisan attack.
The new vice-presidential nominee could become the face of Republicanism for a generation.
Romney’s trip was a major substantive success: one gaffe, two triumphs and a fine demonstration of foreign-policy fluency and command — wrapped in a media narrative of surpassing triviality.
Though poorly appreciated at home, the former Russian leader should be honored for his great vision.
Unions' fight is the fight of every U.S. worker.
Neither Romney nor Obama is in touch with the “ordinary.”
Now would be a very good time to be a cartoonist. Or perhaps not. As the late cartoonist Doug Marlette frequently lamented, "How do you cartoon a cartoon? We're living in 'Toon Town.' "
Now would be a very good time to be a cartoonist. Or perhaps not. As the late cartoonist Doug Marlette frequently lamented, "How do you cartoon a cartoon? We're living in 'Toon Town.' "
Here’s some news that both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney would like you to ignore: Tens of thousands of American soldiers are at war this summer in Afghanistan.
After Chinese “harmony,” a return to cacophony of opinion.
He has the facts to win 2012’s underlying debate, yet continues to focus on half-truths.
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