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... Iraq.” That follows previous reports that the president had approved surveillance operations over Syria to gain additional intelligence about Islamic State militants there. “Rooting out a cancer like ISIL won’t be easy and it won’t be quick,” the president said Tuesday in a speech at the American Legion ...
... the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Karl Rove Crossroads groups. Translation: The tea party can still get a win… when the establishment doesn’t challenge. ...But it’s probably limited: Beyond Nebraska, there aren’t a whole lot of other opportunities shaping ...
... and Illinois, to explore the lives of children living in the suburbs of the nation's heartland. We asked the children what being poor in America really looks like through their eyes. On Tuesday, Frontline hosted a conversation at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. to explore what ...
... that criticism, Akin still told radio talk show host Mike Huckabee he's in. TODD AKIN: And in my case, I believe, as I took a look at this race, that what we're doing here is standing on a principle about what America is. I believe that this is ...
... inartful and offensive comment from a Democratic consultant won't shift this election, either. And while campaigns attempt to capitalize on Hilary Rosen's dig at Ann Romney, most of America likely isn't caring that much about what a television pundit thinks of the woman who could become first ...
Mitt Romney celebrates his New Hampshire primary victory with supporters in Manchester. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Mitt Romney made history. The former Massachusetts governor is the first non-incumbent Republican in modern times to win nominating contests in both Iowa and New Hampshire. After a squeaker for the ...
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, predicted passage of the budget compromise deal. Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Remember that much heralded 11th-hour deal to cut $38.5 billion from this year's federal spending in order to avert a government shutdown? Well, it turns out actual savings in this year's spending are only about 1...
Accused American Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh is ordered held without bail in a federal court appearance.
Sean Wilentz grew up in Greenwich Village at the height of its bohemian influence in the 1950s and 60s. He is now the author of a new non-fiction book, "Bob Dylan in America," which combines biography, social history and cultural commentary about the musician.
In a dominantly Republican region in northwest Iowa, there’s a sense of unease that new Chinese tariffs could threaten residents’ livelihood.
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