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President Obama moved an obstructing GOP out of the way earlier today, announcing that he was making a recess appointment to get the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) up …

Say what you will about the justice and propriety of Iowa’s perennial first-in-the-nation shot at naming presidential front-runners, the state’s caucuses have a lot going for them as democratic …

Florida state Rep. Charles Van Zant (R) is starting 2012 with yet another radical effort to ban all abortions in the state unless the woman’s life is in danger. …

Baghdad - Insurgents unleashed a fierce string of bombings against Iraq’s Shiites on Thursday, attacking pilgrims marching through the desert and neighborhoods in Baghdad in an attempt to stir …

Prague - Long before Czechoslovakia’s communist regime collapsed in 1989, Václav Havel was one of the most remarkable figures in Czech history – already a successful playwright when he …

Oaxaca, Mexico - The Oaxacan Institute for the Care of Migrants (known by its Spanish acronym, IOAM) and its director, Rufino Dominguez, called for a new era of respect …

For those who think that the United States wouldn't possibly instigate another war in the Middle East, think again. Empowered by his “success” in the bombing of Libya and …

The desecration of public trust is all the more vile when the persons and institution in question have been assigned the stewardship of generations of youth.

The Basics Rick Santorum's strong showing in the Iowa caucuses has vaulted him from obscurity to presidential contender. Just a few months ago, Santorum barely merited …

Des Moines - Mitt Romney and his backers decided that to win in Iowa they had to destroy Newt Gingrich's campaign. Now Gingrich looks eager — and able — …