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Celebrated cricketer-turned-political leader Imran Khan has threatened to block NATO supplies to Afghanistan through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where his party leads a coalition government.

Some believe the diminished filibuster will encourage presidents to nominate more controversial candidates. For nominees, the rules change will certainly mean quicker approval.

As in the 1940s in Palestine, some opposition recruits have gone to Syria motivated by extremist ideologies and with the intention to commit acts of terrorism. But most have …

As congress continues its fight to demand transparency for foreign military aid a compromise has been drafted demanding stricter standards, but giving the US military the discretion to maintain …

Scorse describes how one private citizen succeeded in effecting a major change in the law for capital gains reporting.

As we began our show, hundreds of environmental activists walked out of the UN climate change summit in Warsaw, Poland, today over the absence of a binding agreement on …

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Bob Pollin: Expected new Fed chair Janet Yellen will continue Bernanke's policies of shoring up Wall Street banks with trillions, but the Fed could help Main Street with different …