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It's a Christmas-week miracle! The Senate, in a vote that astonished everyone, brought the Food Safety and Modernization Act back from the dead on Monday, as Siddhartha Mahanta reports …

Historical Precedent Given the ahistorical nature of the public mind, few people will recall that as the United States prepared to enter World War I, American citizens were quite …

President Obama Signs Repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” Into Law

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New evidence has surfaced that the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) may have endorsed on-campus proselytizing by fundamentalist and evangelical organizations, particularly the Cadets for Christ ministry. The …

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Baghdad - Iraq unveiled a new and broad-based government Tuesday that comprised all its major religious and ethnic factions and raised hope that the country's nine-month political impasse could …

Washington - The U.S. Congress banned shark finning in all U.S. waters Tuesday, a victory environmental advocates are hoping sends a message to international regulators. The law will require …

Washington - It's too bad for Haley Barbour that he's not in my book group. Sure, the Mississippi governor and potential presidential candidate might feel a little …

Progressive journalists and activists have decried as bogus the warrant issued through Interpol for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's arrest on the charge of “sex crimes” committed in Sweden. As …