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Washington - The central question in our politics is whether we can break out of formulaic discussions that always end up in the same place. Here's one major test: …

Sens. Joe Lieberman (Left) and Diane Feinstein (Right) with the publisher/founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange (Center).

President Obama insists that he is a really bad negotiator, therefore, the deal he got on the two-year extension of the Bush tax cuts and the one-year extension of …

Once again, the two old wings of the political establishment do business as usual in Washington. In the tax deal between Obama and the Republicans — passed with the …

Military officials were instructed not to publicly discuss a decision made in January 2002 to presumptively treat all Guantanamo detainees with a high dosage of a controversial antimalarial drug …

Chicago - A report released Thursday specifies that there is not enough oil remaining near the Macondo wellhead to warrant continued cleanup operations in the deepwater region of the …

In grappling with Afghanistan, President Obama and his team of national security advisors reveal a tendency all too common within the Washington beltway: privileging fleeting and reversible signs of …

Nine years after 9/11, hysteria about Muslims in American life has gripped the country. With it has gone an outburst of arson attacks on mosques, campaigns to stop their …

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. …

Baghdad - As Iraqi politicians put the final touches on a long-awaited new government, a U.S.-sponsored proposal to curb the powers of Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki is still …