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The health care debate is over, but Republicans are still peddling their lies. It is hard to find the energy or will to refute all of them. Still, one …

Washington - How in the name of God can the Roman Catholic Church put the pedophilia scandal behind it? I do not invoke God's name lightly. The church's problem …

Washington - Congress Thursday passed and sent to President Barack Obama the final piece of landmark health care legislation intended to change dramatically how most Americans buy, use and …

In the clearest sign yet that the Obama administration is re-energizing tribunals for captives at a Guantanamo it wants closed, the Pentagon this week installed a retired three-star admiral …

Last August, Travis Bishop refused to serve in Afghanistan. Having filed for Conscientious Objector (CO) status, Bishop, based at Fort Hood, Texas, in the US Army's 57th Expeditionary Signal …

The Senate Thursday passed by 56-43 the final piece of landmark health care legislation that's intended to change dramatically how most Americans buy, use and maintain insurance coverage. Because …

Concern about massive jobs losses due to unfair Chinese trade practices is reshaping the American political battle lines over trade, with labor winning new and sometimes unlikely supporters in …

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday relaxed the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, raising the bar on how homosexual conduct can be investigated within the military. “I believe these …

The Treasury Department Wednesday imposed financial sanctions on 54 members of two powerful Mexican drug cartels blamed for the recent spike in border violence under a law that …

Washington - The writer was an upstate New York lawyer active in Democratic politics. When his column, “Between Neighbors,” debuted in 1928, he outlined his goal of offering an …