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What Hillary's tweet tells us about life, the universe, and everything
What happens when the congressman waxing idiotic on abortion is a former OB-GYN?
A female lawmaker sent me a powerful e-mail last week that ought to sink into some of the thick skulls on Capitol Hill -- but probably won't.
Herman Cain can't seem to talk without numbers and abbreviations dribbling from his lips.
D.C. seeks secrecy in the case of a Georgetown couple falsely suspected of abusing one of their daughters.
COLUMN | Latest incident melds two trends in sexual assault — the military and social media confessionals.
President Thein Sein's circumspection in an interview speaks volumes.
The U.S. can start by refusing to coddle President Morsi.
The senator criticizes U.S. foreign policy, but doesn’t seem to have an alternative.
How to be socially inclusive without becoming socially liberal.
Jeffrey Thompson leaves taxpayers on the hook for medical bills.
Obama is reaping the distrust in government he has sown.
Oregon senator Ron Wyden on James Clapper’s “least untruthful answer.
One party offers small ideas, the other ignores the problems.
The former governor exemplifies a strange shift among female politicians.
The White House has scuttled the idea of individual conscience.
This really adds a lot to the discussion.
Please correct this at your soonest leisure.
President Obama tries to negotiate with no leverage and fails.
President Obama's abysmal leadership skills are finally hurting him.
Youth voters are gettable for the GOP, but not by standing pat.
Elijah Cummings releases the full transcripts, after Darrell Issa refused to do the same.
The House Speaker claims he won't allow a vote on any immigration bill that a majority of House Republicans don't support. Don't buy it.
A new report suggests Republicans are moving away from the "hard triggers" for citizenship that could kill reform, but the news is not all good.
He could be prosecuted for his reports about NSA activities, and the Supreme Court has said so.
COLUMN | Novelist Grisham is right to call proposed Charlottesville highway a “boneheaded . . . boondoggle.”
COLUMN | Ousted head of Latino Economic Development Center worries its mission is at risk.
COLUMN | Even Md. Democrats say O’Malley should have acted sooner to stymie problems at Baltimore jail.
With Obama in the White House, progressives have acquiesced to spying programs.
COLUMN | There must be a better way to improve public safety without racially targeted policing.
COLUMN | African Americans must expect more of him than just being our first black president.
Soon-to-be Harvard student Leland Shelton was singled out by President Obama for his efforts.
Dylan Collins makes more money in a day than some have in their 401(k), but can he make a career of it?
COMMENTARY | By buying Corona, megabrewer Anheuser-Busch InBev would put consumers, distributors and craft brewers over a barrel.
The massive secret effort to log all of our phone calls is useful. But is that enough?
Eugene Robinson discussed his latest columns and political news.
There is a limit to how much "no net economic cost" policies can achieve.
Republicans are increasingly strong in their insinuations, but the evidence points in a different direction.
GOP attacks miss the point. But so do Democrats'.
Government needs to be held accountable for the NSA excesses.
Art Pope’s money has changed North Carolina for the worse.
The U.S. government needs to do more to cover college costs.
Careless military action is not the way to fix careless “red line” language.
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