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An anti-abortion demonstrator in Washington, D.C.

Why Republicans should quit talking about abortion

A new poll from Pew shows that most Americans — and nearly half of Republicans — do not support overturning Roe v. Wade

 
President Obama, flanked by kids who wrote to him after the Sandy Hook massacre, signs an executive order on gun control on Jan. 16.

WATCH: President Obama unveils new gun-control proposals

The president also signed 23 executive orders on gun violence

 
Maybe conservatives should forget about starving the beast...

Why conservatives should make government simpler, not smaller

Emphasis on simplicity and clarity offers more advantages to more Americans than a dogmatic commitment to small government

 
Breaking with Republican leadership, Sen. Lisa Murkowski says Congress must raise the debt ceiling.

Republicans in disarray: Is the GOP losing the debt ceiling fight?

The party has been hobbled by internal defections and increasingly hostile public opinion

 
President Obama wants to spread the wealth, but not the security, claims a new NRA ad.

Obama is an 'elitist hypocrite': The NRA's scathing new ad

The gun-rights group slams the president for balking at putting armed guards in schools while his daughters receive personal protection. Over the line?

 
Talk of Obama issuing executive orders about gun-control has gun-rights advocates crying "tyranny."

Could Obama be impeached for taking action on gun control?

A former U.S. attorney general joins a group of angry Republicans who really, really don't want the president to beef up gun laws through executive fiat

 
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders applaud after Cuomo signed New York's Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act into law on Jan. 15.

New York's sweeping gun law: A tipping point for gun control?

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law the first major gun-control measure since Newtown, and he hopes other states will follow suit

 
A child hugs his father, who returned from Afghanistan on Nov. 4, 2012, after a nine-month deployment.

Americans should spend more money on veterans

Supporting our troops cannot begin and end with the mere act of waving a flag or wearing a yellow ribbon

 
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is widely seen as harboring White House aspirations.

How gun control is already shaping the 2016 Democratic primary

Potential presidential contenders are moving quickly to establish their gun-control bona fides

 
Jon Stewart's debt solution: Rummage around the White House couch cushions. You never know what you might find!

Paul Krugman vs. Jon Stewart: The grudge match over a $1 trillion coin

For liberals, it's the ideological equivalent of watching your parents fight

 
President Obama is more popular than the House GOP... for now.

Why is the GOP trying to commit political suicide?

Congressional Republicans seem intent on behaving like children and, in doing so, making the president look positively reasonable by comparison

 
Vice President Joe Biden will reportedly suggest new limits on overseas gun imports, among other gun-control measures.

What executive actions could President Obama take to strengthen gun control?

The White House will reportedly consider 19 recommendations for unilateral action

 
Is President Obama more flexible than he's making himself out to be?

Will Obama cave on the debt ceiling?

The president repeated again on Monday that he won't negotiate with Congress over the debt ceiling. History suggests otherwise

 
President Obama waves after his inaugural address in 2009.

Obama's second inaugural speech: 6 things he should say

The second inaugural is rarely memorable, but President Obama can defy history on Jan. 21, and maybe even change it

 
Edward Morrissey

Edward Morrissey: Why a government shutdown would help the GOP

After the fiscal-cliff fiasco, Republicans have almost nothing to lose

 
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