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Dana Liebelson

CHART: 40 years later, Roe v. Wade is still under siege

Dana Liebelson

CHART: 40 years later, Roe v. Wade is still under siege

Edward Morrissey

Can the 113th Congress get anything done?

Matt K. Lewis

In four years, we'll be inaugurating President Marco Rubio

Paul Brandus

Why the GOP should embrace Obama

Don't worry boys, just sit back and watch the country's fiscal problems right themselves.

How Congress can solve the U.S. budget crisis: Do nothing?

January 11, 2013, at 9:23 AM

While apparently nobody was looking, says a fiscal think tank, Washington basically solved our budget problem

Lew, serving as Office of Management and Budget director in 2011, speaks during a news briefing.

5 things Republicans hate about Jack Lew

January 11, 2013, at 7:47 AM

President Obama's nominee for Treasury secretary used to be well-regarded on the Right. Not anymore

Vice President Joe Biden meets with gun interest groups on Jan. 10.

The likely recommendations of Obama's gun-control task force

January 10, 2013, at 5:25 PM

Universal background checks and a ban on high-capacity magazines are on the table

The U.S. government is totally good for it.

Forget the $1 trillion coin: Should the U.S. issue IOUs to avoid a debt default?

January 10, 2013, at 3:20 PM

The latest plan to prevent the GOP from taking the economy hostage

Jacob Lew, who stepped in as President Obama's chief of staff last year, has been tapped to be the next treasury secretary.

Is President Obama stacking his cabinet with yes-men?

January 10, 2013, at 11:22 AM

Critics say Obama is shutting out different points of view

Walmart is one of the nation's biggest retailers of firearms.

The key to gun control: Walmart?

January 10, 2013, at 8:38 AM

The gun lobby needn't fear Joe Biden's meeting with the NRA, but it should be nervous about the nation's biggest retailer participating in the VP's gun-control roundtable

President Obama and First Lady Michelle dance during an inaugural ball in 2009. This year, there'll be fewer dances like these.

Obama's second inauguration: 6 mini-scandals and surprising facts

January 10, 2013, at 7:15 AM

From a bubbling fight over inaugural Champagne to anti-gay pastors, the upcoming, low-key inauguration isn't exactly low-drama

Attorney General Eric Holder has become one of the GOP's biggest punching bags over the last four years.

Why is Eric Holder staying at the Justice Department?

January 9, 2013, at 5:25 PM

Many predicted the embattled attorney general would step down

Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a Jan. 9 meeting on gun control.

Should President Obama use an executive order to strengthen gun control?

January 9, 2013, at 4:05 PM

Joe Biden says all options are on the table, including running around Congress

When Chuck Hagel won his 1996 Nebraska Senate race, he is the first Republican to do so in 24 years

WATCH: Everything you need to know about Chuck Hagel — in 81 seconds

January 9, 2013, at 3:37 PM

Get to know President Obama's nominee to head the Pentagon

Richard Nixon blows out the candles on his 48th birthday: Jan. 9, 1961.

The 4 nicest things you can say about Richard Nixon

January 9, 2013, at 2:20 PM

The disgraced 37th president would have turned 100 on Wednesday, and some admirers want to remind you he wasn't all bad

Some GOPers say White House Chief of staff Jack Lew shouldn't be Treasury secretary — because he shares Obama's views.

Jack Lew: The right choice for Treasury secretary?

January 9, 2013, at 11:37 AM

President Obama's chief of staff is reportedly getting the nod

There may be no time like the present and no venue like Oprah's show for Lance Armstrong to come clean.

Will Lance Armstrong confess to Oprah?

January 9, 2013, at 9:58 AM

The disgraced cyclist is set to appear on Oprah's show amidst reports that he's considering coming clean on his alleged doping past

Debt-ceiling fight: Who should be on the $1 trillion platinum coin?

January 9, 2013, at 8:48 AM

As the idea of neutering the debt ceiling with a mega-coin gains cache, it's time to start picking the trillion-dollar face

Why the $1 trillion coin campaign is good for America

January 9, 2013, at 6:30 AM

By meeting absurdity with absurdity, "mint the coin" advocates may show debt-ceiling hostage takers the recklessness of their own premises

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