News & Politics

Arlington National Cemetery Investigation

Cremated remains dumped in landfill

More burial mix-ups unearthed at the troubled national cemetery
Mark Benjamin
Healthcare Reform

Did Pelosi just ditch the public option?

The House Speaker seems to back away from a firm position she'd previously staked on the issue
Alex Koppelman

House progressives prepare to fight Senate

The Congressional Progressive Caucus says a conference committee on healthcare reform is a must
Mike Madden
Barack Obama

Obama accepts Nobel, defends war

"The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it," the president says in accepting his award
Alex Koppelman
Afghanistan

Obama gets real

For all the ambiguity of his new policy, he is admitting that U.S. power has limits and priorities
Gene Lyons
Healthcare Reform

Meet your new health insurance company overlords

After reform, insurers won't have to worry about competition
Robert Reich

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Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 10:40 EST

Rick Warren comes out against Uganda's anti-gay bill

The pastor had been pressured to make a statement on legislation that could lead to the death penalty for gays Video
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Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 06:30 EST

Steele memo: Yes, GOP's trying to stall healthcare reform

The RNC chair makes his party's new rhetorical strategy official
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Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 04:56 EST

DeMint: GOP leadership "has gone to the left"

The senator from South Carolina has a diagnosis for the problems in the Republican Party
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Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 03:11 EST

Top 5 ways Obama can redeem his Nobel

The president got his prize as an encouragement. Here's how he can rise to the occasion
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Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 02:11 EST

The president's Nobel acceptance speech

A war president's thoughts on peace in Oslo
Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 01:11 EST

Supporting the ACLU

The financial crisis threatens to curtail vital Constitutional and civil liberties defenses.
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Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 14:10 EST

Deal or no deal?

Senate Democrats seem to agree on how to move forward with healthcare reform. But the devil is in the details
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Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 12:49 EST

MoveOn comes out against Senate deal

The liberal group sends an e-mail to its members saying Dems have "bargained away the heart" of reform
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Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 11:25 EST

Sanford likely to escape impeachment

The South Carolina governor got some very good news Wednesday afternoon
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Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 10:04 EST

Fox's Gretchen Carlson is not as dumb as she seems

Jon Stewart reveals the shocking truth about a Fox News host who knows a lot more than she pretends Video
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Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 08:35 EST

Dean approves of Senate healthcare deal

An agreement on how to proceed on reform gets a boost from a big liberal voice Video
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Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 08:10 EST

Why don't the powerful get grilled like this?

Rachel Maddow destroys anti-gay "researcher" Richard Cohen, but he was an easy target Video
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Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 06:35 EST

Liberals will live without the public option

The Senate compromise offers enough to make progressives forget about what had been a dealbreaker
Gabriel Winant
Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 05:05 EST

Will Lieberman back new healthcare deal?

The Connecticut senator puts out a statement that leaves his options open
Alex Koppelman
Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 03:32 EST

Coakley wins primary to replace Kennedy

The Massachusetts state attorney general won the Democratic nomination easily; she's likely to win the general too
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Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 03:10 EST

President's jobs initiative doesn't measure up

The president is trying to avoid criticism on spending with a small jobs plan, just when we need a big one
By Robert Reich
Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 02:10 EST

Tony Blair's taxi-derived "45-minute" WMD claim

A British investigation reveals embarrassing details of just how knowingly false was the pre-Iraq hysteria.
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Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 21:01 EST

Democrats have healthcare breakthrough

Agreement met -- but public option appears largely gone
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Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 21:01 EST

Officials: Russian nightclub fire kills 124

Indoor fireworks ignited ceiling in club with one exit
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Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 21:00 EST

Israel gives initial OK to Jerusalem referendum

Parliament has approved a plan to let Israelis vote on returning land in Jerusalem, Golan Heights
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Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 14:50 EST

Report: Senate Dems reach deal to drop public option

Details of the agreement are sketchy, but it seems that the plan for a government-run insurer is dead in the Senate
Alex Koppelman
Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 14:09 EST

'Tis the season to be grumpy

If you're tired of enforced joyfulness, go to New York: Christmas has some opposition there
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Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 12:30 EST

Does Reid need a "history lesson" for slavery remarks?

Conservatives assail the majority leader over his comparison of reform opponents to those who blocked civil rights
Alex Koppelman
Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 12:01 EST

Public option may be on life support

Progressive groups say an alternative plan won't work, but the Senate pushes for a way around an impasse
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Tuesday, Dec 8, 2009 11:33 EST

Senate votes to table Nelson abortion amendment

Proponents of tighter restrictions on abortion coverage in reform legislation suffer an early setback
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