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The FBI raided the offices of a defense lobbying firm with close ties to Democratic Rep. John Murtha (Penn.), sources tell ABC News. The FBI searched the Virginia headquarters of the PMA Group in November, according to the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. PMA was founded by former Murtha aide Paul Magliochetti […]

My working assumption has been (and remains) that Justices Stevens and Souter will retire during this Presidency. I thought that would be true no matter whether John McCain or instead Barack Obama won the election. Importantly, that assumption is built on a thin foundation. Both seem to be thriving on the Court.

Equating evolution with Charles Darwin ignores 150 years of discoveries, including most of what scientists understand about evolution. Such as: Gregor Mendel’s patterns of heredity (which gave Darwin’s idea of natural selection a mechanism — genetics — by which it could work); the discovery of DNA (which gave genetics a mechanism and lets us see […]

One Shauna Daly, a young Democrat operative with a reputation for dirt-digging, named to new job of White House counsel research director. Spokesman says she’s a paralegal, but she “holds no law degree and doesn’t list any legal training on her resume.” Partisanship in traditionally nonpartisan positions? Meet the new boss.