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The US government will take a 60 percent ownership stake in General Motors and extend an additional $30 billion to the automaker as part of a post-bankruptcy restructuring of the company, the White House announced tonight. GM is expected to...

The New England delegation divided on the issue today as the House approved funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as the US winds down its involvement in the former and increases its push in the latter. The $97...

President Obama announced today that Chrysler will partner with Italian company Fiat and go through a quick bankruptcy, moves he said will give the storied US automaker a "new lease on life." The partnership, he said, will save 30,000 jobs...

It's time to reveal the new rankings of the 25 most likely 2012 Republican Presidential nominees -- updating from my rankings entering 2009, and at the end of February. And get excited, there's a new number one!

It's been an active couple of months for the Presidential wannabes, as they have shuffled to position themselves on the federal stimulus package, the federal budget, the Tax Day Tea Parties, and anything else that provides a platform for posturing.

Then there's the defection of Arlen Specter, who left because GOP primary voters wanted him gone. So... if you're sucking up to GOP primary voters, what's your response? (And if you're hoping to win the GOP Pres.