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In the aftermath of Osama bin Laden's death, and the celebrations inspired by news of his demise, there's been some discussion of whether Americans should be celebrating and just what Americans are celebrating. Are we celebrating the death of another human being (even...

Just two days after Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., claimed that the "Gang of Six" that he's a member of was making "enormous progress" toward coming up with a bipartisan deficit-reduction plan, a series of news reports indicated that the process is...

As conservatives in Congress exploit the impending vote to on the debt ceiling to further slash government programs that support working and middle class families, a new poll from the Ms. Foundation for Women shows that the American people want the government to play...

Next week, May 9 and 10, the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue will take place in Washington DC. Since 2009, high-level representatives of the US China, with their delegations, meet each year at one then the other capital. Let's see if the administration will...

Why do Swedes and citizens of other relatively equal nations take their lives at a higher rate than residents of more unequal nations? Four investigators have tapped a wealth of newly available data to help make sense out of a paradox that has dogged the research on...

So I see that Fox and the talk radio wingnuts are already on the latest conspiracy theory:   Evidently, it's an article of faith that the administration might have faked the death of bin Laden, ostensibly for electoral purposes. Drudge is heralding a tip that the...

Osama bin Laden's demise came after President Barack Obama restored counter-terrorism operations to America's top national security priority, reversing President George Bush's decision -- before and after the 9/11 attacks -- to deprioritize the effort to destroy al...