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Political claims checked

Josh Levs speaks with PolitiFact.com’s Bill Adair about President Obama’s promises and an assertion by Glenn Beck.

Obama: I pledged to end Iraq war

President Obama says U.S. involvment in Iraq is ending and now it’s time to pay tribute to all who have served there.

American dream ‘threatened’

Senate candidate Marco Rubio says America’s greatness is threatened by the economic policies of the Obama administration.

Immigration: The shrinking GOP reform caucus

President Obama’s tax reform task force will deliver its long-overdue report on Friday offering a list of ways to improve the federal tax code.

Rally tests FOX host’s sway

Glenn Beck, the man behind Saturday’s rally at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, has built an empire around his own voice that grew exponentially with his move to Fox News Channel and President Barack Obama’s election to the White House.

2010′s Top 10 political upsets (so far)

Florida guv? Arkansas Senate? And unpredictable South Carolina! Here’s First Read’s list of the most shocking outcomes of the political cycle so far.

“El ángel rubio” especialista en secuestros. Tigre Acosta arrojaba los miércoles a los compañeros vivos al mar… La fuente, palabras propias de mi hermano, corroborado en sus libros “La Pista Suiza” y luego “Montoneros, final de cuentas”, que el escribía y me lo contaba personalmente en varias conversaciones y cartas. Lo confesó así Juan Alberto [...]

House Republican leader John Boehner on Friday will start to lay out a “prebuttal” to President Barack Obama’s upcoming speech on Iraq.

A conservative Alaska lawyer credits his primary vote lead over U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski largely to “common sense” voters dissatisfied with the direction taken by Congress and President Barack Obama.

Prosecutors have dismissed all four charges against Robert Blagojevich, brother of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, defense attorney Michael Ettinger said Thursday.

For the people of Iraq, the withdrawal of U.S. forces will be largely symbolic. The average Iraqi has not seen U.S. forces since June 2009, when they redeployed to the outskirts of Iraqi cities under the terms of the 2008 security agreement between the United States and Iraq. Since then, Iraqi forces have been in [...]

Opinion: GOP split on Latinos and immigration

What goes around … can blow up in your face.

A warning for Tea Party members coming to DC

Bruce Majors’ blog post giving Tea Party members a guide to DC was not racist, although it basically said to avoid black neighborhoods (I DID read the whole post). The post was, however, extremely ignorant, disrespectful, and flat out wrong towards people in my neighborhood (I live on the Green Line) as well as DC’s [...]

Rollins: Political quake shakes GOP

Republican primary voters yesterday sent shock waves of earthquake proportions from Florida to Alaska.

To-do list: Your ideas for Obama, GOP

Strategists’ advice on what President Obama and Republicans must do before the midterms elections prompted CNN readers to maket housands of comments and suggestions, ranging from constructive to highly critical.