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Almost precisely one year ago, the Obama administration was so enraged with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, whose campaign of terror in the Syrian civil war had killed thousands of civilians, including with chemical weapons, that President Obama was personally making the case for launching off-shore strikes against Assad. For a president who so assiduously avoids military conflict, it was a

One more sign Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has higher ambitions: he's joined the "Fix the Debt" campaign urging Congress and President Obama to reach a grand deal to tame the country's $16 trillion debt.

The outfit is comprised primarily of business leaders and former lawmakers, including Wyoming and New Hampshire Sens. Alan Simpson and Judd Gregg, both Republicans, and

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis reveals in a new campaign memoir that she terminated two pregnancies for medical reasons in the 1990s, including one where the fetus had developed a severe brain abnormality. Davis writes in "Forgetting to be Afraid" that she had an abortion after an exam revealed that the brain of the fetus had developed in complete separation on the right

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is refusing to hand over $800,000 in credit-card bills as part of a probe into his travel expenses. The monitoring organization New Jersey Watchdog alleges that Christie has been costing the public a pretty penny for his travels, including an 1,800 percent increase in the governor’s security detail since he took office. “Last year, Christie traveled out-of-state