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Mitch McConnell is the most adroit of politicians, but hes about to be tested in what could be the most difficult and revealing period of his more than three decades in public office. McConnell, the Senate GOP leader and Kentuckys senior senator, is being tugged from all sides. Hes the consummate establishment Republican attempting to lead a caucus increasingly divided between pragmatists and

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A more active government wins growing approval, but only so long as it doesn’t raise taxes, require tradeoffs, or interfere with private enterprise.

Good news for control freaks and nanny-staters across the U.S.: Americans' support for a bigger, more active government is edging up, potentially creating an opening for politicians and activists who want their countrymen to snuggle in the

A Supreme Court ruling due in a few weeks could wipe out health insurance for millions of people covered by President Barack Obama's health care law. But it's Republicans — not White House officials — who have been talking about damage control.

A likely reason: Twenty-six of the 34 states that would be most affected by the ruling have Republican governors, and 22 of the 24 GOP Senate