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Back from his surprise trip
to Honduras, in which he and a Republican delegation met with the
nation's interim president President Roberto Micheletti (who assumed
power through a military coup and has been subsequently condemned by the Obama
administration and the ...

After failing to derail President Obama’s popular stimulus package, House Republicans are turning their attention to one of the White House’s next big endeavors: cap-and-trade. Specifically, the caucus is attempting to paint the scheme—which aims to reduce industrial ...

When President Obama stopped by the Catepillar plant in Peoria last week, he urged freshman GOP Rep.
Aaron Schock to buck his party’s leaders and support the stimulus bill.
Like every other Republican in the House, Schock ultimately voted
against the measure. And his main ...

To succeed as President, Barack Obama is going to have to help
revive the American economy. That's the issue that dominated the
campaign, especially the last two months, and it's what voters are
entrusting him to do. We've already blogged at length about the
importance of ...

Hoping to survive an oncoming Democratic wave, John McCain and his
Republican cohorts popularized a new campaign meme this past week --
the "dangerous threesome":

Referring to Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, House speaker,
and Harry Reid, Senate majority ...

After more than 20 years on the air, WLS' Don Wade & Roma Morning Show is a Chicago media institution, regularly featuring appearances from high-profile journalists and commentators, not to mention politicians from both sides of the aisle.  As the Tribune's Eric Zorn ...

GOP Rep. Mark Kirk is all in a tizzy about the newest TV ad
coming from Democrat challenger Dan Seals' camp. The video features Caleb Davis -- an Iraq
vet from Peoria -- making the case that the incumbent Republican sent
troops to war irresponsibly and didn't care for them ...

As we noted in the Early Bird, Rep. Mark Kirk is now expressing skepticism about John McCain's running mate. When asked if Alaska Gov. Sarah
Palin had the qualifications to become president, the North Shore Republican told the Tribune editorial board
yesterday: "Quite ...

There's contrarian and then there's just silly. Speaking to WLS's Don Wade and Roma early this morning, Time editor-at-large Mark Halperin lauded House Republicans for protecting
American taxpayers during the negotiations surrounding the mammoth -- and
now defeated -- Wall ...

Some conservatives are laying blame for the mortgage crisis in all the wrong places.

Earlier this week, the National Review joined others on the right in in castigating
the Community Reinvestment Act, which forced banks to loan in
communities of color at the same ...