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Wind Industry Pushes Back Against Report of Misleading Stimulus Claims

By | 10.22.10 | 4:49 pm

Wind industry officials are working overtime to counter a story published yesterday by American University’s Investigative Reporting Workshop that finds many of the wind farms that received stimulus money were built during the Bush administration or earlier, potentially undercutting the Obama administration’s claims that it created thousands of new More…

Not Content With Ads, U.S. Chamber Investing in Making the News Too

By | 10.22.10 | 3:39 pm

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce isn’t just using its cash to flood the airwaves, reports the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard this afternoon; it’s also been investing in its own publishing platform, running both a national site and a network of local publications that focus on legal issues (like More…

Obama Stakes Out Middle Ground in Calling for Immigration Reform

By | 07.01.10 | 12:03 pm

Obama tried to carve out a place in the middle of the immigration debate during a speech at American University’s School of International Service today. Although his speech was light on specific policy recommendations, Obama rejected anti-deportation appeals for blanket amnesty for undocumented immigrants in the country while also emphasizing More…

Former OLC Director Not Opposed to Criminal Investigation of OLC Lawyers

By | 11.03.09 | 1:07 pm

Former Acting Assistant Attorney General Daniel Levin, who headed the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel under President George W. Bush after the departure of Jack Goldsmith, said this morning that “I personally am not opposed to criminal investigation of my conduct and others during the period in question.” Levin More…