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It's that time of the year when numerous organizations and news outlets publish or announce their "Best of..." or "Worst of..." or "Most important of..." or "Most popular of..." lists. Not to be outdone by the so-called elite media, below is a list from an industrious public-interest group whose sole mission is to investigate and prosecute government corruption wherever it is discovered. On Thursday, Judicial Watch released its 2010 list of Washington's “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” While there may be some surprises, readers will note that neither political party has a monopoly on political corruption. Special thanks to Judicial...

(AP) Predictions of an almost two-thirds Nevada voter turnout nearly came true amid intense interest in Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid's contest against Republican Sharron Angle, officials said Wednesday. Some 64.5 percent of 1.1 million registered voters statewide cast ballots in Tuesday's midterm election, the Nevada secretary of state's office said, compared with a turnout of more than 59 percent of the state's 990,000 registered voters in the 2006 midterm election. In Las Vegas, Clark County elections chief Larry Lomax reported that more than 63 percent of registered voters cast ballots. Almost 40 percent voted early or by mail....

GOP challenger hoping Tea Party darling will counter presidential trump card played by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid The campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle is preparing to announce an endorsement from conservative darling Sarah Palin, who, it hopes, will motivate the Republican base and turn out voters. Although Angle’s campaign has actively pursued the former Alaska governor’s endorsement, the effect of Palin’s seal of approval remains an open question in a race with so few undecided voters. Republican operatives acknowledged that Palin is a polarizing figure unlikely to sway independent voters, who are key to the race,...

WASHINGTON -- A day after Arizona Sen. John McCain forged an unusual bipartisan alliance with the White House on cutting $1.75 billion in increased spending for the F-22 jet fighter, congressional Democratic leaders pressured lawmakers to drop the matter to clear the way for a hate crimes provision in the defense spending measure. The move, backed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., sparked heated debate on the Senate floor as McCain unsuccessfully sought to remove the hate crimes amendment, known as the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, from the broader defense spending measure on the grounds that the...