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Is Ron Paul one step closer to announcing his candidacy for presidency? The Texas Congressman will be in Iowa Tuesday to open a campaign office in Ankeny, Dr. Drew Ivers , chairman of Paul’s Iowa presidential exploratory committee, said Friday.

Remember when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.) ran for re-election? Here’s a refresher: Californians dodged a bullet. Instead of having their taxes

So when the Obama administration announced on Friday that it was going to come up with benchmarks to judge the success or failure of its Af-Pak strategy but was

A new report from the Government Accountability Office outlines the safety concerns connected with U.S. government oversight of foreign medications and medicinal components.

“What woman has not felt anxiety walking alone at night?” With that question, University of Denver students, staff and friends kicked off this year’s Take Back the Night rally on the DU campus Wednesday evening.

In a new op-ed published on the conservative blog Florida Political Press , Jacksonville tea party leader Billie Tucker vents her frustration with the Florida political process and politicians she calls “worthless” and “unprincipled,” with “no backbone.” # Tucker’s post compares God to a sunset, “hanging around and refusing to leave,” as she vents about politics and the liberal media: # As the fiery sun looked back at me, I started telling Him about the lame politicians, the liberal media, and I mentioned how hard it was getting to keep on going. He seemed to understand because His glow was strong and powerful, yet soft and warm

Not long ago, a number of foreign-policy progressives in the Obama orbit vented to me about how they were concerned Hillary Rodham Clinton would shut them out

This rundown of why a vote on unemployment insurance benefits was delayed by five weeks seems like a nadir in the War on ACORN. According to Ryan Grim, the GOP

A moment I nearly missed, from last night’s Sarah Palin appearance on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show: HANNITY: Look, you supported Doug Hoffman in the New

In May, House Republicans created a new website, America Speaking Out, that allows regular folks to submit ideas for policy solutions on jobs, the debt,

On Tuesday Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation that dramatically changes the route to tenure for teachers in public school systems.

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Eric Holder said today that the Justice Department will soon issue its opinion and

This dropped in the last hour and I’ve obtained the full text. Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has changed

I wrote yesterday about Adm. Robert Harward, the deputy commander of Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., a key ally of Gen. Stanley McChrystal who’s been

Is Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kans.) really talking about protecting fetuses under the Americans with Disabilities Act right now? Really? Someone has already

While the lame-duck session appears to be one of the best opportunities for Democrats to pass key pieces of energy legislation before they have to compromise

This morning, the Labor Department announced that the number of people making initial jobless claims increased sharply last week, up by 37,000 to 464,000. The

Though medical marijuana is legal in New Mexico, the drug is still regarded as an illegal scheduled substance by the federal government. Given the federal government sets the rules on who can own guns, medicinal marijuana smokers of this state and 15 others are barred from owning guns

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Gil Kerlikowske, the newly minted head of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, is calling for a

Anyone who pooh-poohed Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) politically courageous decision to work with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to help craft bipartisan climate

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) pressed Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on her handling of military recruiters at Harvard Law School just now, implying that the

The Obama administration is announcing new job initiatives in Peosta Tuesday that have been recommended by the White House Rural Council. The initiatives are specifically geared toward growing the economy and creating jobs in rural America. The Council’s recommendations focus on key areas of need in rural communities, including helping rural small businesses access capital, expanding rural job search and training services, and increasing rural access to health care workers and technology

U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle this morning denied the government’s attempt to further delay the hearing of Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohammed Jawad and, as