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The number of people living with HIV/AIDS that are on Florida’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program waiting list has dropped slightly through the month of June. # The Drug Assistance Program supplies life-saving drugs to patients who are uninsured and unable to afford their HIV/AIDS medications.

Banned in Tysons Corner, Va., actually, where Pat and Bay Buchanan’s The American Cause will hold its conference on building a new Republican majority. An email

It looks like the left-wing independent spending infrastructure, long moribund, is starting to show its first signs of new life. According to The Washington

Last week, the USDA suspended the organic certification of Promiseland Livestock , one of the largest organic cattle companies in the country.

Colorado Sen. Mark Udall today, appearing on the MSNBC’s Hardball show with Chris Matthews, said American political infighting should not spill over into how the United States deals with the ongoing popular uprising against the regime of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt

It’s hard to know what to make of this, but The Times of London has an explosive and very detailed story claiming that Italian intelligence operatives paid

Support for the review of deportation cases announced last week by the Department of Homeland Security has earned the support of progressive organizations, and even some conservatives. # Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, a Republican, said in a conference call hosted by the National Immigration Forum today that he applauds Homeland Security’s decision to use prosecutorial discretion in immigration deportation to focus resources on “people who are here to violate our laws in felonious ways.” # Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, said during the conference that he applauds the measures, calling the decision to review cases “a Christian decision to protect the innocent.” # “The cook at Arby’s with three children was deported with the drug dealer, that was wrong,” Rodriguez said.

The Lowe’s logo (Pic via melissabargains.com ) In response to the company’s recent decision to pull ads from the TLC reality series All-American Muslim , Detroit-area faith leaders will hold a demonstration outside a Michigan branch of home improvement chain Lowe’s on Saturday. Lowe’s pulled its advertising from the show after the Florida Family Association complained that it depicted American Muslims “as ordinary folks just like you and me.” The group said the show is nothing more than “propaganda clearly designed to counter legitimate and present-day concerns about many Muslims who are advancing Islamic fundamentalism and Sharia law.” At least 60 companies have acceded to the group’s demands, but Lowe’s has born the brunt of most of the scrutiny — likely because of a public comment issued shortly after the ad pulls were announced.

The $600 million border security funding bill passed by the Senate last week could hit a roadblock in the House, The New York Times reports. The bill, which was

Nice catch by Andrea Nill -- Queen’s Medical Center, where Rush Limbaugh is being treated after experiencing chest pains yesterday, happens to be a crucial

David Dayen reports some big news on the foreclosure fraud scandal: has filed a lawsuit in Lucas County (Toledo) Common Pleas Court against GMAC Mortgage and

Two of the most negative and expensive primary battles this cycle are coming to an end tonight in Florida, and our sister site, The Florida Independent, will be

A controversial federal law designed to keep illegal immigrants out of Medicaid is still ensnaring U.S. citizens 18 months after it took effect. It has

At our sister site, The Michigan Messenger, Eartha Jane Melzer has an eye-opening piece about what could be the Republican Party’s plans to target its latest

It’s been a good week for Obama. The GOP stands to gain from the race debate but lose from birtherism. Matt Yglesias thinks we don’t need more

The stock market saves Ben Bernanke’s job. Michael Steele delivers a mixed message on Medicare. Liberal groups spend seven figures on cap-and-trade attack

There’s no indication that it’s anything more than a mild fall, but Politico reports that ambulances and fire trucks were dispatched this morning to the home of

At the beginning of 2011 the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture began the congressional session by questioning agriculture officials on the government’s role in regulation of biotechnology. The Committee seems poised now to take their questions a step further, and have scheduled a Thursday hearing to “review the causes and consequences of government over-regulation of agriculture biotechnology.” (Editor’s Note: At 5 p.m

Pontiac City Council members say that the city’s Emergency Manager, Michael Stampfler, is trying to intimidate them and control their speech.

Hoping to prevent the election-coverage debacle that marred the 2000 presidential race, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) is urging the major television networks to

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