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Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota (Pic via Facebook) The House of Representatives’ Office of Congressional Ethics has launched a “preliminary” investigation into Rep. Vern Buchanan, R- Sarasota

Can I be real for a moment? I don’t know a thing about what can or should be done about the Somali pirates. It seems as if the unionized crew of the Maersk

When John Becker of Truth Wins Out, a non-profit that fights anti-gay religious extremism, recently went undercover as a conflicted gay man seeking ex-gay

Just when you thought the conversation over government spending had moved firmly from the executive branch to the legislative, Christopher Hellman, a military

One of the central flaws of safety net programs is that they become most necessary during recessions when states are least able to afford the influx of

One of the points that Defense Secretary Bob Gates emphasized -- arguably, in fact, the key point -- in his Senate testimony last month is the abundant need to

GUANTANAMO BAY -- A question that intuitively speaks to the voluntariness of Omar Khadr’s statements to interrogators in Bagram (and later Guantanamo) in 2002

Spending bailout money to lobby for more bailout money might soon become slightly more difficult. Incoming Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is expected to

Last year, Manatee County addressed a significant rise in teen pregnancy in the county by opening up its sex education policy to include a curriculum that moved beyond “abstinence-only” information.

Via Connie Brimmer, a conservative blogger/artist, comes a painting titled Hannah Giles Carving a Giant Acorn. It’s a tribute to the 20-year-old woman who

VP candidate rose to power by looking out for No. 1. Now that she’s on the national stage, she could be back to politics as usual.

In a move that’s sure to dismay some of President Obama’s faithful, the new administration today stood up in a federal appeals court and reiterated the Bush

Yesterday, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) introduced a bill to provide extra weeks of federally paid-for unemployment insurance benefits for the 99ers -- the

Rep. Michele Bachmann was grilled by the hosts of several Sunday morning talk shows about her views on gay and lesbian Americans

If there’s a story whose facts are verifiable, and it generates interest, and it comes from Satan himself, I will take it and I will pay him a reporting fee, Tucker Carlson said.

In case anyone had any doubt that Hillary Rodham Clinton’s ascension to her new job is a foregone conclusion, Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), the ranking

The 16-year-old Wednesday Meeting of conservatives, held every week at the offices of Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform, typically draws one or more

We all know how this battle has played out in the past. Indeed, though the House easily passed a credit card reform bill in 2008 and again this year, Senate

Every city has its own variation of political scandal. In Los Angeles, it’s usually about complicated land grabs and water. Many people view

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