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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is expected to combat what he regards is an example of government overreach by flooding the mark up session of the country’s main

This week, the U.S. Postal Service issued a new price hike. The change doesn’t affect the price of a basic first-class stamp, so it’s gone unnoticed by most

Matt Lewis has the latest edition of the presidential straw poll to be distributed later this week to paying attendees of the annual CPAC conference. In

Part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s much-touted strategy switch has been to focus on deporting illegal immigrants deemed dangerous rather than

Maybe that crazy lady at the McCain rally was right after all. The Times of London reports that a tribe of Bedouins -- a group of historically nomadic Arabs

Human Rights First, which staunchly opposes any decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his fellow 9/11 conspirators in a military commission, convened a

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An upcoming Senate vote could be crucial to the implementation of the EPA’s Florida water quality rules, and much of the pressure rests on the shoulders of Sen. Bill Nelson.

Charles Smith at Seeking Alpha has an interesting post estimating that the number of people living in their homes but not paying their mortgages -- people

Michael Bromwich -- who was appointed by the Obama administration to reform the former Minerals Management Service (MMS), the agency that was responsible for

I just chatted with Raymond Denny, the 64-year-old La Center, Wash., man who received the RNC’s 2009 Future of American Health Survey, which alleged that

Dodd’s financial reform bill centers on a powerful Federal Reserve. For-profits play a major role in earmarks despite restrictions. Ensign’s scandal has

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney plans to forgo the Ames Straw Poll, a political event and Iowa GOP fundraiser that has been previously used to measure grassroots candidate support. During the 2008 presidential contests, the Romney campaign spent in excess of $1 million to claim straw poll victory

A former minister in the reformist government of Mohammed Khatami just posted on Mir Hossein Moussavi’s Website -- which I suppose is unblocked for the moment

The Home Affordable Modification Program, HAMP, continues to sputter, converting 26.7 percent fewer trial modifications into permanent modifications in

The massive protests at the White House in opposition to the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline continued on Tuesday with 60 people, including actress Margot Kidder, being arrested and taken to jail. The Huffington Post did a video report from the site of the protests, including an interview with protest organizer Bill McKibben.

In his first interview since being appointed to lead the state’s Department of Environmental Protection, Herschel Vinyard spoke with The Florida Current about some of Florida’s more controversial proposals, including a stricter set of water pollution standards and a plan that would privatize portions of some Florida state parks.

In just the last seven days, third-party groups spent $153,000 on independent expenditures to buy commercials, make phone calls and fund other activities to

Are there any judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit without substantial holdings in oil and gas? Not many, notes the Alliance for Justice in

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm hopes so.