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The Response, Gov. Rick Perry’s August prayer rally, not only brought thousands of Christians to pray for a nation in crisis, but also broke the curse of

Spencer, to reply to your plaintive query, I’d say it’s clear the traders on Wall Street share your sense of confusion, based on the ups and downs of the

The American Jewish pro-peace pro-Israel pro-Palestinian organization urges the Nobel Laureate president to use his enhanced prestige to push forward with an

As the punditocracy, blogosphere and, well, anyone following the race pondered when Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) will gracefully or not-so-gracefully end her

I just spoke with Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), the progressive firebrand most known for his willingness to call out Republican obstructionism on health care

President Obama walks a fine line between upholding a campaign promise and harming a significant employer in Appalachia.

In the neighborhoods hit hardest by the foreclosure crisis, speculators and flippers are swooping in to buy up the cheap properties and then letting them fall into disarray. Housing advocates may have found a legal opening to stop the death spiral.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D) just announced his candidacy to replace outgoing Sen. Chris Dodd (D) -- and already, a new poll by Public

Variety reports that a Sarah Palin-hosted TV series about Alaska is on track to appear on a cable channel, possibly Discovery or the Travel Channel. The

“This bill represents a textbook example of how not to deal with the economic challenges that our country faces, said Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas).

Stewart Rhodes, head of the libertarian-constitutionalist rights group Oath Keepers , told Slate reporter Dave Weigel last week that imprisoned U.S.

The Florida Commission on the Status of Women recently released its “2011 Summary of Florida Laws Affecting Women and Families” without any mention of the five abortion bills that were signed into law this year in Florida. The Florida Commission on the Status of Women is listed as a “nonpartisan board.” The governor, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the president of Senate and the attorney general appoint four members; the Chief Financial Officer and commissioner of agriculture appoint three each.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the former U.S. Attorney who’s been pointing out for more than a year that waterboarding is and always has been torture, made

After the jump, a slideshow of the Tea Party rally on Capitol Hill today:

It’s no mystery that states have struggled through the economic downturn, as revenues have dropped with rising unemployment and falling consumer spending, while

Taegan Goddard reports that a new poll will show Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) deep in the hole against any potential Democratic candidate. One difference between

<p>When the subject is scandal, you think you&rsquo;ve seen it all. But you haven&rsquo;t. That&rsquo;s one thing I&rsquo;ve learned. So,

Serves me right for not reading my White House briefing transcript until this morning, but here’s Robert Gibbs yesterday talking about what looked on Friday to

During today’s press gaggle, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said he made a mistake by calling the just-sworn-in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the elected

The national oil spill commission has made headlines last week for its reports that heavily criticized the Obama administration for its response to the Gulf oil