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The U.S. government tried to get Binyam Mohamed -- the British resident who was held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay for four years and allegedly

Under newly proposed legislation, the federal government would no longer fund projects that only teach sex education in the context of abstinence only until

From the LetsTalkLiberty Twitter account that’s following Carl Swensson’s Birthers as they try to deliver citizen indictments of the president of the United

Last week, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Gen. Michael Maples, acknowledged a simple truth about the presence of the Taliban senior leadership

Texas’ Alternatives to Abortion Services Program reimburses nonprofit subcontractors $63 per hour for mentoring/counseling performed by unlicensed volunteers to

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) may be a political also-ran, but he is also a genius at repackaging himself for the liberal media. His latest

Jeff Harris, of Beckley, W.Va., is an underground coal miner who once worked for Massey Energy. For that experience, he was on Capitol Hill this afternoon

Today was certainly a red-letter day for supporters of gay rights. In addition to the Vermont Legislature’s passage, and then veto-override, of a bill

The Right’s takeaway from Steve Kroft’s 60 Minutes interview with President Obama is this exchange. KROFT: You’re sitting here. And you’re laughing. You

Arizonans also go to the polls today, but the much anticipated GOP Senate primary race between Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former Rep. J. D. Hayworth

President Obama raised $1 million for House Democrats last night at a fundraiser in Los Angeles at the home of John Wells, a producer of television shows such

The Center for Constitutional Rights, which has been a leading critic of the Bush administration’s interrogation tactics, is not pleased with today’s report

I could not shake the sense that Rick Santelli, CNBC’s Angry Man, was going through the same media cycle that Joe Wurzelbacher was. So, at an Americans for Tax

The Republican Party of Iowa and Fox News Channel announced details Tuesday for a presidential debate scheduled for the week before the Iowa Caucuses. While no specific date is given, the caucuses are scheduled for Feb

This is the latest disappointment for environmentalists, who have seen hopes for cap and trade, a scaled-down utility-only cap and a renewable energy mandate dashed.

Advocates for a law to prohibit bullying and provide school districts with the tools to address the problem were dealt a stinging rebuke Wednesday morning in the Republican-controlled Michigan Senate. The GOP pushed through an amended bill, SB 137, which does nothing advocates have pushed for — including reporting requirements and enumeration, or listing, of protected classes.

In the little town of Postville in northeastern Iowa, the failure of the American immigration system was on display this weekend. Three members of the

Here’s a video making the rounds on the right -- a compilation of outrageous scenes from 2002 and 2003 anti-war protests. The editor: Evan Coyne Maloney, a

According to an HIV/AIDS patient advocacy group, the Obama administration announced Monday its decision to not limit the level of emergency funding Florida can receive for its AIDS Drug Assistance Program to less than what it received last year. # The AIDS Drug Assistance Program, a nationwide payer of last resort for people who cannot afford their HIV/AIDS medications, has been in a funding crisis since 2010, which prompted many states, including Florida, to implement cost-containment measures such as waiting lists

I don’t want to impute anything to these academics with that headline -- they aren’t actually endorsing the Senate majority leader. But as I noted in my story

President Obama today released his proposed budget, calling for investment in infrastructure and education but also pledging massive cuts over the next decade. Congressman Jared Polis’s statement on the budget: “I applaud President Obama’s budget which goes to great lengths to reduce the deficit, while also placing a high priority on investing in education.

For environmentalists in the Appalachians, it was a roller-coaster week.

Instinctively, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was ready to move on after Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) apologized to the White House for his You lie!