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The Miami Herald caught up with Gov. Rick Scott , who was in South Florida for a hurricane conference. Asked about a controversial rewrite of the state’s election laws, he said basically the same thing he’s been saying for the past several days: he doesn’t want fraud, but he does want people to vote.

A group of about 100 Occupy Des Moines demonstrators opted to cross the street to a public sidewalk Monday evening rather than face another night of arrests for trespassing at a park just west of the Capitol. Several of the demonstrators are meeting with state officials Tuesday morning to obtain the necessary permit to stay in “People’s Park” past the 11 p.m

Abby Johnson (Pic via thatsabortion.com) Americans United for Life, an anti-abortion group that has its sights set on Planned Parenthood, announced yesterday that the group has hired Abby Johnson, the Planned Parenthood employee turned high-profile anti-abortion advocate. Planned Parenthood is a national chain of women’s health care clinics that is frequently under attack by anti-abortion groups because some of its clinics provide legal abortions

He may have the edge in surprise after he shocked many with his decision to run for a second term, but RNC chairman Michael Steele may already be on shaky

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is holding a hearing right now about contractors in Afghanistan before a Homeland Security and Government Affairs subcommittee. (I

Provided South Carolina’s GOP can raise enough money to host the coveted first-in-the-South GOP presidential primary, the state will significantly impact

Spencer took on Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) for using the inclusion of hate crimes language as a reason to oppose the defense appropriations bill. I’m not

Apparently, West Virginia GOP Senate candidate and wealthy businessman John Raese is holding a contest in which he’s offering to pay the person in each county

Liberals love it. Conservatives hate it. Moderates have proposed some compromises, and the Obama administration is weighing ways to appease all camps.

Rep. Edolphus Towns, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, will subpoena the New York Federal Reserve for documents related to the

This photo spread from a thinly attended anti-Obama protest in Mesa, Ariz. is worth a scan. First: guys, when you’re going after a man who draws crowds in the

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) called on the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday to investigate TransCanada and their Keystone XL pipeline project over allegations that the company was conspiring with other tar sands oil companies to manipulate oil prices in the United States. In a letter to FTC Chairman Jonathan Leibowitz, Wyden cited testimony before Congress from an industry analyst representing the oil companies where he appears to agree that the pipeline will raise oil prices in the Midwest by bypassing the refineries in the Great Lakes region.

What will the Iranian presidential election mean for the United States? Four possible scenarios. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) makes a rational, measured

First appeared October 6, 2008 Over the weekend, Sen. John McCain’s brother referred to the Northern Virginia suburbs of Arlington and Alexandria as

For the homestretch of the presidential race, the Obama campaign has launched an inverted TV strategy -- focusing on national disintermediation and local

It’s premature, misleading and beside the point. Stop reading now. We shouldn’t even be talking about it. Having cleared the caveats, this new Rasmussen poll

Manny Miranda, the chairman of the Third Branch Conference and the author of a letter that has asked Senate Republicans to consider a Democratic filibuster

With the HPV vaccine making headlines during the recent Republican presidential debates, an obvious question arose: What is Michigan’s policy about the vaccination? To answer that Michigan Messenger emailed Angela Minicuci, spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Community Health.

According to Politico Pro, the state of Florida is going to keep yet another grant that is funded (partly) from the federal health care reform law. The state has dismissed other grants that were awarded from the federal government because the state Legislature is opposed to the Affordable Care Act. # The U.S.

Sometimes you just don’t want to wait for the full Pentagon transcript. I just got an email summary from the Pentagon’s in-house press shop of spokesman