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It’s true. The liberal radio host (formerly of Hannity and) posts a Jan. 7 radio interview with Dale Robertson in which the Tea Party activist defended his

Iowa House Republicans drew an immediate negative reaction late Thursday when they filed four articles of impeachment, one for each remaining member of the Iowa Supreme Court that participated in an April 2009 decision that struck down a legislative ban on same-sex marriage as a violation of the state’s equal protection clause. The four House resolutions target Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady ( HR 48 ) and Justices Brent Appel ( HR 47 ), Daryl Hecht ( HR 49 ) and David Wiggins ( HR 50 ) for “malfeasance in office” specifically for their ruling in the Varnum v

Earlier today, environmental reporters were surprised to learn that, in a reversal, the Interior Department had extended its offshore drilling freeze to shallow

On the eve of a planned demonstration against the suspension of local rule in Benton Harbor, Free Press business columnist Tom Walsh warns that the hassles and embarrassment of recent political tumult may drive the locally-headquartered Whirlpool corporation out of town. Following a tour of the new World of Whirlpool customer experience center in Chicago and an interview with CEO Jeff Fettig, Walsh writes that Michigan is in danger of losing Whirlpool. Though Whirlpool is in the process of modernizing its headquarters complex in Benton Harbor, the nearly 100-year-old appliance giant may chose to relocate, he writes.

Barbara Weiland stopped at the Occupy Lansing encampment in Reutter Park Wednesday morning to drop off knitted hats and scarves she had made.

Earlier in the month, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) had some questions for the administration about just how it happened that a top AIG lawyer was given

Nikki Schwab and Tara Palmeri talk to the anti-ACORN filmmaker, who’s trying to make it to Washington to join Hannah Giles -- who played the prostitute in his

In February, U.S. Special Operations Forces raided a house in Gardez, in the eastern district of Paktia, searching for Taliban militants. They killed two men

Sen. Barack Obama’s infomercial attracted 33.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen, making the pricey programming an effective message tactic. The

Forget partisan camaraderie. In the wake of Sen. Ted Stevens’ conviction yesterday on charges of failing to report corporate gifts, Sen. John McCain, the

An editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal attacks President Obama’s cap-and-trade plan to curb carbon emissions as a regressive policy: Hit hardest would

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) made headlines yesterday for blasting the co-op insurance model of health care reform as a slippery slope toward government-run health

I promised myself I wouldn’t, but when I heard Wolf Blitzer of CNN say that the first round of exit polls are out I swiveled around in my chair in

To hasten construction of the U.S.-Mexico border fence, the Bush administration announced last week that it will waive dozens of environmental, public health

The Federal Reserve’s policy committee, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), met today and voted on what course of action they would take with respect to

The Associated Press has a fascinating story today about how the same U.S. banks that have received billions in bailout money have been taking advantage of U.S.