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John Morton, director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, makes the same general speech at all of his appearances: The Obama administration is serious about

This morning, the Department of Labor said that initial jobless claims edged up last week, from 460,000 to 479,000. Economists expected the number of claims to

Protesters demonstrating against the proposed ICE facility (Pic by Marcos Restrepo) Pembroke Pines Commissioner Angelo Castillo tells The Florida Independent that as an immigrant and an advocate for comprehensive immigration reform he abhors the proposed immigration detention center to be built on a lot surrounded by his city.

Wondering what’s behind those recent jobless recovery numbers? 1. Fortune 500 companies tripled their profits to $391 billion in 2009. 2. They also

Jerusalem welcomes the 44th President of the United States by trying to clear a mess off of his plate: Israel hopes to pull all its troops out of the Gaza

COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan -- This just in from the Pentagon. That troop boost, totaling 5,700 soldiers, is on its way to Afghanistan in the fall: The

Despite doubts from many in Washington that an oil spill response bill, let alone a comprehensive climate bill, can pass the Senate this year, Sen. John Kerry

President Obama called for speedy passage of a scaled-back energy and oil spill response bill during remarks at the White House today, while also renewing his

We mentioned earlier that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) skipped this morning’s vote on a proposal to update the GI bill, fearing

American Crossroads, the right wing outside spending organization affiliated with Karl Rove, isn’t just spending a lot of money -- it’s doing so in increasingly

The Natural Resources Defense Council took out a two-page advertisement in a local newspaper in Martha’s Vineyard, where President Obama arrived today for a

Speaking in Jackson Hole, Wyo., this morning, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke mentioned a number of further steps the central bank could take to

In the past few days, presidential contender Michele Bachmann has pushed back against the idea that the rich are to blame for the country’s unhealthy economy. “President Obama joined with the Occupy Wall Street protestors who believe that the problem we face is capitalism, the free markets and job creators,” Bachmann said in a statement Friday.

Companies that produce and promote renewable energy derided Sen. Jeff Bingaman’s renewable energy standard as inadequate. Now, with an RES in doubt, they’ll take what they can get.

As expected, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper did push President Obama for a quick decision to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry tar sands crude from Alberta, Canada to the the Gulf Coast of the United States, during their meeting Friday.

PHMSA responded late last night to a number of questions I sent them about pipeline safety. The agency says that 73,000 miles of hazardous liquid pipelines and

House Democrats expressed discontent today with what they called Republican irresponsibility in passing a bill that reinstates tax breaks for bull semen, among other agricultural products. The bill passed out of the House Appropriations Committee Friday. Democrats argued in a press release that bills with General Fund impacts are not traditionally considered by the committee until after the budget is passed.

“The time has come for Eric Holder to step down as Attorney General of the United States,” Rep. Michele Bachmann wrote Thursday, expressing concern over the release of thousands of American diplomatic cables by Wikileaks earlier this week.

With twelve months before a vote on a ballot measure that would add a ban on same-sex marriage to the Minnesota Constitution, activists on both sides of the issue are gearing up for tense campaigns. Anti-amendment forces have held a series of public fundraisers and meetings, while pro-amendment activists are engaged in low-key trainings and voter education efforts.

Earlier this week, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced a series of Pentagon spending cuts, designed to trim the military’s budget by $100 billion over five

As the government increases border security efforts along the U.S.-Mexico border, more immigrants are attempting to enter the U.S. by sea, the AP reported

A conservative group plans to spend at least $1 million to help Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina win over California’s Latino voters this fall.

Check out Rachel Maddow going hard on Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) for publicly revealing that the U.S. intelligence community is intercepting the