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Today, The Wall Street Journal reports that the Federal Reserve is looking at a symbolic policy change in light of the sagging recovery -- something designed to

The Associated Press is reporting that the Obama administration would like to lift the moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico soon -- well

Joe the Plumber’s got himself an agent and is reportedly being pursued for a country music recording contract. I’m not making this up. Only in America.

The much-discussed primary challenge that Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) faced from three Tea Party activists ended with a whimper last night. Paul won 80.8 percent of

Kenneth Feinberg is overseeing a claims process that will ask victims of the spill to sign waivers forswearing future suits against BP -- or to risk a protracted legal process.

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Gov. Rick Scott will today ask the Joint Legislative Budget Commission to approve a controversial home visiting grant from the Affordable Care Act. $3.4 million in a Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting grant was awarded to the state to help with child abuse and neglect prevention.

From more than 200 people gathering on a rainy Saturday on Miami Dade Community College’s Wolfson Campus this weekend to a smaller meeting this Sunday at the Miami Workers Center, Miami-ans are mobilizing in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Occupy Wall Street has been gaining momentum all over the country, including in Florida.

President Obama will be in Michigan today, but, at least according to his public schedule, he won’t be stopping in Battle Creek, the site of an oil spill that

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.