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The Supreme Court will hear a case this session that could clarify whether states have the right to crack down on illegal immigration. The case, to be heard

Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) asks how the department will have the culture, the morale and the resources necessary to succeed. Back to Adm. Mullen’s

Just announced from the office of Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), the upper chamber will vote this afternoon to bring to the floor a $245 billion

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) -- last seen slandering Justice Department lawyers and then distancing himself from Liz Cheney’s similar slanders -- goes way

American intelligence has a serious problem. But it is not that the former head of the Central Intelligence Agency’s clandestine services, Jose

Following up on our earlier post about senators’ requests for more funding for carbon-capture-and-storage (CCS) technology in the Senate bill, we were wondering

Photographs show undocumented workers, who were paid in cash and bused in from Texas, covered in oil and mud while receiving food and water.

Immigration judges are denying fewer requests for asylum than at any other time in the past 25 years, according to a report out today from Syracuse’s

Official negotiations among United Nations members begin today in Vienna over a U.N. declaration to guide global drug policy for the next decade. As we’ve

Benjy Sarlin talks to Tea Party leaders -- the type of people who were supposed to be the targets of RNC fundraising appeals discussed in a leaked 72-page

The Tea Party movement is slowly starting to shift its focus to illegal immigration, an issue that’s beginning to see a lot of attention, with rallies during

Without any ceremony, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took to the floor this afternoon and filed a motion to hold a cloture vote Monday on a 10-year,

UPDATED: March 28, 11:54 a.m. As The American Independent reported earlier this week, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns’ proposed Informed Choice Act

Anti-abortion activists recall Clinton-era consequences to rise in abortion clinic violence.

Last week’s speech from President Obama outlining his plan to withdraw from Iraq made a point to emphasize sustained diplomacy as a pillar of his strategy.

The White House just released a statement touting a provision in the financial reform bill, which President Obama signed into law Wednesday, that requires

In the how-dare-you-question-my-virtue category of political certitude, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) had a somehow refreshingly honest response

In his press briefing yesterday, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly took a beating over the fact that department bureaucrats didn’t revoke Umar Farouk

Just announced by committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.): “I very much regret the fact that the Republican side of the Intelligence Committee has