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That Afghanistan law essentially robbing women of anything resembling autonomy over their own bodies is worse than I thought: it’s charmingly focused on the

The downside of user-driven political Websites is that site owners’ can’t control the users. My.BarackObama.com let anyone who wanted to start his/her own page,

CEDAR RAPIDS — Quite a crowd was gathered at Veterans Memorial Stadium, but there were definitely no games being played. A coalition of more than 70 regional organizations joined forces Friday to care for homeless and nearly homeless veterans and other community members. From haircuts to medical screens to winter clothing, the coalition, organized by the Linn County Department of Veteran Affairs in cooperation with other groups combating homelessness, served more than 150 people during its sixth annual “Stand Down” event.

Lotta good that did. The Obama administration last Friday issued an official statement in support of mortgage lending reforms that would allow some

Watch this get stripped out of the fiscal 2010 homeland security bill: In a blow to President Barack Obama, the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday voted to

My story today highlights how Tea Party pressure is making it harder for Republican senators to sit on the sidelines in the lead-up to Tuesday’s Senate

Kate Zernike has written a fascinating piece on the bare-knuckled political activism of the National Precinct Alliance, formed to make sure party committees

Is pleading ignorance the new spin of the coal industry? A leading spokesman for the coal lobby told CNN today that he “didn’t know” if burning coal

President Obama said last night that civilian deaths in Iraq remain very low compared to what was going on last year. McClatchy: But statistics kept

Michael Bromwich, who heads the newly formed Bureau of Ocean Energy Management at the Interior Department, told a national commission on the Gulf oil spill

Turns out the story from the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph that the photos the Obama administration is refusing to release, despite a court order to do so, are not the

Speaking at the Kentucky Freedom Festival on Saturday, Republican Senate hopeful Rand Paul informed Tea Party activists that we have to get our policy out

Senate Republicans realize that, barring some yet-unrevealed scandal, there’s little standing in the way of Sonia Sotomayor’s eventual placement on the Supreme

Andrew Sullivan posts a must-read excerpt from a reader who considered -- but ultimately didn’t have -- a late-term abortion provided by Dr. George Tiller, who

Fox Nation is promoting this story, which means that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) will join the food fight any moment now. was telling a group of business and

State legislators introduced 1,592 immigration-related bills and resolutions in the first half of 2011, according to a new report from the National Conference

AIG CEO Edward Liddy said today that he’s asked AIG employees who received bonuses larger than $100,000 to give half the money back, and that some AIG employees

While Gov. Rick Perry’s push for legislation banning sanctuary cities won him a cool reception from Texas Latino leaders last month, the bill’s failure has

Despite new lobbying and ethics reforms, big business uses events like the political conventions to gain all-important access.

The Michigan Messenger reports that Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.) is looking to stimulate the local economy by importing prisoners from