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The Michigan Supreme Court has asked Gov. Rick Snyder to supply more information about why he thinks the high court should rule directly on a legal challenge brought against the Emergency Manager law in Ingham Circuit Court.

Democrats in Washington are catching on to the idea that they can’t capitulate to an extension of Bush-era tax rates for the rich without at least demanding

Never mind that he’s not on the ballot, Democrats are planning on running against George W. Bush during this midterm election season. And it’s no wonder

This Washington Post story about the recession pulling more mothers out of the home and into the workforce recalls this recent column by L.A. Times columnist

Via the Kansas City Star, a government report released this week found that foreign workers are at times abused and exploited under the H-2B visa program, which

WorldNetDaily has the exclusive: Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has joined five Republican members of Congress in demanding an investigation of the Council on

Aaron Blake reports that former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), now a conservative radio host, is backing Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in a special

And here’s the counterinsurgency hero, Gen. David Petraeus. The most pressing transnational threat from extremists in the world are here in Af-Pak.

As expected, Robert Dudley will take over for embattled BP CEO Tony Hayward starting Oct. 1, The Washington Post reports. The company also announced today that

The Hill is reporting that Senate Democrats are considering putting the DISCLOSE Act on a diet and sending it up for another vote as early as next week. Under

Just released from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, reacting to the National Security Agency’s

Today, the Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee are out with a politically charged, compellingly presented report on the relationship between income

As the deadline on a possible federal government shutdown looms today, yesterday’s scheduled meeting between House GOP leaders and the sponsors of a bill to extend unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless was canceled so they could focus on negotiations with the president. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) cancelled the meeting which was to focus on potential ways to offset the cost of the proposed extension. Instead Boehner will attend a meeting at the White House with President Obama to try to prevent a looming government shutdown.

- The ACLU sued Fremont, Neb., over its new immigration regulations, which ban illegal immigrants from working or renting property in the town. The ACLU said

Quick primary update: Michigan, Kansas, and Missouri all go to the polls today to select a slew of candidates. All three are states where Republicans hope to

Republicans on Capitol Hill were sure quick to go after the new federal guidelines recommending that women should seek routine mammograms beginning at age 50

The Republican field hasn’t significantly shifted in terms of rankings placement since our last edition, which belies the fact that individual percentages for candidates continue to shift dramatically. What can be said with a reasonable amount of certainty is that there is no clear and current GOP frontrunner in Iowa.

The New York Times ran a great story yesterday on the elephant in the room when it comes to renewable energy: cost. Even as many politicians, environmentalists

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), a breast-cancer survivor, has been busy on the news shows this week, attacking the new guideline that women seek routine

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla) planted a U.S. flag in an artificial reef during a Sunday diving trip in Dearfield Beach, likely violating a federal statute that makes

In a study that could cause the U.S. to rethink its designation of biomass as green energy, Australian scientists have found that living forests soak up far more carbon dioxide than previously thought. Researchers at the Global Carbon Project based at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization in Australia detailed the volume of CO2 absorbed by the world’s forests and found that they soak up 10 percent of the emissions caused by human activities

Partisan squabbling may sink legislation responding to the massive oil spill in the Gulf, considered must-pass by many in Congress. In both the House and the

Bank-owned foreclosed homes a target for fraudulent deals.

Since assuming the chairmanship of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee following the retaking of the lower chamber by the GOP last November, the number