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TWI correspondent Ana Marie Cox, on the McCain campaign trail, reports that the strangest thing about Sen. John McCain’s rally in Columbus, Ohio, was California

The University of South Florida logo (Pic via cee.eng.usf.edu) The Florida State University System’s Board of Governors met late yesterday to make a decision on USF Polytechnic’s attempt to split into a separate university, a decision that would make it Florida’s 12th public university.

One of the NRSC’s hardest potential targets in 2010 has been Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.): appointed in a bit of a mess by Gov. David Paterson (D-N.Y.),

I try not to write about every development in the career of Orly Taitz, but I have to make an exception for her appeal to the United Nations for urgent action

In an open letter published yesterday , the Broward-Palm Beach New Times ‘ Bob Norman attacks right-wing radio host Joyce Kaufman for her incendiary rhetoric, connecting Kaufman statements like “If ballots don’t work, bullets will” to the shooting of Rep.

The top aides to Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign have resigned en masse, the Associated Press is reporting. The departed include two former key personnel

A judge in Greensboro will today hear a lawsuit filed against North Carolina’s ultrasound law.

J Street, the progressive pro-Israel/pro-peace lobby group, has issued a statement urging both the Obama administration and the Israeli government to remember

Responding to news that state Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, has filed what one right-wing organization is dubbing an “anti-Shariah” law, Nezar Hamze, executive director of the South Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations , tells The Florida Independent that Hays’ bill could impact believers in all faiths and that its filing shows Hays is “disconnected” from his constituents and Florida’s “real problems.” # According to a state Senate summary , Hays’ law “specifies the public policy of this state in applying the choice of a foreign law, legal code, or system under certain circumstances” and that “certain decisions rendered under such laws, codes, or systems are void.” # Hamze responded to news of Hays’ legislation via email: # I see an impact on all religions regarding marriage contracts, wills, and burial rights

One reason that attacks on his master thesis didn’t really damage Gov. Bob McDonnell’s (R-Va.) 2009 campaign was that his record as state attorney general was

Hakimullah Mehsud, the new leader of the Pakistani Taliban, gave his inaugural press conference yesterday -- The Associated Press’ Ishtiaq Mehsud reports in an

Though Exxon Mobil initially insisted that the pipeline that ruptured and spilled into Montana’s Yellowstone River this month carried only low sulfur crude from Wyoming, the company has now acknowledged that the pipeline is used to transport tar sands crude from Alberta. Oil from the Canadian tar sands is produced by melting asphalt-like deposits and must be diluted with lightweight and volatile chemicals in order to flow through pipelines. Tar sands oil is known to be more corrosive that other types of crude and it contains more heavy metals

Did you ever wonder where all those subprime lenders who made big profits making predatory loans during the housing boom ended up? Think about it: What kind of

We’re not trying to supplant or replace RedState or Townhall, John Solomon said. We love those sites.

I’ve written in the past about conservative author Jack Cashill’s quest to prove that Bill Ayers wrote President Obama’s Dreams From My Father. Cashill’s

The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT advocacy group, registered a political action committee (PAC) with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board on Monday with the purpose of defeating a ballot measure that would place a ban on same-sex marriage in the Minnesota Constitution.

Two House Democrats, including one from Colorado, are seeking to question a pair of investors about solar panel manufacturer Solyndra’s financial flameout in Northern California. U.S. Reps.

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) makes the gaffe of the day. Rachel Slajda recaps: Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) argued that insurers must be required to cover basic

As a few state attorneys general talk about filing lawsuits if health care reform passes, I’m increasingly convinced that passage of the bill will spark some

Sen. Charles Schumer says there are enough votes in the Senate to pass an immigration bill.

Watch out for simplistic reporting on a new study on the impact of climate change legislation on the Midwest. So far, reports on the study are