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SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--For several months now, people have pounded the patriotism of presumed Democratic candidate, Sen. Barack Obama. The basis for this has always

The nonpartisan money-in-politics-tracking Website, OpenSecrets.org, has an eye-opening roundup of the money spent in support or opposition the Employee Free

A leading legal scholar says controversial anti-bullying legislation passed last week in the Michigan Senate is vague, confusing and will do little to address the problem of bullying. “The bill does not prohibit bullying

As President Obama reconsiders some of the assumptions of the counterinsurgency strategy he announced in March for Afghanistan and Pakistan, a conference featuring many of the luminaries of the counterinsurgency community discussed both the challenges inherent in counterinsurgency, including some lessons yet to be applied in Afghanistan.

Three top Obama Justice Department picks have blogged their legal theories -- a practice about as far from writing secret torture memos as you can get.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) will likely offer the first amendment to Sen. Chris Dodd’s financial regulatory reform bill which is now on the floor and in the

Steve Aftergood at Secrecy News reports on a weird episode: Attorney General Michael Mukasey reacted pretty strongly to a bill sponsored by Sen. Russ Feingold

All eyes are on Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) as she decides to sign or veto Senate bill 1070. Her position on this bill could determine her re-election

California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman lost the support -- and then some -- of conservative group Americans for Legal Immigration PAC after allegations

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick picks former Kennedy aide Paul Kirk to fill the vacant senate seat. Read his resume here. G20 summit kicks off in Pittsburgh

Though the schedule for the Freedom Federation’s faith-based conference in Lynchburg, Va., held over the weekend, was finalized long before Congress agreed on

As you read this, the House oversight committee is attempting to hold a hearing on two highly contentious corporate governance issues -- who is responsible for

On Sunday, more than 500 conservative Christian pastors around the country vowed to break the law by endorsing political candidates from the pulpit.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) appears to be taking a page from civil liberties groups like the Center for Constitutional Rights, using

Here are some more details on the meat of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) scaled-down energy bill. It will include four titles. Reid described

A $1.1 trillion omnibus bill that included $8 billion in earmarks from lawmakers who opposed them was pulled from the Senate after Majority Leader Harry Reid

The Alaska governor put out a statement via SarahPAC: I respect the sanctity of life and the tragedy that took place today in Kansas clearly violates respect

President Obama is scheduled to meet this afternoon at the White House with his top security advisers to get the results of their inquiries into the Umar Farouk