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Kenneth Feinberg, the independent administrator of BP’s $20 billion oil spill compensation fund, announced the latest change today to the way he distributes

With a sprawling, multi-million dollar mansion in Sandy Springs, Ga., sitting empty for two years, some enterprising folks nearby had an idea: Fill it with a

Americans seem a lot quicker to be roused by the prospect of foreign nationals spending money in U.S. elections than, say, big domestic corporations, but why

Yes, Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s strategy review says that the Afghanistan war needs to be properly resourced. But there are so, so, so many elements within it

On a Republican National Committee conference call with reporters, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kans.) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) voiced vociferous opposition to the

In a recent story on NPR about the Obama administration’s ramped-up enforcement of the FACE Act, Operation Rescue President Troy Newman says the enforcement is really just a “political tool” to shut down abortion protesters. # Operation Rescue, an anti-abortion group that aims to shut down women’s health clinics that provide abortions, has been at the center of anti-abortion activism for quite some time. # NPR reports : # The Obama Justice Department has been taking a more aggressive approach against people who block access to abortion clinics, using a 1994 law to bring cases in greater numbers than its predecessor.

It’s so dry it borders on passive-aggressive. Immediately following the attempted attack, Director Blair initiated reviews to identify -wide shortcomings and

Republicans this week have been drumming to death their push to increase offshore drilling as a remedy to $4 gas prices. It seems that, even when no one’s

Although many political experts consider voters to be “floating without party loyalties” and without a religious belief that influences their voting habits, a new University of Missouri study found that — despite declining church attendance in western democracies — religion still has a large impact on how people vote and helps define many of the platforms represented in the party system. Chris Raymond, a graduate instructor of political science at UM, compared church attendance to other categories such as income, union membership and education and found that religion still matters for a sizable number of voters

Florida provides the lede for ProPublica’s latest : # Florida is a state of stark contrasts. Travel a few miles from the opulent mansions of Miami Beach and you reach desperately poor neighborhoods

Hundreds of law enforcement professionals including Denver’s U.S.

From the Twittering fingers of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.): Leahy, Schumer and I will announce today @ 11:30am ET that we will strip the health

That seems to be the consensus of just about every legal and political expert who watched the first day of the Supreme Court nominee ably fending off attacks

It’s less than two weeks until election day, which means the time for levying complaints with the Federal Election Commission against political opponents is

The New York Times gives United Nations climate negotiations this year a reality check: There is no chance of completing a binding global treaty to reduce

Looks like he was for him before he was against him. Billionaire Jeff Greene, who will reportedly announce his Democratic candidacy for Florida U.S. Senate

In a mass of 3-4,000 people it’s easy to get lost in the crowd.

Apparently, Chris Hill’s testimony this morning didn’t change Sen. Sam Brownback’s (R-Kans.) mind. On the Senate floor just now, Brownback delivered a

Has anyone written an essay about the misery that deja vu yields? Because: Four U.S. contractors affiliated with the company formerly known as Blackwater

I’m in one of the two massive ballrooms of the Washington Convention Center, where in a few minutes, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is going to present a