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The presser is still going on, but here’s Defense Secretary Bob Gates’ statement about what defense programs he’s cutting, halting and continuing. Big news:

Yesterday, I got cold-called by a volunteer from Rep. Ron Paul’s (R-Texas) Campaign for Liberty, the organization he set up after his presidential bid ended. I

Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee jokingly suggested late last week to a group of Issue 2 supporters last week that

A Colorado Springs school district spokesperson told the Colorado Independent this morning that the district’s hands are tied by state law in terms of how it handles the case of a student with a prescription for medical marijuana. “This is a legal situation with the state, not with the school district,” spokesperson Jennifer Sprague said. “State law says no one can possess or ingest medical marijuana on school grounds.

Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today signed an agreement with the IRS and nine state agencies to “improve departmental efforts to end the business practice of misclassifying employees in order to avoid providing employment protections.” A Department of Labor press release adds that “signatory states are Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Utah and Washington

Since posting my story yesterday on how the Obama Justice Department is heading for a showdown with the federal judiciary in the Al-Haramain warrantless

For supporters of the bill to grant Washington, D.C., a voting representative in Congress, it may be 2010 or never. At least that’s the warning coming from

From The Colorado Independent: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today issued a notice of withdrawal of nearly 1 million acres of BLM and U.S. Forest Service land

The debate held Monday among the candidates for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee was like an egg cream -- the literal meaning isn’t the

Our sister publication, The Michigan Messenger, has been doing some great reporting on a massive oil spill along the Kalamazoo River in Calhoun County, Mich.,

A handful of high-profile Christian activist groups and conservative legislators have declined to lend their support to Florida’s proposed fetal personhood amendment, an initiative that aims to outlaw abortion and some forms of birth control. # That’s not deterring Personhood Florida leader Bryan Longworth, who says many of those who “have a negative view of the bill have participated in an abortion” and “have to come to grips with the fact that they participated in taking their own child’s life.” # Anti-abortion critics say the initiative is simply too extreme, and are instead supporting legislation like a bill that would require that women seeking an abortion undergo mandatory ultrasounds.

A new study released this week by the conservative Tax Foundation shows that Florida has the fifth lowest unemployment benefits in the country. Florida’s unemployment tax currently averages about 0.5 percent of all wages, which is eighth among the 50 states.

The Senate just voted 77-23 to end debate and move to a final vote on the confirmation of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke for a second term. The final confirmation

A federal court today ruled that the government can continue to suppress transcripts of former CIA prisoners now being held at Guantanamo Bay talking about

Not all initiatives geared toward improving student performance and school competitiveness have to do with punitive benchmarks and the threat of charters or

Hey, remember when TWI’s Daphne Eviatar broke this story? Fresh out from the chairwoman and vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on

Democratic strategists are champing at the bit for Republicans to go on the record for total repeal of health care reform -- the strategists believe that once

Economist and President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Janet Yellen, whom President Obama nominated to become vice chairperson of the Federal

Did you ever do something that, with the benefit of hindsight, seemed really, really stupid and you wondered what exactly you were thinking at the

Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner’s credibility problems aren’t going away. Elizabeth Warren, chief of congressional oversight panel for the Troubled

As heated discussions continue over the national debt, two of Minnesota’s major political parties are wresting with significant debts of their own. According to Federal Election Commission reports filed at the end of July, both the GOP and DFL continue to carry debt from the 2010 election cycle. The Republican Party of Minnesota owes the most — more than $600,000 while the DFL owes close to $300,000.

The New Mexico House passed a Democratic-backed redistricting plan this morning, with every Republican in the chamber voting against the proposal. The Alamogordo Daily News reports : It would pit incumbents against each other in two redrawn districts, and sets up the possibility of another competitive pairing