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The federal immigration program that allows local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws is becoming a thorn in the side of the Obama

The Justice Department is stepping up its crackdown on illegal immigrants, with the latest data available showing an almost 20 percent increase in criminal

In the absence of meaningful legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions in Washington, the fight surrounding California’s ballot measure, Proposition 23, is

A top Democrat on Monday warned the nation’s banks that, unless they get more aggressive in modifying mortgages to prevent foreclosure, Congress will renew previous efforts to empower families to keep their homes through bankruptcy.

The Los Angeles Times reports further details on the EPA’s internal communications prior to Administrator Stephen L. Johnson’s refusal to let the

Adam Serwer has an interesting piece at The American Prospect breaking down the debate over how to reform immigration and explaining how both Republicans and

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Opponents and backers of the proposed San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act may be camped out in front of the Ridgway Community Center starting tomorrow if competing email alerts and website messages are to be believed. U.S.

Politico has a story that notes today’s conservative movement is essentially getting bankrolled by ten wealthy donors. Having shied away during the end of the

U.S. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) will announce Monday he will not run for re-election in 2012 after being in the Senate since 1987, scoops Chris Cillizza of the

Much as Barack Obama may deserve the Nobel Peace Prize for changing the climate toward international diplomacy and recognizing the value in cooperating with the

Here’s Frank Gaffney of the no-nothing think tank the Center for Security Policy on Hardball last night talking about the war. My position is it is

The Senate will vote Monday evening on legislation extending unemployment benefits -- a procedural vote that could clear the way for final passage as early as

Here’s the flip side of Ben Smith’s report today on evangelicals and Tea Parties -- direct mail from the social conservative Family Research Council that tees

Here’s what the secretary of state is saying about Iran’s nuclear program: Meanwhile, Mrs. Clinton surprised some observers by saying during a Thai television

Merck and Co., Inc. engaged in a series of deceitful actions that led to an underestimation of deaths caused by its blockbuster drug Vioxx during

Today, the conference committee merging the House and Senate versions of financial regulatory reform agreed to water down a provision randomizing the assignment

Smart progressives like Christy Hardin Smith, Eric Martin, and Steve Benen are overthinking Richard Perle’s insistence that neoconservative foreign policy

Let’s say there’s this really expensive fighter aircraft that you don’t use in the two wars you’re fighting. You’ve got 183 of them coming, but that’s just not