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At least 257 for-profit higher education institutions receive more than 85 percent of their income from federal student aid. That figure, however, does not include military aid and benefits paid to individuals going to school on GI Bill benefits. In addition, although roughly 10 percent of for-profit college enrollment is made up of service men and women, the industry is receiving more than a third of money paid out to help veterans attend school.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) has now distanced himself even further from state Republicans, this time by wading into a contentious battle over dueling

Earlier today I wrote about a new Republican National Committee fundraising website called No More Frankens, which says, We now know that Republicans should

This is a deeply strange story, ably picked apart by the smart conservative blogger Ed Morrissey. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) has been making the rounds today

Former Vice President Al Gore is honored by the blowback he received after he blasted climate change deniers with a certain eight-letter epithet during an off-the-cuff speech last month in Aspen. “There’s a long tradition of people who don’t like a particular message turning to attack the person delivering the message,” he said on NPR’s Talk of the Nation today

Both the House and Senate health reform proposals would force insurance plans to follow the recommendations as part of a minimum swath of services.

Despite relatively good news on revenue coming into the state’s general fund, a spokesman for Gov. Terry Branstad says the administration’s goals of cutting the cost of government by 15 percent won’t change. But Democratic leaders say recent budget data should change the budget discussion in the Iowa Legislature.

Marcy Wheeler at Firedoglake has an interesting take today on the most recent summary of classified documents that the government turned over to the American

Recent Supreme Court rulings require cases pass a new plausible test to be heard in court.

Tim Pawlenty made a splash at the Tea Party Patriots American Policy Summit on Saturday in Arizona.

Perception becomes reality so appearance is everything, says Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), reminding everyone of the Clinton Foundation controversy. That

Following the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, independent groups are largely playing the role once occupied by the party committees. The balance of power is likely to shift even further in the future.

Of the states which have passed immigration laws modeled after Arizona’s S.B. 1070, South Carolina is the most important in the GOP presidential primary

Even with no support from Republicans, Democrats hope to vote for a jobs bill as early as Monday. Facing low poll numbers, Harry Reid pumps cash into his

Senator Mark Udall today sent House Speaker John Boehner a letter urging him to allow the government to be shut down. In addition to Udall, 15 other senators–including Michael Bennet –signed the letter.

As the planet heats up, forests die. Pine beetles –formerly killed during harsh winters, thrive, turning much of Colorado a dirty brown. As forest die, they trap less carbon dioxide, causing the earth to get warmer still.

In response to open records requests, the state of Alaska has finally released 24,199 pages of email correspondence sent and received by Sarah Palin during her

There are lots of things for Defense Secretary Bob Gates to tell the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning during his first round of testimony as

Whatever’s happening with the Baradar capture, President Obama convenes his national security team today for what I think is the first all-hands meeting on

On Friday, shortly after legislation essentially banning medical marijuana in Montana took effect, a judge said ‘not so fast’ and signed an order temporarily stopping some parts of the law from being enacted. Medical marijuana proponents have vowed a fight in a state where well over 60 percent of voters approved legalizing medical marijuana.

In the wake of news that a federally funded reproductive health database was programmed earlier this year to ignore searches containing the word abortion,

Ohio voters dealt a withering blow to Governor John Kasich as 82 of 88 counties voted to repeal his signature legislation, an anti-collective-bargaining bill,