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Life Always, the group behind controversial billboards aimed at Planned Parenthood, yesterday announced its decision to halt using the image of a young girl in its media campaign. # The group, an arm of Texas-based Heroic Media, recently unveiled a billboard in New York’s Soho neighborhood that was so controversial, it came down after one day.

At what point does a campaign contribution cross over from Washington status quo to illegal quid pro quo? That’s what the Office of Congressional Ethics has

Breaking news from The Associated Press: the Iranians may in fact accept a crucial nuclear deal: Iranian negotiators on Wednesday expressed support for a deal

The primary beneficiary of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is a company that wants to refine tar sands oil into diesel and ship it to Europe while avoiding taxes, according to a new report by Oil Change International . TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline would move diluted bitumen — oil from the tar sands region of Northern Alberta, Canada — across the U.S. to refineries in the Houston area at the rate of 700,000 barrels per day

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The news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery yesterday for early-stage pancreatic cancer has already led to much speculation about

The head of the new consumer financial protection bureau will be one of the most important figures in the financial world. This has led to serious speculation

As Daphne wrote earlier, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) reportedly told Charlotte Dennett, writing for Consortiumnews.com, that even he thinks his proposed truth

The Judicial Confirmation Network, a conservative advocacy group whose executive director weighed in on the Supreme Court debate in my piece this morning, has

Sudeep Reddy of The Wall Street Journal interviews James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis -- a voting member of the Federal Open

DAVENPORT — The walk to the third floor of the Scott County Courthouse is a study in stark contrasts.

Former Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.), a candidate for governor who delayed his resignation from the House to vote against health care reform, was also fleeing an

A group of lawmakers is calling on Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to create a new bureau within the Interior Department that will focus specifically on

The Hill has a great piece this morning revealing how some powerful Democrats have lobbied the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation urging bailout funds for

The chair of the Senate Committee on Higher Education has filed a comprehensive public information request for documents related to university proposals created

One of the major turning points of 2006 with regard to the Iraq war was the so-called Generals’ Revolt, in which a group of respected and recently retired

A coalition of 32 groups, including the League of Conservation Voters, the National Wildlife Federation and Audubon Nebraska, have written a letter to Sec.

Last week, Fannie Mae announced it lost $1.2 billion in the second quarter and asked the Treasury Department for an additional $1.5 billion to see it through.

Rep. Chip Cravaack is a top target of Democrats and reproductive rights advocates in 2012 even if the Republican freshman has yet to draw a challenger. Cravaack is one of 14 vulnerable Republicans the Democrats hope to unseat in 2012, and EMILY’s List has announced that Cravaack is one of its top five targets

Recently we noted that a popular kid’s movie, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, was set during the Great Depression and had a very topical theme: Bank