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The Mississippi House on Wednesday sent a bill to Gov. Haley Barbour, which, if he signs it, could mean more comprehensive sex education for state public

Jonathan Martin reports: President Obama will campaign for Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley on Sunday, POLITICO has learned, a sign that Democrats

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The questions during President Obama’s press conference so far are attempts to get the him to explain the size of the budget and find an item he’s willing to

Check out The New York Times’ tick-tock of how the Obama team came to its Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy. Two observations. One, Vice President Joe Biden is

As Florida Sen. Bill Nelson (D) made headlines Thursday for floating the possibility of a Democratic primary do-over, Michigan’s Democrats are approaching the

The Los Angeles Times reported today that a California agency is set to approve renewable energy standard that is significantly more stringent than the one

Housing Wire weighs in today with a cautionary note on the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, making the same point we did in our pieces this week on loan

Today, Edward Pinto, Fannie Mae’s chief credit officer from 1987 to 1989 and a prominent housing consultant, testified before the House Oversight Committee on

There are plenty of House Democrats poised to vote against a $106 billion emergency spending proposal, most of which would go to fund the wars in Iraq and

A statement just released by Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee: The news that Iran has been secretly constructing

Alex Koppelman rolls up his sleeves and looks into the newest frontier for the Obama birth certificate conspiracy theorists -- a citizen grand jury that takes

Update: Yes, the woman was a LaRouche cultist. The full video is here, and I’ve added her full comments. I’m getting a lot of links to this video today, in

A coalition of renewable energy advocates and labor and environmental groups got specific today in calling for passage of a renewable energy standard this

Republicans hoping that voter unrest is targeted largely at the majority Democrats won’t like what they see in the latest Washington Post-ABC poll. That survey

It’s going to be a nightmare for the government if they have to constantly close the hearing to talk about things that are embarrassing to the government, says David Frakt, former defense counsel for a juvenile held at Guantanamo Bay.

The border fence has become something of a political minefield for President Obama.

That’s the idea that was being tossed around yesterday in the Senate, where several White House officials testified before the Banking Committee on the early

It puts any housing recovery in jeopardy, says Barry Zigas of the Consumer Federation of America.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is less than satisfied with the report of a commission empaneled by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to investigate the deadly Fort