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Tea Party and Koch-funded libertarian organizations took to the Capitol steps Friday in an attempt to call on Colorado legislators and politicians to fight against union rights in Wisconsin and voice their commitment to Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan .

Thought the massive quantities of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico were the only major threat to the country’s southeast coastal waters right now? Think

Montana is a hotbed of contradiction, especially when it comes to medical marijuana. Voters overwhelmingly approved medical marijuana in 2004, but in 2011 the state legislature voted to dramatically restrict access to medical marijuana.

It might not be quite as dramatic as the recent Congressional hearings on steroid use in baseball, and Roger Clemens won’t be there to attract hordes of

More economic pessimism from Paul Krugman, whose skeptical views have a growing following: The United States risks losing an entire decade of growth and

Democrats and many economists were none too happy last week when President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team announced plans to include $300 billion in tax

Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman Sachs and one of its vice presidents with selling clients a financial instrument that another

Steve Boender, a soft-spoken farmer from Oskaloosa, Iowa, first met Rick Santorum in May when he drove the Republican presidential candidate to a scheduled speaking event in Pella. Sitting next to him in his Chevy pickup, Boender found the politician surprisingly relatable

So how’s the public option doing? Depends who you ask. The opt-out debate blurs historical divisions on states’ rights. Meet the new face of the No on 1

Scott Brown’s campaign for Senate made much out of some comments by Democrats that seemed to auger for a short delay in seating the winner of the Massachusetts

Robert Gates has gone to extraordinary lengths to circumvent early lobbying of Capitol Hill by the powerful defense industry.

As Colorado gets set to vote tomorrow, the New York Times notes how both Senate primaries, once considered cakewalks for their presumptive party favorite --

The coal mine that exploded last month in West Virginia -- killing 29 workers and all but killing a 30th -- may be shuttered in the wake of the blast, but

The next few weeks will be filled with discussions about the future of U.S.-Mexico relations in fighting drug cartel violence. The Houston Chronicle reports

Rather than waiting on legislative approval for his most recent budget cut push, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has issued an executive order slashing the state budget

Less than two weeks after U.S. Rep.

Moments ago, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) took to the chamber floor with a strange claim about the urgency surrounding legislation to extend unemployment

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Although there is already criticism of Attorney General Erc Holder’s planned investigation of CIA interrogators, it’s worth noting that former senior FBI and

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has begun beefing up its legal staff to possibly take on some of the more questionable bills passed during Florida’s recent legislative session. Among the pieces of legislation under scrutiny are three of the five anti-abortion rights measures passed this year . # Maria Kayanan, Associate Legal Director for the ACLU of Florida, tells The Florida Independent that the ACLU of Florida is still looking closely at all the legislation that could prove problematic