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According to a review of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac refinancing documents by TWI, buried deep in the fine print lies language that strips legal rights for homeowners.

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) announced this afternoon that on April 17 the House oversight committee will hold a hearing on the Army’s $300 million contract to

There’s a little humor here, but overall I’d say this ad by Tennessee congressional candidate Donn Janes (I will vehemently oppose any measure giving another

Pro Publica’s Ben Protess does some digging into the past of former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris, who was chosen to fill President-elect Barack

A nervous-looking bureaucrat named Richard Shiffrin -- the former deputy general counsel for intelligence at the Pentagon -- declined any opening statement.

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<p>If you’d run out in early February, when <a title="we told you" href="../../../view/wanna-trade" id="qlbf">we told

Here are two quick video examples of something BlueMassGroup blogged yesterday--the Brown campaign busing in support for its People’s Rally and running some

Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s (R-Minn.) speech to the Values Voter Summit was tipped as a pivotal moment in his appeal to the GOP’s conservative base. Pawlenty hardly

First appeared September 15, 2008 COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan – A friend emailed me to say that all my journalism is for naught if I don’t

A new Pew Research Poll with some good news for Republicans also includes this data: ob approval ratings for Democratic leaders in Congress have plummeted,

At CPAC’s presidential banquet last night, Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) argued that Americans would turn against the stimulus package as this thing unravels.

Since 2006, when the state started paying nonprofits to steer women toward childbirth rather than abortion, Texas’ Alternatives to Abortion Services Program

Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala (Pic via stearns.house.gov) Charmaine Yoest, the president of the anti-abortion group Americans United for Life, said in a recent interview that her organization is using the ongoing economic crisis to press for the defunding of Planned Parenthood. Americans United for Life and other anti-abortion groups have had their sights set on Planned Parenthood for a while because some Planned Parenthood clinics offer legal abortion services, among other women’s health services.

The Obama administration’s special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan will soon augment his team with one of the senior-most officials responsible for

Despite bitter cold weather, homeless people are flocking to Traverse City — including even Anthony Ciccone, brother of Michigan native and pop star Madonna — because of the city’s exceptional network of services for people on the street. In an interview with Michigan Messenger, Ciccone explained why so many homeless people from throughout the region have flocked to the northern town of about 14,000.

Legislation that could fight discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in Florida has stagnated, according to state Rep. Scott Randolph, D-Orlando. Randolph introduced House Bill 361 in an effort provide Florida’s LGBT community with the same protections currently afforded to individuals against unfair treatment based on sex, race, age or disability.

As people in Montana and beyond struggle to come to grips with a massive federal raid of Montana medical marijuana businesses , the question that comes up is Were these businesses violating state law that allows medical marijuana, or were they raided because they are in violation of federal law, which prohibits the use and possession of marijuana. This memo from a U.S

During a July redistricting hearing in Jacksonville, Fla., Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown called her district the “most popular” one in the country. Because of its size and shape, Brown’s district has taken center stage in Florida’s intense fight over gerrymandering.

Rep. Michele Bachmann no longer appears troubled about President Barack Obama’s place of birth. In fact, in an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America Wednesday, Bachmann, a potential GOP presidential candidate in 2012, told George Stephanopoulos that the certificate of live birth issued by Obama presidential campaign more than three years ago “should settle it” and that she “takes the President at his word.” Upon further follow-up by Stephanopoulos, Bachmann replied that Obama’s place of birth “is not the main issue facing the United States right now” and that the focus should be on the national deficit

<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSYAT155421">Monday</a>:</p> <blockquote>The flow of