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Though expected by Senate watchers to be a sideshow and forum for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to voice his criticism of the nation’s top education bill, the

Stocks took a tumble after Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said yesterday that investment banks might be required to provide more information on their

Newsweek reports that Lt. Dan Choi, a highly visible figure in the debate over repealing the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, has become a victim of

DES MOINES — Sheriff’s Office officials in Decatur County are still mum on suspects in a home invasion that happened Saturday night at U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell ’s (D-Iowa) farm, but the Sheriff said law enforcement has a “direction we’re heading in.” The attack happened around 10:30 p.m., as Boswell was getting ready for bed.

Roughly 300 people gathered around the Tree of the Five Seasons in downtown Cedar Rapids Thursday night to remember a young man who died too soon and to pledge tolerance for all. (Photo: Lynda Waddington/The Iowa Independent) CEDAR RAPIDS — Whether or not the death of a young Waterloo man is eventually ruled a hate crime mattered little to the hundreds of vigil attendees who gathered in downtown Cedar Rapids Thursday night. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr

Al Franken closed the vote count gap with incumbent Norm Coleman to 172 on Wednesday, the first day of Minnesota’s statewide U.S. Senate election recount,

Anti-abortion advocates are touting a new study released by The British Journal of Psychiatry that links abortions to poor emotional and mental health. While other studies have disputed and disproven such a link, the finding remains a common claim used to dissuade women from having abortions. The Journal of Psychiatry ‘s recent study reports that “women who had undergone an abortion experienced an 81% increased risk of mental health problems, and nearly 10% of the incidence of mental health problems was shown to be attributable to abortion

House Minority Leader John Boehner has always been enthusiastic about the GOP’s chances for victory in November. In an April interview on NPR’s Morning Edition,

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico sued Secretary of State Dianna Duran Wednesday in the Second Judicial Court of New Mexico, alleging that she violated the state’s public records law in claiming “executive privilege” by concealing documents related to her claims of voter fraud. Duran announced that 37 foreign nationals had voted in New Mexico elections, 117 foreign nationals were registered to vote, and there were up to 64,000 cases of possible voter fraud in the 2010 elections. However, she did not offer evidence to back up these claims

The New Mexico Corrections Department made $3.7 million in questionable payments to three contractors from fiscal years 2007 to 2010, according to an audit released Wednesday by State Auditor Hector Balderas.

Comprehensive immigration reform, new technology, stronger oversight and collaboration with Mexico are among the proposals the Center for American Progress

Now that Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y) managed to successfully dispatch a crowded field of challengers in his Harlem, N.Y. Democratic primary yesterday, he’s

Not many senators are willing to own up to this, but here’s Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) in today’s Fort Hood hearing in the Armed Services Committee. He made it

I just got reaction from Jamal Ware, spokesman for the Republicans on the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, to the letter that seven of their

Senators pump Leon Panetta on his vision for CIA policy, which appears to be a significant change from the last eight years.

New data released today say the United States is falling far behind Europe and China in wind turbine installation -- further evidence, wind advocates say, that

Enbridge, the Canadian oil pipeline company responsible for the largest oil spill in Midwest history, has announced plans to expand its U.S. pipeline network to

Texas Gov. Rick Perry blasted out a statement opposing the new reporting rules for multiple semiautomatic gun purchases in states bordering Mexico. “Singling

The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), an independent agency established in 2008 by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to launch investigations into

Former GOP Rep. Heather Wilson raised $452,000 in the Second Quarter for her campaign for U.S. Senate, staying competitive with Democratic Rep.