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Who knew we were supposed to have a Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board? Not Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, apparently. A question

Gen. Stanley McChrystal effectively settles this calibration of how his strategy for the process of securing Kandahar shifted in reaction to local

Defense Secretary Gates is skeptical that a troop surge is all that’s needed in Afghanistan. Baucus: Health care bill could get through the Senate Finance

On his birthday, no less, President Obama will address the AFL-CIO Executive Council during its meeting in Washington, D.C. today. The Democrats know that

Speaking at a labor conference in Washington today, Hilda Solis went after Massey Energy for the company’s role in the explosion that killed 29 miners in

Dan Powers, a former small business owner from Burnsville, announced his campaign for Congress on Monday in an open letter to Rep. John Kline, who he will challenge in 2012.

Democrats were quick to blame Republicans for their inability to gain 60 votes for a climate bill with a utility-only cap on greenhouse gas emissions. Senate

Just out from the White House: Good morning, everybody. I want to just make a brief comment about the fact that the two young journalists, Euna Lee and Laura

Along party lines, the House Civil Law Committee passed a bill Monday to put a constitutional amendment that would restrict marriage in Minnesota to one man and one woman before voters. In a hearing in which religious leaders far outnumbered legal testifiers, emotions ran high as the father of a gay soldier killed in Afghanistan appealed to veterans to oppose the amendment. The committee heard several hours of testimony, including that of Bishop Bob Battle of the Berean Church of God in Christ

Nader Nadery, a member of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, said that the plan is indeed a mater of concern for us who work to promote the rule of law and protect human rights.

The Senate just approved a cloture vote for the $26.1 billion state aid bill that would provide funds for teachers’ jobs and for Medicaid. Maine Sens.

Laurie Chapman, who has pleaded guilty to 30 counts of federal bribery charges for taking over $237,000 from Santa Fe-based Omni Roofing as a facilities manager for the Corrections Department and was later fired from a post in the Indian Affairs Department in February, has been receiving unemployment benefits since March.

Since former (man, it feels good to type that) Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was convicted on seven felony corruption charges, there have been some serious twists

A Monday blog entry posted by Family Research Council Action references a media account of how adoption is changing due to technology, but FRCA omits the portion about technology and instead attempts to make the leap that a lack of birth mothers is due to abortion services, and specifically due the presence of Planned Parenthood. The FRC report, authored by Nick Frase, links to a news report in the Merrillville, Ind.-based Post-Tribune that discusses how the Internet has changed adoptions , but pulls only five paragraphs from an interview with the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Gary in which the charity expressed its hope that a legislative effort to defund Planned Parenthood would have brought more birth mothers

Politico’s Ben Smith adds to Laura Rozen’s report on President-elect Barack Obama’s South Asia-themed dinner last week. Ben learns that Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi

Having unveiled their plan to extend unemployment benefits through the end of the year (not to be mistaken for a plan to create new benefits), Democrats will no

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<p>Today’s installment of the NPR/National Geographic series, &quot;Climate Connections,&quot; may get under the skin of some environmentalists,

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An interview with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin by the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody is scheduled to air on The 700 Club over

Montana has established its own command center for dealing with Exxon Mobil’s Yellowstone River pipeline spill after reporters and state officials said Exxon restricted them from joint command session meetings. On July 1 an Exxon pipeline passing under the Yellowstone River near Laurel, Montana spilled a reported 42,000 gallons of oil into the river which is known for its world class fishing . As with the Enbridge pipeline spill in Michigan last summer, the U.S.

Cause where I live, it’s ... terrible! The American Lung Association just released its 2009 State of the Air report, which assesses the air quality across