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Sarah Palin offers a fiancé-less Bristol relationship advice based in Reagan’s foreign policy. Democrats stay quiet about the mosque by Ground

This is the text of a letter distributed to members of Congress today by September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows: As a member of an organization of those

Republican presidential hopefuls attacked the Environmental Protection Agency during a social conservative event in Iowa over the weekend, and said the United States should allow for more production of energy domestically, have fewer regulations and end a moratorium on deepwater oil drilling. Speaking at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition event on Saturday were Atlanta businessman Herman Cain ; U.S. Rep

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On Wednesday, the Department of Justice moved to block the proposed $39 billion takeover of mobile carrier T-Mobile by telecom giant AT&T, arguing the

Bill Clinton says today’s GOP makes Bush look like a liberal. In Missouri, life begins at conception. Mike Castle won’t endorse Christine

An Ohio House committee approved one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion limits on Wednesday, but the measure will likely not earn universal support from anti-abortion groups — including some in Florida. # The bill would outlaw an abortion starting at the “first detectable heartbeat.” According to the Associated Press, supporters of the bill are hoping this legislation “sparks a legal challenge to the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade .” However, not all anti-choice groups agree with this strategy.

In a move that spells nothing but bad news for Detroit’s struggling automakers, Toyota announced yesterday that it’s suspended plans to produce its Prius hybrid

Susan Jacoby in The Washington Post points out a largely overlooked exchange with Justice Antonin Scalia in that cross case heard by Supreme Court earlier this

Barack Obama isn’t sure where he should speak on 9/11. According ex-car czar Steven Rattner, Tim Geithner giggles. A lot. Most people don’t know who the

An offbeat story to get the morning started. According to Politico: A senior aide for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) was arrested Tuesday for attempting to

Late last week, it seemed as if the tide of Democratic support was shifting away from Ben Bernanke’s bid to serve a second term atop the Federal Reserve. Just a

Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) are set to roll out long-awaited climate legislation this morning. The two senators, who chair the

Another broadside launched against Defense Secretary Bob Gates’ budget is that it unduly cuts missile defense. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) brought that up to

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert announce competing rallies. Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin star in a Citizens United film. Mike Huckabee endorses Rand

John Boehner says he’s never used a tanning bed. Boston mayor says he would slowly torture murder suspects. Jon Steward wonders if our country is run by

Michele Bachmann offered another of her “testimonies of faith” at an Iowa church Sunday, noting her desire to protect relations with Israel, the responsibilities parents have for educating their children and pledging to lead the nation in prayer if elected president during a follow-up question and answer period with Pastor Matt Floyd of Calvary Bible Church in Osceola. Bachmann’s testimony differed little from others she has offered on Sunday mornings in Iowa churches throughout the campaign.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the second of its three-part package of bills aimed at encouraging offshore drilling on Wednesday. # More than two dozen Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure , but the Florida delegation voted strictly along party lines, with Republicans in support and Democrats in opposition

Pic via WikiHow Though the program was only recently implemented, state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, has filed a bill to tweak Florida’s prescription drug monitoring database, known as E-FORCSE.

After Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and his Judiciary subcommittee officially announced its intent to hold a hearing on the Office of Legal Counsel torture

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