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Following up on yesterday’s post about China’s disinclination to cross the U.S. and Russia at the United Nations Security Council on Iran sanctions, it looks

Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale (Pic by Debra Todd, via Facebook) Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale, does not like the fact that a strong majority of Americans disapproves of Congress and is pinning the blame on Republicans

Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio tweeted this morning that he’d met with Vice President Joe Biden, who was in Phoenix fundraising for Democratic

The new legal adviser to the State Department (on a 62-35 vote) sent this message to a group of supporters on Facebook: My dear friends: Earlier today, the

The Project on Government Oversight has just learned that one of its sources for exposing apparent acts of physical and sexual harassment by a State Department

Rahm Emanuel could face a serious challenge from Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), one of the most vocal supporters of comprehensive immigration reform in Congress,

NPR’s Howard Berkes and Frank Langfitt have spent weeks on the ground in southern West Virginia, the site of last month’s deadly blast at Massey’s Upper Big

Teenagers who live in politically conservative parts of the country are more depressed and suicidal than teens who live in politically progressive parts of the country, according to a study by Columbia University psychologist Mark Hatzenbuehler published this week.

Following in the footsteps of House health care leaders, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, plans

It has been 44 days since Congress let federally extended unemployment benefits lapse for 300,000 workers per week. Now, more than 2.1 million have lost the

The new law that allows the governor to appoint Emergency Managers with broad powers to fire elected officials, break contracts and dissolve towns is already forcing public workers to accept new concessions.

Jim Galloway talks to Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker, a Democratic candidate for governor (an underdog in the primary against former Governor Roy

Today, the Labor Department released its April survey of unemployment in 372 metropolitan areas across the United States. And it is a very good report: The rate

With the Senate not exactly in a rush to pass a mortgage cramdown bill, the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) is out with a report that

Sen. Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) office just announced that a cloture vote for Harold Koh’s nomination for State Department legal adviser is scheduled for 11 a.m.

I’m in the air right now, on my way to Sen. John McCain’s first stop of the day in Tampa, Fla. Next comes Blountville, TN. Then we’re off to Moon Township, PA.

After Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials shot down the idea of communities opting out of an ICE program, law enforcement leaders in Santa Clara,

During today’s Senate Banking Committee hearing with Tim Geithner, the Treasury secretary indicated that, although many of the nation’s largest mortgage

High school students from Lansing area schools walked out of class this morning and gathered at the Capitol to join the protests against cuts in education funding and anti-union actions by the governor and the legislature. About 150 students were at the Capitol building by noon, apparently responding to a call for a walkout by a student at Lansing Sexton high school who sent an email around earlier this week saying: We are doing this because Governor Rick Snyder plans on cutting at least $500 per student.

Rep. Keith Ellison gave an impassioned speech on the House floor Thursday evening criticizing conservatives for only seeking liberty for some

As Wall Street prepares to dole out billions of dollars in 2009 bonuses, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has his eyes on one particular payment of $2.8 million.

Starting on Sept. 1, when combat troops depart Iraq and 50,000 training/advisory troops remain, the war once known as Operation Iraqi Freedom will become

This ad, sponsored by Gov. Joe Manchin (D) in his suddenly tight Senate race in West Virginia, should most likely put to rest questions raised by his opponent,