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An algal bloom in the Caloosahatchee River in 2005 (Pic by Florida Water Coalition) An article released yesterday in a special agri-business edition of Highlands Today dubs a set of federally mandated water pollution standards “way too extreme for Florida.” The article is the latest in a long series of critiques of the EPA’s decision to implement its “numeric nutrient criteria,” rules that would help thwart algal blooms and fish kills in Florida waterways. Via Highlands Today : Every reasonable person is willing to sacrifice to protect the water quality in our Florida rivers and lakes

Not that I’m at the White House, but let’s do this liveblog style. I’m watching the rollout of the Af-Pak strategy on MSNBC, where Chris Matthews, commenting on

Seriously, how can this go wrong? The Ohio Militia, which has maintained a YouTube account since October, is up with a video asking a million armed militia

According to a poll released Thursday by Public Policy Polling, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is the second most popular governor in the country. Also, according to the poll, if an election were held today Senator Mark Udall would cruise to victory

AMES — Former U.S. House Speaker and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says Iowa is vital to his campaign, and thinks if he does well in the state he’ll earn the right to challenge President Barack Obama .

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (Pic by ryanjreilly, via Flickr) U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will be giving a speech today about laws recently enacted all over the country that some say will suppress voter turnout among minorities, young people and low-income and disabled voters

The Wall Street Journal published a review over the weekend of states pushing tighter elections laws. # Wisconsin, Texas, Missouri and Minnesota are all looking to increase voter identification requirements.

COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan -- Walking through a local bazaar, national security reporter Spencer Ackerman speaks with locals about life in the region.

From the St. Petersburg Times: Gov. Charlie Crist is expected to turn to his political shadow and former chief of staff, George LeMieux, to stand in as

For Tim Geithner, it’s been a difficult week. Conservatives agree that as point person, you failed, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) told the Treasury secretary

As health care reform faces increasing public skepticism, another leading element of the Democratic agenda -- energy legislation -- has maintained strong

At least two Michigan school districts may have violated laws related to sex education in the state in order to play host to a Colorado-based abstinence-only sex education program. A third district did not completely follow state laws in booking the group. Both Homer Community Schools, located south of Battle Creek in Calhoun County, and Olivet Community Schools located in southern Eaton county, played host to the Colorado-based abstinence-only education program called “Wise Choices” earlier this year

James Scurlock, director of Maxed Out, a groundbreaking documentary on consumer debt, steps up to defend TARP oversight panel head Elizabeth Warren today in

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Although the government has said that warrantless wiretapping under the Terrorist Surveillance Program has stopped, the Obama administration has not said that warrantless wiretapping isn’t ongoing under some other program.

In Wisconsin today, President Obama delivered a rebuke of those who oppose efforts to boost the energy manufacturing sector and create clean energy jobs. But

It’s official: the Minnesota State Canvassing Board has just certified DFLer Al Franken as the junior U.S. senator from Minnesota. The Norm Coleman campaign

Continuing their midterms ramp up, the Democratic National Committee launched a preemptive attack against the GOP this morning by attempting to define the

As DeLong noted, Blackwater lost its license to operate in Iraq in 2007, after its security officers gunned down innocent civilians in Baghdad’s Nisour Square.