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Democratic lawmakers will still sign a resolution calling for a special legislative session to override line-item vetoes made last week by Gov. Terry Branstad , state senators said. Jack Hatch “We don’t have the two-thirds yet,” Sen

The ACLU of Michigan announced Thursday that it is challenging what they call “pay or stay” sentences that put people in jail if they’re too poor to pay court costs in a criminal case.

NEW YORK, NY -- Lately the presidential campaign has felt like a bad joke, so it’s fitting that Sen. Barack Obama revisited the latest manufactured Republican

Washington -- On returning home from the Republican National Convention on Friday, I’ve been thinking about some conversations I had with delegates in St.

Some of the nation’s top environmental scientists are calling on the Obama administration to end the destructive practice of mountaintop coal mining, saying

It’s not exactly what political campaign contributors have in mind when they write checks to lawmakers, but Rep. Pete Visclosky -- one of three House Democrats

Before Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s June confirmation hearing to become commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, there was a question about whether a veteran

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

While economists got out their pom-poms last week to celebrate the news that official unemployment is only 9.7 percent (while skillfully ignoring the increase

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 .

Conservative Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly noted on Thursday that Rep.

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

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) Public Policy Polling released a poll Tuesday showing that Gov. Rick Scott’s approval rate among Florida voters is at an all-time low

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