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Care Net , a network of more than 1,100 pregnancy centers across North America, released a statement earlier this week in response to a video posted on YouTube by pro-abortion rights group NARAL New York.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., will be making two Sunday show appearances this week

The centrist advocacy group No Labels released a report Tuesday saying that only 175 House members are holding town halls this August. In New Mexico, Reps. Steve Pearce and Ben Ray Luján are, while Rep.

Here’s a new conservative magazine you probably haven’t heard of: The Americano, a product of Gingrich Communications. Edited by Sylvia Garcia, who moonlights

There are many ways of looking at the immigration situation in the United States. A few days ago, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints issued a statement, which both notes the complexity of the situation and also boils it down to a few simple words… that all people should be viewed “as children of God.” You can see the statement and commentary on it here.

The so-called Oracle of Omaha largely shifted the blame from himself and Moody’s, in which Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is a major stakeholder.

Though Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) and his supporters were unsuccessful in stripping Planned Parenthood Federation of America of federal funds that go to

Writing in The Hill earlier this week, U.S. Senator and former DPS superintendent Michael Bennet issued a call for education reform. To his voice, we add that of renowned scholar Ken Robinson , who calls for an absolute re-thinking of how we educate kids

2012 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) Though GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has caught flack for apparent flip-flops on abortion issues, perhaps none are quite as critical of him as “fetal personhood” supporters. The “personhood” movement wants governments to legally define a human being from the moment of conception, and Keith Mason, the head of Personhood USA, is saying that Romney should clarify his stance on the issue. The “Personhood” movement is controversial because of its vague nature

Iowa’s federal lawmakers had mostly positive reaction to President Barack Obama ’s Thursday speech on the changing face and policy of the Middle East in the wake of the May 1 death of terrorist Osama bin Laden. Obama’s comprehensive speech covered a variety of topics, though he emphasized the United States would give its support to countries forming new democracies — specifically Egypt and Tunisia — and would protect Israeli security interests, while fostering tolerance of religious minorities in the Arab world

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) During a meeting of the Republican Governors Association in Orlando this Wednesday, Frank Luntz, one of the most well known political communications strategist in the country, talked to GOPers about how they could do a better job talking about the Occupy Wall Street movement. Yahoo News’ Chris Moody reports that “Luntz offered tips on how Republicans could discuss the grievances of the Occupiers, and help the governors better handle all these new questions from constituents about ‘income inequality’ and ‘paying your fair share.’” “I’m so scared of this anti-Wall Street effort

UPDATED: 6:37 p.m. EST Advocates for people with disabilities flooded the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., Monday to protest the GOP 2012

We learn via the Nashville Post that Republican Rep. Eric Swafford, of the Tennessee State House, has decided to don clown shoes and join a crackpot legal

In the wake of the Senate’s failure to pass the bailout for the Big Three automakers due to a threatened Republican filibuster, I’d like to expand on an

The Republican Obama -- who doesn’t really push back against that term -- gets the first real negative coverage of his Florida campaign for U.S. Senate, and

Gov. Rick Snyder, despite facing major protests against his policies and a recall campaign to remove him from office, told the Detroit News that he believes most voters support his policies: About the recall he faces, Snyder said he didn’t think it would succeed

The Department of Labor’s Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary for April is out and the news is decidedly mixed.

Minutes after I published that post profiling the hawkishness of NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former Danish prime minister posted a new

The Department of Transportation is asking for public input on a proposed new set of regulations to govern natural gas pipelines in the United States. Cynthia Quarterman, director of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) released a document called an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking , which invites stakeholders to submit written testimony on the need for new regulations

Senate candidate Hector Balderas went on the offensive Friday — but in an email against the two top-tier Republican candidates, not his main opponent, fellow Democrat Martin Heinrich. Balderas said that he would vote against the Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., budget. But with the two Republicans, he said, “We just don’t know.” The Santa Fe New Mexican reported that Lt.

While anti-gay slurs may have been part of a Waterloo assault that led to the beating death of a 19-year-old Waterloo man, law enforcement investigating the incident say they do not believe sexual orientation was the focus of hate and violent actions. “These were individuals who were known to each other, and there had been previous incidents,” Lieutenant Michael McNamee of the Waterloo Police Department told The Iowa Independent by phone early Wednesday. “It is possible that there was anti-gay shouts made at the time of the incident early Friday, but the attack did not stem from that