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The implementation of a case by case review of at least 300,000 deportation proceedings, announced by the Department of Homeland Security last week, has left room for questions among immigrant advocate groups.

Attempting to fix a problem that his panel helped create, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) will introduce legislation today to prevent

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

The cramdown provision meant to help desperate homeowners falters in the Senate, revealing the financial industry’s power on Capitol Hill.

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The private detention industry stands to gain substantially from a growing immigrant detention system, so it’s no accident that a lobbying group partially

The nomination of Elena Kagan, President Obama’s nominee for solicitor general -- the government’s top legal representative in cases before the Supreme Court --

Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala (right) with Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via stearns.house.gov) A reproductive rights group plans to deliver more than 130,000 signatures today to Rep.

A long-awaited report from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence into the failed bombing attempt aboard Northwest Flight 253 by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

The Interior Department responded swiftly this morning to a report by its inspector general that said last-minute editing by the White House of a report on the

The New York Times editorial board came out swinging in a Sunday editorial on climate change, slamming Republican Senate candidates for questioning whether

Adam Serwer at The American Prospect tears through a weekend dump of torture documents and finds something disturbing in an FBI inspector general’s report about

Cornell economist Michael Lovenheim has an amazing study of the impact of housing wealth on college affordability and attendance (PDF). From the

A new database highlights the hand-in-glove relationship between private organizations and the Defense Department that has watchdog groups concerned.

The Occupy Wall Street movement that started in New York and spread to large cities across the country is branching out to smaller towns in Minnesota, with protests happening or being planned in Brainerd, Rochester and Duluth. More than 50 people gathered in front of Brainerd City Hall, holding signs reading “America’s middle class: too big to fail” and “tax Wall Street,” according to the Brainerd Dispatch . Josh Brewster of Brainerd was holding a sign that read “Tax the richest 2 percent.” He said he attended the demonstration because he wants a future for his children.