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The feds say states and counties have no choice in whether to participate in Secure Communities , but increasingly states and counties are saying otherwise. This week, the California Assembly voted to restrict the sharing of fingerprints to those of undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of crimes

Republicans hone in on ways to blame the president and the majority party for the AIG bonus scandal.

I’m heading home now, but the NACA people tell me they’ll be here again until midnight. People who have been waiting all day in various lines look tired and

Dave Camp may represent Michigan in Congress but he apparently has little concern about helping the state avoid more budget cuts and business taxes.

Michael Mukasey, the highest legal official in the land: "the Vice President is obviously one of the close advisers to the president and is within the

There’s been a lot of unnecessary politicization of national security issues,’’ Holder testified.

My friend Siobhan Gorman has a great piece in The Wall Street Journal anticipating that Obama won’t significantly change Bush’s intelligence policies, which

The decision to modify loans, under Obama’s programs, has been left in the hands of the same mortgage servicing companies that often stand to profit more from foreclosures.

A school board in Virginia has voted unanimously to leave No Child Left Behind, which would mean joining a bevy of other boards across the country in sending a

The House GOP sent a message to reporters this morning linking to this article about the possibility of a 30,000-troop surge in Afghanistan, an effort that will

The gay and lesbian community are one step closer to being able to participate in state sanctioned unions after the Colorado Senate voted to pass on second reading SB 172. While Democrats heralded the bill as a historic moment in the fight for civil rights and the protection of children, many Republicans voted against the bill, saying it would weaken the institution of marriage

The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has decided to let the FBI keep domestic terror suspects in custody longer than the average

Last week, Twitter was host to a Stephen Colbert-encouraged pillorying of Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) following a spokesman’s claim that when Kyl said on the

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Here’s a short video from the gathering of Tea Party activists today in Washington, before they set off to stage a die-in in Senate office buildings to

Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate in NY-23, has conceded a final defeat to Rep. Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) in a statement that calls for more monitoring

In the wake of recent damning testimony and reports outlining the tactics used by insurance companies to bolster bottom lines, The New York Times today takes a

Ahh, the wisdom of Congress controlling the federal purse strings ... The House today is poised to pass legislation creating a special 11-member commission