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AMES — Tensions reached their apex Thursday night during the Fox News/Washington Examiner GOP presidential debate, sending Republican enthusiasm through the roof with less than 48 hours until the Ames Straw Poll gates open Saturday. Debate topics were typical: conflict in the Middle East, American’s floundering economy, immigration, states’ rights, and of course, hot button social issues

One interesting detail in this morning’s jobs report: The number of workers out of a job for more than six months declined by about 600,000. Moreover, the

In a recent interview with iVillage , Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius discussed Gov. Rick Scott’s decision to turn down millions from the Affordable Care Act for the state of Florida. # “I think it’s unfortunate,” she said, according to the website.”We have certainly seen this play out here in Washington in the past month or two, where there are some newly elected officials on the Republican side that have decided that their political ideology is more important than anything — more important than the health needs of their citizens, more important than the economic stability of the economy, more important than the future of jobs in America — so I think it is very unfortunate for citizens of Florida

I got a disturbing press release last night from the Defense Department. Two U.S. soldiers -- Sgt. 1st Class Christopher D. Shaw and Staff Sgt. Jack M. Martin

The Obama campaign is circulating a video featuring Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and indicted Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) at a joint press conference in July -- and

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) decided to lavish perhaps her last endorsement of the election cycle yesterday evening on former GOP Rep. Tom Tancredo, who’s

More on yesterday’s buck-wild killing of Kandahar police chief Matiullah Qati. P.J. Tobia at True/Slant hears that the mysterious U.S.-trained Afghan security

While photo identification legislation has gotten top billing in the GOP-led battle against Election Day voter fraud fears, other proposals are being

DENVER - Gov. Sarah Palin’s candidacy is clearly deteriorating. The only question is whether the decline is more like Lehman Bros or a polar ice

The growing participation of Latino voters shows a heightened responsibility and a need to continue voter reform efforts to further boost Latino voter participation.

Colorado’s congressional delegation split 4-3 tonight as the U.S. House voted 269-161 to pass a debt ceiling deal that’s expected to win approval in the Senate on Tuesday. Democrat Diana DeGette joined Republicans Doug Lamborn and Scott Tipton in voting no on the measure, while Democrats Jared Polis and Ed Perlmutter voted for the deal along with Republicans Mike Coffman and Cory Gardner

One reason that a ludicrous figure like Orly Taitz can still get booked for TV interviews -- poll after poll shows a substantial number of Americans buying into

For an administration that once said that it would pay more attention to Main Street than Wall Street, the failure of the its signature initiative for Main

The American Petroleum Institute today announced that it is putting 160 industry standards online for the first time, part of an effort to be more transparent

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) asks, what about extraordinary rendition? Will the CIA under Leon Panetta continue to seize terrorism suspects and outsource

Richard Nixon’s grandson (R) refuses to bail on his bid to unseat Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.). Even as the U.S. income gap reaches its highest level in 80

ProPublica’s Chisun Lee reports: A stockpile of documents about hundreds of Guantanamo Bay detainees, some authored by the prisoners themselves, could be