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PITTSBURGH - At a RightOnline panel on Blogging 101, PoliticsDaily writer Matt Lewis showed a video of a health care meeting held by Rep. Lloyd Doggett

Republicans have been trumpeting polls indicating that most Americans oppose the Democrats’ proposals to reform the country’s dysfunctional health care system.

So says The Associated Press, reporting this afternoon that the absence of an estimated cost from the Congressional Budget Office means that the Senate Finance

Even as some Republican leaders are blasting the co-op insurance model as the first step toward socialized medicine, others appear ready to embrace the strategy

Via Kevin Drum, the Toronto Star reports that Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen captured in 2002 by U.S. officials and sent to Syria for a year’s worth of torture,

So the Justice Department got most of what it wanted here. Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled this morning that the CIA will have until August 24 to release a

From the White House press secretary... As the people of Haiti observe a national day of mourning to remember those lost in the catastrophic earthquake one

KABUL – A friend of mine who’s been to Afghanistan warned me several times against flying on Ariana, the national airline. Apparently she’s traveled with a

In talking about kids with disabilities, the Alaska governor uses words and phrases generally associated with the anti-abortion movement, effectively reminding anti-abortion voters that she shares and supports their view.

The libertarian think tank releases this video, offering a soup-to-nuts critique of the Afghanistan war, complete with ominous-sounding music:

During a three-day trip through the Western Slope this week, U.S. Sen

Florida right-wing groups are up in arms over a 19-year-old initiative launched by the United Nations in an effort to promote sustainable development in communities all over the world.

In an effort to support state Sen. Alan Hays’ and Rep

Imagine a government that moves its top income tax rate higher and higher every year. At some point, that imaginary government would raise taxes so high that it

Colorado U.S. Senator Mark Udall Wednesday unveiled an updated version of the Energy Security Act he worked with Arizona Senator Gabrielle Giffords to introduce last year.

The Lennar Homes logo (Pic via prlog.org) Residents and lawmakers alike are up in arms over a Pasco County subdivision that was recently revealed to have been built over a landfill.

Charlie Savage and Scott Shane have a great story today about U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies improperly spying on constitutionally protected

The Economic Policy Institute has posted a new study of the average duration of unemployment by state. The report shows that workers wait longest for jobs in

The presidential hopes of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) received a third nod from the ranks of the Iowa Senate.