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GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Wikimedia Commons ) GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s recent call for a humane path to immigration enforcement makes him the most recent conservative voice calling for solutions that encompass something more than the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. Color Lines , a daily news site “in service to racial justice ,” writes today that Gingrich’s”remarks were a reminder of how far the right has moved on immigration, and how twisted the immigration debate has become for both parties. It’s too soon to say, but Gingrich’s remarks could be a sign that Republicans are ready to heed growing calls from within their own party to temper the anti-immigrant rhetoric and stop alienating Latino voters.” At last week’s CNN GOP presidential debate focused on national security, Gingrich said, “I don’t see how the — the party that says it’s the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century.

According to a new international report, the United States is falling behind most of the developed world in the well-being of mothers and children. The U.S. was ranked 31 out 164.

The same group that helped open the door for a Supreme Court ruling allowing corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money in elections is now trying to slam

Andrew Breitbart (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) During a recent tea party meeting in Boston, political commentator Andrew Breitbart made a slew of controversial comments about the divide between liberals and conservatives. Breitbart, who often appears on Fox News and runs the media syndicate breitbart.com , will be appearing in Orlando on Saturday alongside a host of Florida Republican elected officials. “There are times where I’m not thinking as clearly as I should, and in those unclear moments, I always think to myself, ‘Fire the first shot.’ ‘Bring it on,’” Breitbart said .

As it turned out, Planned Parenthood did not lose federal funding for family planning and reproductive services in the federal budget for fiscal year 2011

I just got off a conference call held by the McCain campaign to deny that Al Qaeda, contrary to reports in the AP and the Washington Post, is rooting for their

NASHVILLE -- Now for sale at the National Tea Party Convention: tea bag jewelry, courtesy of the Tea Party Emporium, a co-sponsor of the event.

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) has voted no on the cloture motion to start debate on Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform bill -- meaning the

The PBS star attracted crowds to what appeared on the surface as a way to help black borrowers build wealth, but a lawsuit alleges it was actually just the opposite.

The planning process is expected to result in significant policy changes.

Conservative blogger Tom Maguire takes issue with my story today, specifically the part about Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign checking the

ThinkProgress spots Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) mulling a jump to the Republican Party in this interview. I’m struck by another part of the interview, in which

Over at Hungry Hungry Hippos. they’ve taken me to task for my post Wednesday on efforts in Flint, Mich. to deal with abandoned and vacant properties by

In the closing days of the campaign, the question I’m asked most frequently is: When did Sen. John McCain’s effort begin to unravel? My answer: What date did

As the dust settles following the Pennsylvania primary, the candidates and the media have turned to what comes next. It feels like it was years ago that

You thought the Denver mayor’s race was maybe a little boring, that maybe the candidates were fairly interchangeable, give or take gender and skin color. Well, now that we are down to two, the gloves seem to be coming off. Friday, Chris Romer sent out a press release questioning Michael Hancock’s bonafides on abortion rights.

The turnout to today’s Tea Party was indisputably high -- likely in the hundreds tens of thousands (though organizers claimed it reached 1.5 million). But

Even if he ultimately opposes health reform legislation, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) says he would probably vote to bring the bill to the floor, reports The

The conference committee to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the financial regulatory reform bill is just minutes away from starting. Those who want

President Obama has taken a good deal of heat from the business community and other special interest groups for his strict ban on lobbyists attending

Enough with DADT already: Duncan Hunter wants to open a hermaphrodites-in-the-military debate. Obama’s jab at Vegas is too much for Ensign and Reid. One