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When Senate Republicans last week killed a $14-billion bailout of Detroit’s sputtering automakers, they reduced the debate to what they consider its essence: the power of organized labor.

One of the things that most infuriates conservative commentators like Michelle Malkin and Stuart Taylor about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is that in

While parts of the Georgia immigration law haven’t taken effect because of a federal injunction, one did on July 1: Use false identification for a job and receive up to 15 years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine. The offense is called “aggravated identity fraud.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has details : It applies to everyone, not just illegal immigrants.

One version of a proposed 500-plus-mile water pipeline from southwestern Wyoming to Colorado’s Front Range was dealt a blow by a federal regulatory agency that found the application deficient on Wednesday. The Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (FERC) sent a letter to Fort Collins businessman Aaron Million requesting more information within a month, but FERC officials also appeared to have serious jurisdictional questions. “Because the Commission would only have jurisdiction with regard to the proposed hydroelectric development, which is only one component of the proposed 501-mile-long water supply pipeline project, construction of substantial parts of the overall project may require permits from other federal agencies,” FERC officials wrote.

Responding to public pressure and the competitive rates featured by competitors, Bank of America is reconsidering its debit card fees, as rival Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase scrapped their versions of the highly unpopular new charge. A press release from Wells Fargo, which picked New Mexico as one of the five states where the bank planned to roll-out a trial debit card fee program, reads : “As we adjust to changes in our business, we will continue to stay attuned to what our customers want,” said Ed Kadletz, head of Wells Fargo’s Debit and Prepaid Cards

In the days since a lone gunman opened fire in Arizona, killing six people and wounding an additional 13, roughly 2,000 Americans have lost their lives as a result of gun violence. That, according to President Barack Obama , is unacceptable.

With the prospect dimming that the energy bill being cobbled together behind closed doors in the Senate will include a cap on carbon, the wind industry is

Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) asks Hill what the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement and Strategic Framework Agreement require of the United Statesfor long-term

I don’t sneer and point at everything Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) says -- she clearly courts such a reaction every day -- but Ed Morrissey’s video of

In closing her remarks to America’s largest pro-Israel lobby, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton referenced the arduous struggles of Israel’s founding

As TWI reported yesterday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is changing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell enforcement significantly, even before Congress passes any changes

Colorado has seen a significant political turnaround in the last two years. In 2008, 54 percent of the state’s population voted for Barack Obama; since then, it

Since Gov. Rick Scott unveiled his 2011-2012 budget proposal last month, questions have swirled about what his recommendations might mean for particular state programs. According to state Rep.

After some initial reluctance, U.S. Chamber of Commerce executive vice president for government affairs Bruce Josten agreed to sit down with ABC’s Jake Tapper

After a full day of heated debate, the House of Representatives has just passed the landmark Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill, by a vote of 219-212. The

Here’s a fairly representative video from the Freedom Summit — Annie Rupp, a conservative activist from Hawaii, going nuclear on the Obama administration. She

I haven’t nitpicked many comments made by CPAC speakers, but during the Saving Freedom From Vote Fraud panel, ACORN whistleblower Anita MonCrief passed on a

The American Association of School Administrators released a statement today on the Atlanta Public Schools teaching scandal: At its regularly scheduled

Time has a shocking immigration story in its Aug. 27 issue about an undocumented woman originally from Oaxaca, Mexico, who was reported to the Department of

He was lame, but now he walks. He was blind, but now he sees.

A majority of South Carolina Democratic Party’s executive committee voted Thursday night to reject a protest against the results of the state’s Senate primary,

Keeping his presser-a-day streak alive, this morning President-elect Barack Obama filled two more cabinet slots, nominating former Gov. Tom Vilsack (D-Iowa) as