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Despite mixed economic reports, job growth is almost certain. Massa’s chief of staff had informed a Pelosi aide of incidents. The Byrd Rule can be an

Let’s say you’re a high-ranking figure in the Iranian religious-political establishment. For 30 years, you’ve used U.S. bellicosity as an excuse for social

UPDATED: 10:40 a.m. This article was amended with a correction* noted below. Recently proposed federal and state family-planning spending cuts would

E.J. Dionne wonders if Pope Benedict XVI is more liberal than Obama. Pharmaceutical companies are using your dollars to lobby Congress. Calling released

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A pro-Planned Parenthood rally in New York City (Pic by WeNews, via Flickr ) Planned Parenthood has included Florida in its list of “states at risk” for the upcoming election.

According to The News Service of Florida , Gov. Rick Scott is taking inspiration from controversial education changes in Texas, and may be toying with the idea of bringing them to Florida

Despite the National Organization for Marriage declaring preemptive victory Wednesday, the battle over legalizing same-sex marriage wages on in New York, with

A tiny shot of good news amid otherwise dismal recent numbers: Consumers opened their wallets a bit more in May, spending 0.2 percent more than in April.

Here’s a fundraising letter sent by the Liberty Legal Institute’s Hannah Giles Legal Defense Fund to offset legal costs incurred by Giles -- the star of last

North Korea joins Twitter. David Petraeus gives his Afghan redeployment strategy. Pat Buchanan thinks Newt Gingrich went too far on the mosque. Harry

Obama plans to sign an executive order to create a deficit commission. The financial crisis is creating greater inequality of wealth in the United

This morning marked the opening of Netroots Nation , the national progressive organizing and media conference, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Formerly called YearlyKos, the four-day summit this year features a keynote tonight by former Sen.

Immigration reform is a no-win issue. Lindsey Graham is right to be upset. As Dems scramble to bring Graham back into the climate fold, will the White

While Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton mentioned the longstanding American policy that does not accept continued settlements and the obligation to

UPDATE: Aug. 10, 2011, 3:15 p.m., with a correction Peter LaBarbera’s Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) last week launched a campaign to prevent

For all their Gandalf-versus-the-Balrog declarations that former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) will resume his seat, Senate Republicans have all but admitted

Fifty percent of Americans say Obama does not deserve re-election. Financial reform could be signed by the end of May, says Barney Frank. Obama’s drilling

As the presidential campaign season heats up, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has vastly outraised his Republican rivals, none of whom managed to raise a quarter of the funds he’s collected

Former three-term Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chávez is running as a Democrat for the U.S. House in New Mexico’s First District, writes Albuquerque Journal. Democratic Rep