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This summer, Americans who hadn’t studied civics since eighth grade got a refresher on the 14th Amendment when several Republican senators called for its

As lawsuits wind their way through the court system, more details and allegations about the inner workings of the subprime world are emerging.

Matt Corley at ThinkProgress picks up on a bizarre statement from Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) on financial regulatory reform. On CNBC this morning, Corker

A poll released Sunday found that a majority of Wisconsin residents disapprove of Gov.

“When high stakes are attached to tests, people often act in ways that compromise educational values. High-stakes testing incentivizes narrowing of the

A new poll shows Michiganders are not satisfied with Gov.

A bill criminalizing sex- and race-based abortion might soon make its way to the desk of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, as the Arizona Senate approved the bill 21-5

Former Colorado Congressman, right-wing icon and talk-radio host Tom Tancredo says he guessed right on the birth certificate. In April of last year on the Alan Colmes radio show, he told listeners President Obama was intentionally delaying release of his birth certificate so that the birther movement would burn hotter and hotter and make the Republican Party and its leaders waffling on the topic appear ridiculous. “Obama has followed Mohammed, not the religious leader, but the boxer.

Despite the massive Gulf oil spill, the majority of likely voters would support proposals to expand offshore oil and gas drilling, according to a new

Lynne Torgerson launched her second campaign against Rep. Keith Ellison on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 this weekend at her home in Golden Valley, calling for a return to “Judeo-Christian values” and labeling Ellison as a “radical Islamist” who wants to do away with the U.S. Constitution.

According to supporters of progressive immigration reform, not very well. A Republican-run House would put Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) in charge of the Judiciary

Anti-abortion-rights policy group the Susan B. Anthony List this week launched an attack video against President Barack Obama, depicting his only friends as

Ratcheting up her attacks on President Obama, Rep. Michele Bachmann said Thursday that she believes President Barack Obama is intentionally trying to make Americans poorer. The Sixth District Republican appeared on the religious right radio program of Jay Sekulow to state that “liberalism actually makes people poorer” and that Obama is “angry” at people who have succeeded.

Following a dramatic period of inter-legislative acrimony, McClatchy is reporting that the Iraqi parliament has again delayed a vote on the U.S.-Iraq Status of

Hints of scandal in the Ensign affair. Still unanswered: Why did he come clean? Maybe Obama’s people need to drink more milk. Rep. Michele Bachmann

Ben Smith has the results of a disturbing Research 2000 poll that asks Americans whether they believe that Barack Obama was born in the United States of

Sen. John McCain’s top economic adviser is busy tracking the financial crisis, but he took time on Tuesday to offer a novel argument for McCain’s grasp of the

The vast Koch Industries-led cabal of GOP donors, free-market ideologues and titans of industry is real, it turns out, and The New York Times has obtained the

The House of Representatives has followed the Senate’s lead and passed an amendment banning ACORN from receiving federal funds. There aren’t many surprises on

A bill to prohibit private health insurers from covering abortion passed the Florida Senate Health Regulations Committee 8 to 4 on Monday. Senate Bill 1414,