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The Republican House majority put out a shocker of a budget Thursday that would slash spending by $32 billion in the next seven months. Among the glaringly ideological Republican targets are environmental protection programs and public broadcasting. The “war on Big Bird,” as some fans of PBS have called it, has a strong backer in Colorado Congressman Doug Lamborn, who this session has introduced two bills to zero out funds for public TV and radio

A new survey of college admissions counselors released by Inside Higher Ed confirms many seek out students of means who do not require financial aid

At least four people are dead in San Bruno, Calif., after a natural gas pipeline break caused an explosion that leveled dozens of homes and damaged many

As Senate lawmakers launch new efforts to curb the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, some key members have joined local transportation officials and environmentalists to ask a seemingly relevant question: Where’s the commitment to public transit?

I just spoke to Kevin Bankston, the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s senior attorney specializing in free speech and privacy law, about his reaction to today’s

Republican officials from twenty-six states and a small business advocacy group asked the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to strike down the entire 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

The idea of creating an impermeable high-tech fence that doubles as a panopticon to keep out illegal immigrants has always been the triumph of paranoia over

The American people lost today, said Rep. Pete Hoekstra.

When the final chapter of this election is written in the books that soon will be on sale, I hope we feel shame. Not shame in electing a president. But shame

The American Independent reported earlier today on an upcoming Heroic Media fashion show fundraiser hosted by a Dillard’s store in Houston. As the piece

The anti-GOP activists who used to be called Billionaires for Bush showed up at Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown’s People’s Rally in Worcester,

It turns out $20 billion may not be enough to compensate the victims of the massive Gulf oil spill. Kenneth Feinberg, the White House appointee charged with

Former U.S. Rep.

The House approved a three-week continuing resolution on Tuesday, according to Roll Call. The stopgap spending measure, which passed 271-158, will keep the

Dale Robertson, a Tea Party activist who operates TeaParty.org, is getting stung for an old photo -- taken at the Feb. 27, 2009 Tea Party in Houston -- in which

I just got off the phone with David Brian Brown, the St. Louis, Mo., lawyer who has appeared with Kenneth Gladney, the black man who claims he was beaten up by

The major investigation of the Fort Hood shooting is a joint law-enforcement effort led by the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division and supported by the FBI.

At the heart of the current foreclosure fraud scandal is an obscure piece of paper -- dramatically titled the note -- that proves how much a borrower owes a

Jay Rockefeller, the Democratic chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, has always been a hapless sort, prone to getting rolled by the Bush

Gov.

Benton Harbor may be the first city in the state to be completely taken over by an Emergency Manager under a new law that grants such appointees nearly unlimited power over local governments, but the first legal challenge has been filed by two Detroit pension boards.