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In a statement on its website, Mariner Energy, the owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf says: Mariner Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ME) confirms that a fire has

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

A proposal by Hillsdale County Republican Sen. Bruce Casswell to allow foster children to purchase clothing only at secondhand stores has been amended.

The former and all-but-certain future GOP presidential candidate is coming out next March with a book tentatively titled No Apology: The Case for American

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.

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

Update: A spokeswoman for Alabama’s attorney general just told me that Alabama is also signing on, and subsequently sent out a press release, reprinted at the

The Associated Press: A top Iranian official said his country would respond next week to a United Nations-drafted plan to ship much of its uranium to Russia

After a Saturday full of partisan bickering, presidential arm-twisting, rowdy protests, and naked racism, the House stands ready to vote today on a historic,

The National Employment Law Project, which advocates for jobless workers, is criticizing Gov. Snyder and the Republican-led state legislature for making more cuts to unemployment benefits in Michigan. In a new briefing paper , the NELP says: Michigan workers continue to face one of the nation’s toughest labor markets

U.S. Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) is the recipient of the second-largest amount of money from the defense industry during the 2011-2012 election cycle as he begins

GUANTANAMO BAY -- There were doubts, after yesterday’s late-breaking release of the Manual for military commissions, whether this morning’s pre-trial hearing to

As Congress delves into its much anticipated health care reform debate, the discussion thus far has been framed as a black vs. white clash between those (mostly

Newspaper presidential-endorsement season is well underway. The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle and Chicago Tribune announced

Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.), the disgraced resigning congressman, is going down swinging and taking the news cycle with him. His weekly radio show -- and, likely,

When Merrill Lynch snuck in $4 billion in executive bonuses just before its sale to Bank of America, nearly everyone I spoke with said that while the move was

America’s mayor talks to the Dallas Morning News about whether he’ll run for president in 2012. I’m keeping my options open is how I put it – meaning

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,

Washington is buzzing with the various testimonies and commissions ongoing today. Watch Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and other speakers at the National Commission

The Huffington Post’s Shahien Nasiripour, a great financial reporter, has a good piece on a top executive at J.P. Morgan Chase trashing Sen. Carl Levin

Before Eric Massa appeared on Glenn Beck’s show, there was a short war of words between the Fox News host and blogger/columnist Michelle Malkin. Beck likened