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As other states seek to undermine abortion using a number of tactics, including imposing mandatory ultrasounds before having an abortion and banning insurance

Lawmakers want to rein in spending, but not if it threatens jobs in their states.

Yesterday, New York State comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced that New York will end its fiscal year at the end of March with a $2 billion budget shortfall.

Two Democratic members of the Iowa Senate are among more 150 lawmakers from 26 states who have filed a friend of the court brief in defense of last year’s federal health care reform, placing them in direct opposition to Gov. Terry Branstad who joined the suit against the law

James M. Chaparro, director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Office of Detention and Removal Operations, apparently implemented his own plan to

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) This Saturday, 34 churches in Florida will host a viewing of “One Nation Under God,” which is being promoted as a “two-hour premiere DVD event featuring top American thinkers and political leaders who will bring the truth about God and America to people gathered in homes and churches across the nation.” The event is a thinly veiled national get-out-the-vote push for the religious right.

Unnamed administration officials quoted by David Cho of The Washington Post say the federal deficit is lower than the White House’s initial projections. The

Sharron Angle, the Republican opponent to Sen. Harry Reid in Nevada, released an ad today bashing Reid’s support for preferred college tuition rates for

So we knew earlier today that the U.S.-Russia New START nuclear reductions treaty caps deployed warheads at 1,550, a 30 percent reduction from the Bush-Putin

It’s the morning after, so let’s see how bankers felt about being in the hot seat Wednesday before Congress. Top financial executives of banks that received

Reaction to the passage of a Republican anti–gay marriage amendment in the Minnesota Senate on Wednesday was swift. “They have made a grave, grave mistake, and I think they will see that soon,” Sen.

Have you ever been confused about your credit score, or tried to figure out exactly how your score was compiled? You’re not alone. Apparently, mortgage

State officials have certified that critics of Rep. Paul Scott (R-Grand Blanc) have gathered enough signatures to put him on the ballot for recall, but several legal challenges could still stand in the way of that vote.

Obama doesn’t care what Arianna Huffington thinks of his decor. Hillary Clinton visits a statue of Bill in Kosovo. Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown disagree on

To add to Weigel’s post a bit, I’m not sure Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) is really hedging his bets on the Iran resolution he signed onto with Rep. Mike Pence

DTE Energy is repossessing Highland Park’s street lights and selling them as scrap metal as part of a settlement over a $4 million dollar electric bill. Highland Park is a small city that is surrounded by the city of Detroit. Detroit News reports that 14,000 light poles have been removed and locals are complaining that schools and businesses have been targeted by burglars since the city went dark.

Last Friday, the Florida Senate drew criticism for sneaking growth management provisions into a budget bill, which would allow lawmakers to bypass the normal legislative process to roll back 25 years of environmental regulations. Members repsponded that they had the votes to pass the bill normally.

New narrative alert: Sen. Barack Obama will win this election -- in a landslide. But wait, weren’t all the experts and pundits worrying about Obama’s demise

I don’t want to write too much that steps on the toes of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s forthcoming confirmation hearing to head the State Department, but take a

True fact: talk to the advisers to Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s 60-day strategy review on Afghanistan and they say that they’re attuned to an erosion of support

In the South Carolina GOP presidential primary, no endorsement is considered more important than that of Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.). Slate and former Washington

Former Fox News icon Glenn Beck was traveling abroad when news leaked late last month that he’d leased a huge house near Dallas/Fort Worth International

Congressional lawmakers of both parties have found something to agree on: The credit card industry, they say, has evolved beyond the scope of regulations