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Though presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has insisted he is opposed to abortion, Michele Bachmann is again criticizing him for failing to sign a pledge drawn up by the Susan B

Here’s the list of elected Republicans on the statewide and federal levels who spoke or appeared at Tea Parties. – Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Rep.

Five days after Mike Allen reported that friends of Fox News creator Roger Ailes wanted him to run for president, and four-and-a-half days since Ailes laughed

Responding to a federal report obtained by The Florida Independent that alleges that Florida has mismanaged funds for a program meant to supply HIV/AIDS medications to low-income citizens, Michael Rajner — legislative director of the Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus — says the state has downplayed how neglect has played an important part in its AIDS Drug Assistance Program’s ongoing funding crisis. # He also says that the U.S

Coming on the heels of this morning’s news that Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) will not be a candidate in the special election for the late Robert Byrd’s

Two months after filing suit over allegations of questionable contributions made to the 2006 and 2008 campaigns of Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, the Federal Election Commission has released three letters it sent to the Buchanan campaign asking for more details on the matter. # Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (aka CREW), which twice named Buchanan to its list of the most corrupt members of Congress, spoke out about the letters in a Wednesday press release

On Wednesday, the Union City, Calif.-based anti-abortion-rights group California Civil Rights Foundation (CCRF) announced it is submitting language to state

Nearly 1,000 labor union members and their supporters rallied in the state Capitol Monday, voicing their opposition to proposed legislation that would weaken collective bargaining rights for Iowa’s public employees. The group then filled the Iowa House chambers for a public hearing on the bill, with opponents vastly outnumbering the handful of supporters who spoke up for the legislation. “This is about the right for workers to be able to bargain in the workplace,” said Mark Cooper, president of South Central Iowa Federation of Labor.

A community protest against the planned CCA immigrant detention center (Pic courtesy Gail Tyree) The Southwest Ranches Town Counil announced Thursday night that a meeting between Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Corrections Corporation of America and Broward County residents who oppose a proposed immigrant detention center will be held on Nov. 5

A move by Minnesota Republicans to repeal school integration laws resulted in heated debate about the decades-long program that aims to diversify schools in the Twin Cities metro area and Duluth. During a floor debate on elimination of desegregation programs Thursday, Sen. Dan Hall, R-Burnsville, said, “I watched Minneapolis get destroyed, so I not only didn’t want my kids in the school system.

Progressive groups are stepping up efforts to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, the legislation that says no state can be required to recognize same-sex marriage. The groups are asking New Mexico Sens. Tom Udall and Jeff Bingaman, both Democrats, to support a repeal of the controversial law.

An environmental attorney who argued in favor of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule before a federal appeals court says there are only two legal options left for opponents of the Clinton-era rule and backers of state-specific rules like Colorado’s – and both are long-shots. Earthjustice attorney Jim Angell told the Colorado Independent that last week’s decision by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals rejecting a 2008 Wyoming federal court decision and backing the Clinton rule undermines Colorado’s contention that it needs its own rule because of legal uncertainty. “Really, for all intents and purposes this is the certainty we’re going to get in this region, and what’s really going on is the state wants its rule and is using alleged legal uncertainty as an excuse for its continued support for it,” Angell said.

“The moratorium is the biggest issue that has cropped up in the reelection campaign,” says the Louisiana Republican Party’s Aaron Baer.

President Barack Obama has announced the death of Osama bin Laden, killed in Pakistan during a CIA/Navy Seals operation. The New York Times: WASHINGTON —

Jeff Anderson Duluth City Councilor Jeff Anderson collected four more Iron Range backers in his bid to win the DFL endorsement to run against U.S.

One thing you can say about a kid who goes to bed hungry is that he will wake up the same way. Odds are he’ll go to school hungry as well.

Before National Financial Literacy Month ends on Friday, it’s worth noting a few developments. The nation’s premier financial literacy organization, the

It’s a curiously enormous loophole in the federal effort to keep firearms out of the hands of felons, fugitives, minors and the mentally ill: Unlicensed

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) in National Review, today: If I was going to put a label on the president’s statements, I’d have to get my thesaurus. He and the