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President Obama’s team of advisers, initially touted for its wealth of experience and qualifications, continues to unravel as Nancy Killefer withdraws her

The Republican behind the Don’t Vote ads aimed at Latino voters came out with a follow-up video explaining why his original spot wasn’t meant to help the GOP

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In the past week, Gov. Sarah Palin has ramped up her anti-abortion rhetoric, going so far as to say that Sen. Barack Obama wouldn’t even

We all knew it was coming, but now it’s official -- West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) is running in his state’s special Senate election. He announced his

From Friday, but still worth noting, is a rather comprehensive list compiled by the Think Progress blog of all the monetary pledges conservative groups have

In my piece about Randall Terry’s Tea Party-driven comeback, I broke the news that Terry’s activists were going to mount congressional campaigns in 2010 for the

The Miami-based Christian Family Coalition stated in a press release last week that Florida’s legislative session this year was “without a doubt … the very best statewide legislative session in the history of the Coalition.” # Florida’s state legislature passed five bills this year limiting access to abortions in the state, as well as bill’s aimed at making exclusively social conservatives happy .

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Wikimedia Commons ) Mother Jones reports that presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has received an endorsement from former Rep.

Wednesday’s protests at the Capitol were many times larger than those on Tuesday, with teachers, laborers, nurses, firefighters, police officers and senior citizens filling up the entire front lawn to hear calls to action from political leaders. Here are some images from the rally.

Clearing the way for an Obamanik, Gordon England, the deputy secretary of defense since 2005, is on his way out. From the official Pentagon

Via Eric Kleefeld, a new CNN poll shows President Obama’s plan to end the war in 2011 to be astoundingly popular: 70 percent approve and 29 percent don’t. It’s

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept. took over patrols in Pontiac last night under a deal organized by Emergency Manager Michael Stampfler

NASHVILLE -- The woman dubbed by the Orange County Register as queen of the birthers arrived at the National Tea Party Convention today and did what she

Following revelations of their involvement in the war on public unions in Wisconsin, the once-anonymous Koch Industries executive vice president David Koch and

Despite the best efforts of some environmentalists to argue that a fire on an offshore oil platform last week should cause the Obama administration to extend

Consumer advocates for years have warned that the payday loan industry preys on low-income borrowers who become reliant on one loan to pay off another -- with

In language that may or not have been cleverly chosen, Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the newest member of the Democratic party, told reporters moments ago

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan had strong words for Iowans on the state of education, but a stronger word of warning to the Legislature: keep politics out of education. U.S

U.S. Sen. Mark Udall is overjoyed now that President Obama has signed into law a bill authorizing summer and year-round activities at ski areas on national forest land.

At a hearing this morning with executives from five leading oil companies, House Energy and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Ed Markey (D-Mass.) lambasted the

Just in case he wasn’t familiar with it, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) decided to read the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution to David Kris, assistant attorney