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On Friday, a bill to make it easier to charge stoned drivers with DUI rose from the dead and is now expected to pass by Wednesday. The previously gutted bill to charge drivers with DUI per se if operating motor vehicles while under the influence of 5 nanograms/mill of THC 9 in their bloodstream had those provisions restored.

Well, sort of. During the 2008 Senate campaign, Al Franken would often tell a story about Paul Wellstone — who was five-foot-five and perpetually wired —

Over at Mother Jones, Kate Sheppard asks a good question: Was the Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill, debated ad nauseum and eventually passed by the House

The Los Angeles Times reports that the Obama strategy review for Afghanistan is considering middle paths for the eight-year war -- something along the lines of

Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction (SIGIR), released a new report this morning showing a surprising amount of waste on a key

Republicans and Democrats both see code in key words.

National pundits may be saying that his 2012 endorsement is coveted as one of the top 10 in the nation, but Conservative activist Bob Vander Plaats does not consider himself a high-profiler in the national political arena. Bob Vander Plaats “I never have given much weight to endorsements,” Vander Plaats, CEO of the conservative non-profit The Family Leader , said Friday.

The Grand Old Party is having a Grand Old Time blasting the Democrats for June’s uptick in unemployment. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said the newest figures are

New Department of Homeland Security agreements governing state and local police departments’ enforcement of immigration laws are not relieving their critics’

U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro this morning rejected the lawsuit challenging one of Florida’s “Fair Districts” amendments.

A House investigative panel has charged Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) with multiple ethics violations, reports The Associated Press. The case will now be sent to

The firefighter/plaintiff of the New Haven, Conn., affirmative action case is on the minority’s witness list for next week’s hearings on Sonia Sotomayor’s

Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) just wisely suggested that the phrase judicial activism be dropped from the lexicon of judicial nomination hearings, where

BOSTON -- At 9:20, the first rumors of Scott Brown’s victory in the Massachusetts Senate race started to work around the room. A moment later, Doug Flutie

Amy Harder spoke to Charmaine Yoest, the president of Americans United for Life, before and after four anti-abortion protesters interrupted the Sotomayor

The Iowa Democratic Party announced Tuesday that Chicago Mayor and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will provide the keynote address at the organization’s largest fundraiser. Rahm Emanuel “It’s an honor to welcome Mayor Rahm Emanuel to the state for the Jefferson Jackson Dinner and to hear him speak to Iowa Democrats in support of President Obama,” said Democratic Party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky .

The state’s highest court has agreed to hear two cases in which people have been charged with crimes for their medicinal use of marijuana. This will be the first time the court weighs in on the 2008 state law that legalized the drug for medical use.

More than a year after people first noticed his mind-boggling anti-Obama sermons, Rev. James David Manning -- a black New York preacher who claims that the

Rev. Jeremiah Wright is about to have another moment. Actually, a few moments. Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor has taped an interview with Bill

<p>Mike Huckabee started the day in Columbia with a speech before the South Carolina Renewal

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke announced last month that the recession was “likely over” and that the economy was in the early stages of a recovery. The problem is, many Americans don’t look around and see a recovery.

The Republicans blasting the Democrats’ health reform proposal as an unaffordable new entitlement are continually running smack into the tiny inconvenience