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More than a dozen Republicans introduced a bill in the Minnesota House Thursday aimed at authorizing the sale of “Choose Life” license plates in Minnesota, with sales revenue going to groups that oppose abortion. The bill is nearly identical to one passed in 2003 in Florida, one of 23 states that produces the plates. But as the Florida Independent found, tracking where funds raised through the license plate sales wasn’t an easy task.

President Obama will meet with pro-immigration reform Democrats -- Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Reps. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) and Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) --

U.S. population growth is petering out, with future growth to come mostly through immigration from developing countries, according to a report released today by

The North Carolina Independent News reported this week on the new chair of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and

After mass arrests this weekend sent around 40 Occupy Austin protesters to jail, the movement’s members are working with city officials and the police to find

Just minutes after the Senate passed Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) Audit the Fed amendment 96-0, an amendment proposed by Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) to strengthen

In light of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Politico reports that North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) said in the future, he will take extra

Montana’s House of Representatives Wednesday approved a bill that would overrule a Missoula city ordinance prohibiting employment and housing discrimination

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I keep getting sidetracked on this, but Colin Clark at DOD Buzz had a provocative post the other day about how President Obama has already missed his chance at

Former Defense Intelligence Agency Middle East hand Pat Lang catches Bill Kristol bragging about his proximity to Gen. Ray Odierno, the incoming U.S.

Flash back to the 1950s when Alabama may have been the most dangerous place in the country to be a person of color, at least one who thought he or she should be afforded basic human rights. Flash forward to 2011 when some are saying Alabama is again the most dangerous place in the country for a person of color. As Alabama’s new immigration law has just been signed and is about to be implemented, rights groups from the American Civil Liberties Union to the Southern Law Poverty Center are crying foul and promising litigation

Remember how CIA Director Leon Panetta said in May that members of the House Intelligence Committee will have to determine whether the CIA accurately and

Kansas Legislator Virgil Peck yesterday suggested one good way to control illegal immigration in the state would be to shoot people suspected of being in the state without proper documentation.

An aide to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said on a conservative radio program Sunday that last year’s much-maligned ads by Palin’s PAC showing rifle crosshairs over 20 Democratic congressional districts – including Gabrielle Giffords’s CD8 in Arizona – were actually meant to represent surveyor’s symbols on a map

As the nation continues to unravel Gov. Rick Perry’s past, Salon looked at his friendship with the Aga Khan, a prominent, rich leader of the Ismaili sect of

Via Danger Room, it appears the Blackwater private security company has gone in for a bit of cynical rebranding: Blackwater Worldwide is abandoning its

Which his lawyer says here. It wouldn’t be the first time the Feds had railroaded an innocent man. Hopefully we’ll learn more about the evidence soon.