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Not sure how this is going to fly with Democrats (read: it’s not), but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took to the chamber floor today and, in

ANCHORAGE -- Fox News’ Carl Cameron gave Gov. Sarah Palin a chance to redeem herself after one of her more embarrassing moments during an interview with CBS’

Politico asks whether Frank Ricci, the firefighter in the affirmative action case that’s dogged Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, can become an outspoken

Florida Republican Rep. Connie Mack appears to be preparing for a U.S. Senate run in 2012 -- though he doesn’t outright say it, only referring to the next

Seven members of the Democratic National Committee have joined with environmental activists, celebrities and a group of Nobel Peace Prize winners in calling on President Obama to deny a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The New York Times reports : Authored by Maryland state legislator and Democratic national committeewoman Heather Mizeur — who drew fire from the natural gas industry this year after pitching a bill to “pause” the extraction technique of hydraulic fracturing in the Free State — the resolution won an endorsement from Rep.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency last week asked for immunity from lawsuits over the high formaldehyde levels in the trailers it used to house Hurricane

Next week, a coalition of conservative legal groups will host a Libel Lawfare: Silencing Criticism of Radical Islam, a conference on how Islamist lawfare is

Conservative publisher and pundit Andrew Breitbart is slated to headline the King Street Patriot’s True the Vote National Summit in Houston in March. The

Speaking at Denver’s Lincoln High School Tuesday, President Obama said that if Congress passed his jobs bill it would put thousands of Coloradans back to work. See his speech below. He said much of the world is moving past America in their investments in education, research and basic infrastructure, and that it is time for America to lead again

A federal district court judge Tuesday afternoon ordered the state of Michigan to stop actions to cut an estimated 30,000 people off the welfare rolls in the state. U.S

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels -- and rumored 2012 GOP presidential hopeful -- will speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington in

Video has surfaced from Fox News’s coverage of last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference demonstrating that Fox misused footage following the

After Arizona passed its crackdown law on illegal immigration, SB 1070, politicians across the country said they planned to introduce similar legislation in

Former President Bill Clinton (Pic by sskennel, via Flickr) Detention Watch Network today launched its “Dignity, Not Detention” campaign, calling on Congress to repeal the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act , which mandates the detention of undocumented immigrants. The law was signed by President Clinton 15 years ago this week. Andrea Black, executive director of Detention Watch Network , said during a conference call today that mandatory detention has torn apart families and violated due process

Simon Owens reports on a vigil being held on the White House’s Facebook wall by progressive Afghanistan-war opponents. A message posted by vigil attendees

The American Spectator’s editorial director reads President Obama’s Cairo speech and grumbles: Six thousand words and the words terror, terrorist, or

Earlier today, Eric Holder called waterboarding out-and-out torture. But later, when asked about other kinds of interrogation techniques (dogs, painful stress

Gov. Rick Perry issued an executive order today announcing the creation of Western Governors University Texas, a local partnership between WGU, a nonprofit

A burning sugar cane field (Pic by skatoolaki, via Flickr) A bill recently introduced by congressmen from Pennsylvania and Illinois could have a far-reaching impact on the U.S.