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Freshman Republican U.S. Rep Renee Ellmers (N.C.) will chair the Subcommittee on Healthcare and Technology, which is part of the House Committee on Small

Republican senators say they can still work with Democrats after health care. A former U.S. general apologizes for his anti-gay remarks about preventing the

Last week, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) asked the White House to lend West Virginia’s lawmakers periodic briefings on the investigation into last week’s

Shirley Sherrod may not accept her USDA job back. Alex Sink (D) leads by 6 points or more over either likely Republican candidate in the Florida governor’s

A page from the fire boss book -- a log of safety records -- was removed at the Upper Big Branch Mine that killed 29 miners in Montcoal, W.Va., last month,

Middle class people don’t earn $199,000 a year.

The movement linking abortion rates to race has not gone away. The latest installment of this anti-abortion rights campaign is the movie Gates of Hell . The film portrays a world in which a terrorist group of black men called “Zulu 9″ mass-murder abortion doctors.

Breaking news from The Washington Post: The dismissal of New Mexico U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias in December 2006 followed extensive communication among

If you’re like most working Americans, your mailbox this week held a gift from the IRS in the form of an Economic Stimulus Payment Notice. These gems of

The outcomes of the challenges will decide whose votes get counted and whose don’t -- which in this close presidential race could make all the difference.

Having just listened to a conference call of legal experts set up by the White House to provide reporters the Obama administration’s spin on Supreme Court

No, not that Palin. Apparently, an online movement is building to put Monty Python’s Michael Palin in the Oval Office -- despite the fact that the

A district court Judge in Ohio yesterday rejected a lawsuit from the Susan B. Anthony List, which argued an Ohio elections law prohibiting false claims was

Wait! Don’t click away from this post yet! Most defense secretaries find themselves frustrated by the labyrinthine system in place to approve military sales

James O’Keefe, who posed as a pimp for undercover sting videos that badly damaged the credibility of ACORN, has been arrested for apparently trying to pull a

With the recession’s deepest layoffs having occurred two years ago, the number of 99ers is on the rise. But some, like LaDona King, are holding out hope.

A transgender woman charged with murder in Hennepin County is currently being held in solitary confinement in the county jail, local LGBT rights activists say. The activists are attacking the county for using a measure criticized by many national transgender rights organizations as a flawed attempt to keep the accused safe while she awaits trial. The prisoner, 23-year old Chrishaun McDonald, has been charged in the murder of 47-year old Dean Schmitz, of Richfield, outside the Schooner Tavern on the night of June 5.

Buried in the internals of the newest Fox News poll (released late last week) are two questions about former President Bill Clinton’s trip to North Korea to win

Though the job of approving or denying the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline technically falls to the U.S. State Department, President Obama said Tuesday that he will make the ultimate decision on the project. Politico reports : In an interview with Omaha, Neb., station KETV, Obama said the State Department — which was expected to make the decision on the pipeline — will instead deliver recommendations to the White House on the proposal

Most of the criticism dogging Gov. Rick Perry’s tax plan for the country focuses on the monster tax breaks it would deal to wealthiest Americans, or for the

Former Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.), who chose not to run in ’08 following a DWI arrest and sex scandal, is considering a bid for his old seat. Biden can’t