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I don’t really have much to add to Laura and Matt’s takes. Just one quick item worth mentioning. These two things cannot coexist: the McCain-Palin insistence

The subprime crisis certainly highlighted the need for American consumers to become more financially literate. But who defines financial literacy? And what

A quick dive into Arizona state politics: State Sen. Russell Pearce, the author of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, was selected as president of the

TWI economy reporter Mary Kane breaks some startling news today. In November, mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac quietly slipped a requirement into

Rep. Bart Stupak, the adamantly anti-abortion Michigan Democrat, has stirred up a firestorm with his amendment prohibiting abortion coverage under insurance

Between January and July, U.S. Rep

I’ve been following the small but growing number of lawsuits brought on behalf of torture victims against U.S. government officials for more than a year now,

About 62 percent of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s performance on immigration, according to a Gallup report released today of two recent

The Columbine and Pentagon shooters exploited a loophole that allowed them to purchase guns without a background check. Now their victims and their families are pressing their representatives for change.

Bob Vander Plaats, head of Iowa’s Family Research Council affiliate the Family Leader, an organization opposed to rights for LGBT Iowans, endorsed Rick Santorum

While Minnesota for Marriage gears up outreach to conservative churches and pastors and recruitment of “church captains” in effort to pass a constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage, Minnesotans United for All Families is doing the same with progressive people of faith. The coalition is hosting a series of trainings on how to defeat the amendment in 2012. On Sept

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

It’s all in the lede of this one from Marco Rubio, the conservative Florida Republican who’s running against Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) in next year’s Senate

The federal department of Housing and Urban Development has announced a new policy initiative to prohibit discrimination in housing programs on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. “This is a fundamental issue of fairness,” said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. “We have a responsibility to make certain that public programs are open to all Americans.

Just when journalists were busy writing the obituaries for Sarah Palin’s ability to play kingmaker, an obscure Palin-backed GOP challenger named Joe Miller

Powerful groups and members of Congress that quietly accepted Obama’s infusion of 21,000 new troops this spring are finding their footing to oppose the current one.

File this away in your Screams For Campaign Finance Reform cabinet. Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) is asking the Federal Election Commission for

Michigan can expect a push in the state legislature to pass Right to Work legislation following the end of the summer break at the capitol. Right to Work laws would allow for workers who do not want to be members of a union to have that ability and not be required to pay union dues.