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In 2008, Oklahoma passed HB 1804 (RTF), a law attacking residence and employment of undocumented immigrants in the state. One provision specifically repealed an

A 37-year-old Afghan prisoner known only as Inayatullah held at Guantanamo Bay committed suicide yesterday according to the U.S.

Republicans might be marching lockstep in their opposition to President Obama in Congress, but the same cannot be said of GOP candidates on the campaign

Anti-marriage-equality advocates have a spotless record when it comes to helping prevent voter approval of state laws allowing same-sex marriage: 31 out of 31.

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The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, an aggressive political action committee whose previous work included a campaign to collect daily donations until

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan – For those, like myself, who’ve never before been to Afghanistan, the sprawling Bagram Air Field is known for two things:

Senior officials endorse the diagnosis that stabilization and reconstruction missions suffer from an ad hoc planning and implementation structure, but reject the idea of a new office.

Minnesota Republicans have introduced legislation that would repeal the 1984 Local Government Pay Equity Act (LGPEA), which directs local governments to ensure that women are paid the same as men. While local governments say reporting requirements are costly, equal rights groups say the law needs to stay intact in order to ensure fair pay, especially for women of color

I spoke to Kathryn A. Serkes of the Doctor Patient Medical Association at this morning’s rally against the health care bill, after Serkes had addressed the

At the bottom of Glenn Kessler’s piece in The Washington Post on President Obama’s Iran strategy is this telling quote: Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian human rights

Former Minnesota Gov.

The butt of many jokes since Indiana RNC committeeman James Bopp introduced it last year, the RNC 10-point test for candidates has been scrapped. That’s

So much for the empty-rhetoric option. Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, now in its fourth day, has yielded more than 360 casualties -- all of them are Hamas,

The courts have taken on Minnesota’s redistricting process after the State Legislature’s failure to get a plan past Gov.

Earlier this week, spin doctors for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) scrambled to do damage control following his comments Monday to ABC News advocating cuts

I just talked to Mike Kilburn, a county commissioner in Warren County, Ohio, who’s running against Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) in the 2010 GOP primary. He was

Part of FEMA’s business is to make sure that Americans are prepared to respond to disasters, and in September -- National Preparedness Month -- the agency tries

Writing in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal , Colorado Rep. Jared Polis said President Obama and Congress have a short window to address debt issues before the political considerations of the 2012 presidential election overwhelms any chance at compromise and real leadership. Polis makes a few suggestions for increasing revenues.

BP’s Tony Hayward says an acting degree might have helped after the spill. Hillary Clinton is an eater of chips -- just probably not deadly

Inside the U.S. Capitol (Pic by ThatMakesThree, via Flickr) The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health met today to discuss the federal government’s decision to require health insurers to cover birth control services without co-payments. Debate centered on a provision that allows religious employers to opt out of the mandate.