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Barbara Weiland stopped at the Occupy Lansing encampment in Reutter Park Wednesday morning to drop off knitted hats and scarves she had made.

Earlier in the month, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) had some questions for the administration about just how it happened that a top AIG lawyer was given

Nikki Schwab and Tara Palmeri talk to the anti-ACORN filmmaker, who’s trying to make it to Washington to join Hannah Giles -- who played the prostitute in his

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) made headlines yesterday for blasting the co-op insurance model of health care reform as a slippery slope toward government-run health

I promised myself I wouldn’t, but when I heard Wolf Blitzer of CNN say that the first round of exit polls are out I swiveled around in my chair in

To hasten construction of the U.S.-Mexico border fence, the Bush administration announced last week that it will waive dozens of environmental, public health

The Federal Reserve’s policy committee, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), met today and voted on what course of action they would take with respect to

The Associated Press has a fascinating story today about how the same U.S. banks that have received billions in bailout money have been taking advantage of U.S.

Yesterday, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) told Fox News that he hopes the town hall outcries will end the Democrats’ push for a public plan option and focus the

A municipal ballot initiative has been introduced that would require Denver employers to provide their employees with paid sick days. Denver workers would receive up to nine days of sick leave each year

As the 2012 race in Colorado’s always hotly contested 4th congressional district officially kicked off this week, Republicans in Larimer County, the most populous county in the district, are suffering through another humiliating chapter in the unfolding history of incompetence and corruption that plagued the county party under the recent direction of Larry Carillo. Police issued a felony theft arrest warrant for the former party chairman Tuesday, accusing him of stealing more than $17,000 to pay bills and gambling debts

In a piece released today, former GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty has chosen to support Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination, citing a need for an economic leader to step forward and lead the nation. “Having served as governor of Massachuseets, he turned that state’s budget around from deficit to surplus while simultaneously cutting taxes, but that is not the full measure of what he will bring to the presidency,” Pawlenty wrote of Romney

GUANTANAMO BAY -- After a tough morning session for the defense, Lt. Col. Jon Jackson, Omar Khadr’s military lawyer, brought some momentum back to his team.

What a difference a chairman makes. When he ran the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Arlen Specter (then-R-, now-D-Pa.) dealt in a genteel manner with hot-button

John Podesta, co-chair of President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team, announced today that Obama would extend the restrictions on lobbyists during his

The Reverend Jesse Jackson says the move by Benton Harbor Emergency Financial Manager Joseph Harris is illegal. In an interview with Fox 2 News , Jackson says he will work with residents to take the issue to the U.S.

The National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission, established by Congress to address the growing transportation infrastructure