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Redistricting happens every 10 years. It’s the law. It’s never pretty and it’s seldom fair, but it always gets done.

Confirming what many have been saying for years, a new survey finds that teenagers who pledge to forgo sexual activity until marriage were just as likely to

According to Rasmussen Reports , a national telephone survey shows that 61 percent of likely U.S. voters believe that a child born in the United States to a woman who is here illegally should not automatically become an American citizen. # Rep. Steve King , R-Iowa, has sponsored the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act “to clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth.” # GOP representatives from Florida Sandy Adams, Jeff Miller, Richard Nugent, Bill Posey, Dennis Ross, Cliff Stearns and Allen West cosponsored the Act

This seems almost too weird to be true, but Wired reports that on Oct. 1, federal agents seized the computers, manuscripts and pickaxes of an anarchist social

Today, Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) is arguing that Democrats are conspiring to force him out of Congress. This isn’t the first time he’s used that line. Back

Attorney General Bill Schuette is in favor of states’ rights when it comes to banning affirmative action but not when it comes to legalizing medical marijuana. Christine at Blogging for Michigan points out the discrepancy.

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan told Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) this afternoon that she believes the death penalty is now settled law and that she has

Taegan Goddard has the scoop: An early look at a new Public Policy Polling survey finds that among North Carolina Republicans, a stunning 47% think President

The Associated Press reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) indicated Thursday that the Finance Committee’s vote on its $829 billion health

A bill (.pdf) that would give Homeland Security the authority to detain immigrants indefinitely, filed by U.S. Rep

GOP presidential contender Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has taken a further step proving his anti-abortion-rights commitment since signing the Susan B. Anthony

How’s this for living in denial: Despite well-publicized bank runs and bank failures, a widespread foreclosure crisis that has left empty homes in

The Response, Gov. Rick Perry’s August prayer rally, not only brought thousands of Christians to pray for a nation in crisis, but also broke the curse of

Spencer, to reply to your plaintive query, I’d say it’s clear the traders on Wall Street share your sense of confusion, based on the ups and downs of the

The American Jewish pro-peace pro-Israel pro-Palestinian organization urges the Nobel Laureate president to use his enhanced prestige to push forward with an

As the punditocracy, blogosphere and, well, anyone following the race pondered when Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) will gracefully or not-so-gracefully end her

I just spoke with Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), the progressive firebrand most known for his willingness to call out Republican obstructionism on health care

President Obama walks a fine line between upholding a campaign promise and harming a significant employer in Appalachia.

Anti-immigration groups are accusing Immigration and Customs Enforcement of trying to limit immigration enforcement, citing a draft policy memo ICE released