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In the neighborhoods hit hardest by the foreclosure crisis, speculators and flippers are swooping in to buy up the cheap properties and then letting them fall into disarray. Housing advocates may have found a legal opening to stop the death spiral.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D) just announced his candidacy to replace outgoing Sen. Chris Dodd (D) -- and already, a new poll by Public

Variety reports that a Sarah Palin-hosted TV series about Alaska is on track to appear on a cable channel, possibly Discovery or the Travel Channel. The

“This bill represents a textbook example of how not to deal with the economic challenges that our country faces, said Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas).

Stewart Rhodes, head of the libertarian-constitutionalist rights group Oath Keepers , told Slate reporter Dave Weigel last week that imprisoned U.S.

The Florida Commission on the Status of Women recently released its “2011 Summary of Florida Laws Affecting Women and Families” without any mention of the five abortion bills that were signed into law this year in Florida. The Florida Commission on the Status of Women is listed as a “nonpartisan board.” The governor, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the president of Senate and the attorney general appoint four members; the Chief Financial Officer and commissioner of agriculture appoint three each.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the former U.S. Attorney who’s been pointing out for more than a year that waterboarding is and always has been torture, made

After the jump, a slideshow of the Tea Party rally on Capitol Hill today:

It’s no mystery that states have struggled through the economic downturn, as revenues have dropped with rising unemployment and falling consumer spending, while

Taegan Goddard reports that a new poll will show Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) deep in the hole against any potential Democratic candidate. One difference between

<p>When the subject is scandal, you think you&rsquo;ve seen it all. But you haven&rsquo;t. That&rsquo;s one thing I&rsquo;ve learned. So,

Serves me right for not reading my White House briefing transcript until this morning, but here’s Robert Gibbs yesterday talking about what looked on Friday to

During today’s press gaggle, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said he made a mistake by calling the just-sworn-in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the elected

Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger on Tuesday night slammed fellow contestant for the nomination Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota over allegations a counseling clinic she co-owns with her husband is offering ex-gay therapy

The war crimes trial of the alleged child soldier Omar Khadr at Guantánamo has new problems. I wrote last week about the Canadian Supreme Court’s astute

Legal scholars say that detentions at Gitmo are an example of President Bush making his power consolidation permanent.

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) In a recent interview with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune , Gov. Rick Scott says that one of his top priorities for the upcoming legislative session will be higher education reform. Though Scott has previously been vague in discussing how he wants to change the state’s college system, he is now offering up some ideas: cutting funding for liberal arts education and degrees that, according to him, don’t offer a good return on investment

...At least that’s what I see happening in the Massachusetts gubernatorial election. Yesterday, state Treasurer Tim Cahill, who’s running an independent

I mentioned this in my 11:37 post this morning, and I’m surprised it hasn’t gotten more attention, so here goes again. Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson