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U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin reacted positively to news Friday that an appellate court overturned a ban of federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, noting that it protects the ability of scientists to continue to explore possible medical advances.

Congress is still fighting over how to fix the federal budget, and as a form of inspiration, perhaps, conservative taxpayer watchdog group Citizens Against

Rep. Barney Frank has become a key point man in negotiating a Wall Street bailout.

Arizona GOP Rep. John Shadegg became the latest casualty of Washington’s changing political tides, announcing Monday that his seventh term will be his last. The

Residents of Benton Harbor should not lose their democratic rights or their city parks just because the city is poor, Rev. Jesse Jackson said yesterday, and he called for people to speak out against Michigan’s Emergency Manager law. In an op-ed to the Chicago Sun Times Jackson wrote: Benton Harbor’s finances are a mess

While journalistic accolades can come in many forms — awards, peer recognition, a paycheck — here’s a new one to us: A bull calf born during Tuesday’s snowstorm was named after Minnesota Independent Senior Reporter Andy Birkey. According to rancher Barbra Peterson, who has a 92-head herd in Sandstone, Birkey’s reporting on reproductive health and social justice issues prompted the move

Former Vice President Al Gore is publicly urging President Obama to deny a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, arguing that the increased greenhouse gas production from the use of tar sands oil will only make the planet’s climate problems worse. On his blog, Gore says : The leaders of the top environmental groups in the country, the Republican Governor of Nebraska, and millions of people around the country—including hundreds of people who have bravely participated in civil disobedience at the White House—all agree on one thing: President Obama should block a planned pipeline from the tar sands of Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico. The tar sands are the dirtiest source of fuel on the planet.

Well, at least there are bales of hay in the background. But the scariest thing about this vaguely Halloween-themed rally in Columbus, Ohio, wasn’t anything

The fallout from the revelation that Target, Best Buy, and other corporations made independent expenditures on behalf of Minnesota GOP gubernatorial candidate

The obvious thorn in the side of Republicans -- who’ve made a habit of blasting the deficit spending of the Democratic majority under President Obama -- is that

<div class="mini gray">photo credit: Lauren Burke, wdcpix</div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Immigration was to be the

A statement just in from the Club for Growth’s head honcho Pat Toomey. As this disastrous recession worsens, I have become increasingly concerned about the

The news is already abuzz with the start of the confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s first nominee to the United States Supreme

Ah, strategic myopia. Yesterday, Ted Gistaro, a top intelligence analyst, gave a speech to the Washington Institute about Al Qaeda’s intent and capability to

Florida’s influential affiliate of the Family Research Council will be hosting GOP presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., at its annual policy awards dinner.

<p>Remember Donald Rumsfeld? He seems like a bad dream. And yet here he is, popping up in Washington to talk about how the U.S. needs a Ministry of

One of the more frustrating aspects of counterinsurgency is talking to the people who were recently shooting at you -- sometimes while they’re shooting at you.

Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), the outspoken chairman of the Ways and Means health subcommittee, is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, the panel

Here are the tales of six leaders -- or, in some cases, would-be-leaders -- who learned the hard way that, contrary to the way it looked in Sept. 2001, it actually made more sense to be against Bush than to be with him.

In his fevered imaginings, when Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that the Obama administration is 100 percent committed to closing Guantanamo

Durbin wields considerable power in the Senate as majority whip, the second-highest leadership post in the Senate. And his ties to the president extend

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Community Health issued a letter to local health departments Friday which “strongly encourages” those public bodies to cease using Client Acknowledgment forms that are legally inaccurate. The documents are used ostensibly to inform newly diagnosed HIV-positive persons of their legal responsibility under Michigan law to inform sexual partners of their status or face possible felony charges