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I’m getting the usual truckloads of mail attacking my piece on the slow mainstreaming of Birtherism, some of it attacking Janice Okubo of the Hawaii Department

Politico reports a small-scale controversy has erupted over the Obama-Biden transition team’s announcement that former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) will serve as an

Federal prosecutors are weighing sending Guantanamo prisoner Majid Khan to face a federal court trial in New York, The Associated Press reports, based on an

Another day, another overheated statement from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich giving politically dubious marching orders to the Republicans he last led a

The Wall Street Journal’s August Cole had an interesting take on Russia’s invasion of Georgia this weekend: it’s great for Lockheed Martin, Boeing and other

It been nearly sixty days since he was first nominated, but the Senate Judiciary Committee has finally voted 17-2 today to send Eric Holder’s nomination for

After my last post about the Columbia Journalism Review’s post on Friday lamenting that most of the media was missing the story on Obama’s disturbing reliance

Michael Moore’s web site is streaming live video of the demonstration underway in Lansing.

In spite of a series of amendments from Democrats, the Michigan Senate Wednesday morning approved a two-bill package banning so-called “partial birth abortions.” The Republican-controlled chamber voted 29-8 to approve SB 160 and SB 161. The first bill bans the procedure, while the latter bill creates a two-year felony for those who perform the procedure in violation of the ban. The legislation was passed by the House Wednesday afternoon

Byron York reports that Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is blocking the all-important nomination of Alan Solomont, the president’s nominee for ambassador to Spain.

Rep. Michele Bachmann told the Conservative Republican Forum podcast on Saturday that she was “heartsick” in learning on Friday that the new Republican majority in the U.S. House was powerless to defund the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Word that a retreat hosted by conservative mega-donors Charles and David Koch is coming to Colorado has spurred activists across the state into action.

HIV/AIDS patient advocates said this week in public debates in Miami and Tampa that they oppose recently proposed cuts to eligibility to the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program . # Florida’s Bureau of HIV/AIDS held these public debates to discuss their proposals that would reduce access to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program by reducing patient eligibility from 400 percent of the federal poverty level to 200 percent.

This morning, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before Congress on the condition of the economy. His comments were generally positive, but he

After hitting a wall of moderate Democrats wary of more deficit spending, House leaders on Wednesday scaled back their sweeping proposal to extend certain tax

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

What did I mean when I said the counterinsurgents were going to be pleased by Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s ascension to top U.S. general in Afghanistan? Here’s

It’s typical for sitting House members to outraise their prospective challengers, especially this far out from Election Day. They have the advantage of

Republican presidential candidate U.S. Rep

A Texas-based pro-life group has a serious problem with the way search engines work.

No real surprise that progressive Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) would be appalled by the inspectors general report on warrantless surveillance, but this is news