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Some of Gov. Bill Richardson’s former campaign higher-ups were spotted in downtown Santa Fe by Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican — not planning another presidential run for the two-term New Mexico governor, but planning on how to push for an initiative to abolish the electoral college and elect a president by the national popular vote

Three environmental groups have filed suit in federal court against the U.S. Department of State and Department of the Interior to stop work on the Keystone XL pipeline before the project has received the approval of the federal government. The Center for Biological Diversity, Western Nebraska Resources Council and Friends of the Earth sued the State Department and U.S.

Turns out that the Keystone XL pipeline may have competition. Two other companies are joining forces and want to build a rival pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma to the Gulf Coast of Texas. Enterprise Products Partners LP and Energy Transfer Partners LP said Tuesday they are forming a joint venture to build a 400,000-barrel-a-day oil pipeline from Cushing—a major U.S

A bill introduced by U.S. Rep.

During a radio interview Thursday on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show, I was asked the question that’s popping up more and more these days, now that Obama has pledged

After a four-hour meeting of the Senate Budget panel on Monday, chairman J.D.

While the plight of homeowners affected by the real estate meltdown has been well-documented, renters too often fall under the radar.

UPDATE: Aug. 10, 2011, 3:15 p.m., with a correction Peter LaBarbera’s Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) last week launched a campaign to prevent

Two years after Abby Johnson, the former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas, abruptly quit her job and began protesting abortion rights

A factually flawed sex education curriculum, taught to the state’s middle and high school students, remains popular in Central Texas public

Americans for Prosperity conference drew 2,000 activists from around the country to Washington.

Human Rights First, which staunchly opposes any decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his fellow 9/11 conspirators in a military commission, convened a

Testifying at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this morning, Attorney General Eric Holder promised to produce the evidence, withheld by the Department of

Two data points that are almost certainly connected. First: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a jetliner bound for

Iraq War veteran and progressive activist John Waltz, a Democrat, has moved back home to Michigan to run against Republican Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) for the

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota (Pic via Facebook) Venice retiree Donna Cubit-Swoyer has filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics, requesting an investigation of Rep

Conservative political group FreedomWorks has launched a new round of e-mails and tweets encouraging school voucher supporters to call leading Pennsylvania

Fox News’ Iowa debate of Republican presidential hopefuls brought frequent clashes between Minnesota’s two candidates. Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty

Jason Leopold at The Public Record writes about an email that turned up in the ACLU’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit revealing that, contrary to Bush

At least 9,000 people in 13 states were on AIDS Drug Assistance Program waiting lists on Aug. 4; more than 3,700 of them live in Florida. # The Drug

Maybe that crazy lady at the McCain rally was right after all. The Times of London reports that a tribe of Bedouins -- a group of historically nomadic Arabs