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A 54-question survey developed and implemented by graduate students at Drake University in Des Moines shows within less than a 2 percent margin of error that an overwhelming majority of Iowans support same-sex marriage. The survey was conducted between June 6 and 17, and gauged the attitudes of 1,760 Iowans (making it the largest study of its kind completed in the state)

Americans want to extend the Bush tax cuts for middle-class Americans and to let them expire for the wealthiest Americans, just as the Obama White House

I just talked to Mike Kilburn, a county commissioner in Warren County, Ohio, who’s running against Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) in the 2010 GOP primary. He was

Part of FEMA’s business is to make sure that Americans are prepared to respond to disasters, and in September -- National Preparedness Month -- the agency tries

DES MOINES — Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum sounded off Friday morning aboutThursday evening’s GOP presidential debate in Ames, where many analysts and

Leading up the the first appeal hearings next week on Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law, the East Valley Tribune has a piece breaking down some of the possible

Correction: This article has been amended to reflect that Posner indicated support for the eavesdropping law. He did not rule against it, given the circuit

BP’s Tony Hayward says an acting degree might have helped after the spill. Hillary Clinton is an eater of chips -- just probably not deadly

Writing in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal , Colorado Rep. Jared Polis said President Obama and Congress have a short window to address debt issues before the political considerations of the 2012 presidential election overwhelms any chance at compromise and real leadership. Polis makes a few suggestions for increasing revenues.

In the course of a spittle-inflected Small Wars Journal diatribe against my friend Nir Rosen for the alleged moral failing of embedding with the Taliban,

Inside the U.S. Capitol (Pic by ThatMakesThree, via Flickr) The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health met today to discuss the federal government’s decision to require health insurers to cover birth control services without co-payments. Debate centered on a provision that allows religious employers to opt out of the mandate.

Sgt. First Class Leroy Petry, the Santa Fe native awarded the Medal of Honor buy President Obama Tuesday, appeared on The Daily Show last night. He spoke of his service and the raid in Afghanistan that cost him his hand, which is now replaced with an artificial hand.

A Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest report indicates that Daniel Hay Lewis, arrested on Monday for shoplifting and charged with the criminal transmission of HIV, physically resisted being placed in a sheriff’s car and attempted to bite a deputy. # According to the report, Lewis is charged with HIV transmission because he knew he was HIV-positive when he attempted to bite the deputy.

UPDATED Nov. 3, 2011 with a correction* Plans to draw money and support from Maryland’s African-American churchgoers to fight next year’s marriage-equality

A new study from a Colorado-based educational research group takes a comprehensive look at the disparity in punishments handed to minority and disabled students

The Pentagon’s report yesterday that the conditions at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp meet all the requirements of the Geneva Conventions, was, not

One day after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) hammered him for flip-flopping on Medicare cuts, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) fired back this morning

McClatchy and Kaiser Health News are reporting that recent decisions by Florida lawmakers have leaders of the state’s children’s hospitals worried about their budgets. McClatchy/Kaiser report : After years of being largely immune to concerns about costs, children’s hospitals are being buffeted by powerful economic and political forces.

A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds fewer Republicans (16 percent, down from 33 percent last September) and Americans overall (14 percent, down from 23 percent) describing themselves as “angry” with the federal government. # A growing number say they’re “frustrated.” Other options — “basically content” and “don’t know” — remain statistically unchanged