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Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney all achieve roughly equal results against Barack Obama in a new Gallup poll of registered voters which

COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan – A friend emailed me to say that all my journalism is for naught if I don’t report what 1st Platoon Hooligans are

Democrats in Wisconsin are challenging last night’s vote by Republicans on a standalone measure to pull the right of collective bargaining from state workers.

The Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal provisions about to be inserted into the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization bill are getting all the attention. But don’t

The butt of many jokes since Indiana RNC committeeman James Bopp introduced it last year, the RNC 10-point test for candidates has been scrapped. That’s

So much for the empty-rhetoric option. Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, now in its fourth day, has yielded more than 360 casualties -- all of them are Hamas,

The courts have taken on Minnesota’s redistricting process after the State Legislature’s failure to get a plan past Gov.

Earlier this week, spin doctors for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) scrambled to do damage control following his comments Monday to ABC News advocating cuts

In an op-ed published in the Bryan-College Station Eagle, Texas A&M University associate professor of history Jonathan Coopersmith argues for a radical

The federal government Monday announced more than $1.89 billion in funding to states to fight the HIV epidemic with access to care and with more cash for the failing AIDS Drug Assistance Program. According to an HHS press release , $813 million of that money will go directly to the ADAP programming. An additional $8,386,340 will be issued as a supplement to 36 states and territories currently facing a litany of unmet needs and access issues.

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)

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

A new survey from the Pew Research Center shows record high enthusiasm among Republicans: Fully 56% of Republican voters say they are more enthusiastic

Bruce Watzman, spokesman for the National Mining Association, told Senate lawmakers Tuesday that no new legislation is required to prevent the next mining tragedy.

Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio is already being sued by the federal government for alleged racial profiling and related civil rights violations.