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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dodged questions from a reporter at today’s daily briefing on whether President Obama would push the Environmental

A meeting Tuesday between President Obama and key senators produced few answers on the path forward for energy legislation. But a consensus may be forming around a price on carbon for the utilities sector only.

Defense Secretary Gates is skeptical that a troop surge is all that’s needed in Afghanistan. Baucus: Health care bill could get through the Senate Finance

On his birthday, no less, President Obama will address the AFL-CIO Executive Council during its meeting in Washington, D.C. today. The Democrats know that

Just out from the White House: Good morning, everybody. I want to just make a brief comment about the fact that the two young journalists, Euna Lee and Laura

The Senate just approved a cloture vote for the $26.1 billion state aid bill that would provide funds for teachers’ jobs and for Medicaid. Maine Sens.

While the State Department is in the process of approving the Keystone XL pipeline, the first part of that project — Keystone I — just had its 12th leak in only its first year of operation, according to environmental group Friends of the Earth . A TransCanada pipeline that carries tar sands oil into the U.S. from Canada had to be shut down for inspection Saturday after spilling about 21,000 gallons of tar sands oil in southeastern North Dakota, according to news reports.

The Obama administration has said its immigration policies are working to keep out illegal immigrants, and a study released by the Pew Hispanic Center today

There have been some pretty nasty banners waved around by the town hall crowds protesting the Democrats’ health overhaul plans in recent days, but none reaches

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So Adolfo Carrion Jr., Bronx Borough president in New York, supposedly spilled the beans on Friday night that he’s been tapped for a top Obama administration

Belying the expectations of some Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has indicated that the Senate will not punt on the issue of the

With Sen. Barack Obama vacationing in Hawaii, Sen. John McCain now has an opportunity -- one that will not likely come again before the November general

The conservative celebrity and economist argues for clemency for James O’Keefe because, well, when was the last time you read about federal charges against a

A coalition of religious conservative groups will join forces the weekend prior to Thanksgiving to present “A Family Discussion With the Republican Candidates” at a Des Moines church. Four of seven candidates have confirmed their participation. In an email message sent Friday to supporters, Bob Vander Plaats , chief executive of The Family Leader , explained that the organization’s purposefully chose the weekend before Thanksgiving “in the hope of giving Iowans something to discuss at the Thanksgiving dinner table.” Working with The Family Leader, which is the political action arm of the state’s Family Research Council affiliate, are the National Organization for Marriage, a religious conservative organization devoted to opposing civil marriage for gays and lesbians, and CitizenLink, the national political arm of Focus on the Family

It read to me yesterday like the torture documents requested in the Senate intelligence committee’s intelligence authorization bill were probably documents from

A chief criticism of the $787 billion economic stimulus bill, enacted in February, was that too large a portion went to tax cuts in lieu of spending. Critics,

Though Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) won’t say whether he’ll vote for or against Sonia Sotomayor, he used his opening statement to take a shot at the

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Rio Tinto, the company that owns the Kennecott nickel mine near Marquette in the Upper Peninsula, will have to face civil charges of genocide and war crimes in Papua New Guinea. Reuters reports : A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco reversed a lower court’s dismissal of claims against the mining giant for genocide and war crimes, while upholding the dismissal of claims for racial discrimination and crimes against humanity

Last summer, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill helped inspire a series of conferences dedicated to weaning the state off fossil fuels. Solar contractors called for policies that would encourage small-scale installations, like rooftop solar panels