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GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (Pic by Fibonacci Blue, via Wikimedia Commons) Though all of the current Republican presidential hopefuls have touted their pro-life stances in recent months, perhaps none have been as vocal as Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum. During an Iowa campaign stop yesterday, Bachmann took a tour of the Informed Choices Medical Clinic, a crisis pregnancy center founded by Pastor Brad Sherman in 2007.

A few weeks ago, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Senate intelligence committee, gave conservatives a flicker of hope for a high-profile

Musing on Defense Secretary Robert Gates’s speech Saturday about the mutually distorting relationship between unsustainable defense budgets and political

Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) continues to buy ads in the Des Moines network TV market, with spots scheduled to run through Nov.

While the public battle to stop Eric Holder’s confirmation as attorney general still lacks the heat of those faced by his predecessors, Alberto Gonzales and

Phoenix radio station KFYI tweets that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed the controversial immigration bill, Senate bill 1070, into law. The state now has

The plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to streamline mortgage modifications for troubled homeowners has already come in for some harsh criticism. Federal

Scenes of massive immigration raids in the Iowa communities of Postville and Marshalltown have faded from the public’s collective memory, and current federal officials appear to want to keep it that way.

Earlier this month, former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee took a stage in the coal country of Southwest Virginia and, stumping for Republican

No one is quite sure how big an impact Latino voters will have on the upcoming elections. Polling early in the month pointed to low turnout among Latinos, who

Gov. Terry Branstad says statements from the Iowa Democratic Party that he and Wisconsin Gov

Latino voters still overwhelmingly identify as Democrats, according to a Pew Hispanic Center study released today. But many may not turn out to vote in the

Democrats and supporters of Sen. Barack Obama have officially seized on Sen. John McCain’s selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, arguing

Iran’s nuke program might not be as much of a threat as previously thought. The vast majority of Obama’s judicial nominees remain unconfirmed. Palin is

Although it’s not yet available on the White House Website, President Obama has reportedly issued an order aimed at reversing the secrecy policies of the Bush

During yesterday’s U.S. House floor vote on an anti-abortion bill aimed at eliminating coverage of abortions nationwide through the Affordable Care Act, Florida congressional representatives split their votes down party lines.

ANCHORAGE -- A poll released today by Anchorage pollster Ivan Moore shows support for Gov. Sarah Palin in her home state declining in the past two months. Of

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) -- the heads of the Senate Banking and House Financial Services committees -- have set an ambitious

In the guts of this Washington Post tick-tock about President Obama’s decision to release the torture memos comes an account of a meeting at CIA headquarters in