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Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) sent a letter asking Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to stop the deportation of young

STURGIS, S.D. -- We arrived about an hour early Monday night, and waited for Sen. John McCain to arrive here at the Buffalo Chip campground of the 68th Annual

In what is becoming a theme, former Florida House Majority Leader Adam Hasner — currently exploring a run for the U.S. Senate next year — brought up the specter of Islamic law infiltrating America at an Orlando area tea party event on Wednesday .

It isn’t the $15,000 tax credit that passed the Senate, but first-time homebuyers probably won’t complain about the $8,000 credit that wiggled it’s way into

CARROLL — As he surged to the top of two national polls Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich spent nearly three hours at the Santa Maria Winery in Carroll on Monday, speaking with voters, taking questions, signing books and screening a movie he co-developed celebrating Pope John Paul II. Gingrich also conducted a 10-minute interview with The Carroll Daily Times Herald and La Prensa , an Iowa Spanish-language newspaper, before going on air nationally with Fox News’ Sean Hannity from a makeshift, temporary studio on the west side of the winery. It was Gingrich’s second visit to Carroll in the campaign cycle, and momentum had turned decidedly in his favor in the hours before he addressed nearly 200 people at John and Rose Guinan’s local winery.

The vote might have been delayed, and it might have been stacked with an irrelevant gun amendment, but legislation to protect consumers from the most abusive

Remember the Virginians arrested in Pakistan last month for trying to link up with al-Qaeda in the tribal areas? Well: The five Americans were returned to

For Democrats left dumbfounded over Republican Scott Brown’s shocking Senate win in Massachusetts yesterday, the short response statement from Senate Majority

Former Congressman Pete Hoekstra has racked up more high profile endorsements — this time from other states. CNN reports that Hoekstra has picked up the endorsements of Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), Gov.

After Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) received a second censure for his aisle-crossing support of climate legislation, some cap-and-trade opponents hoped the

New Department of Homeland Security agreements governing state and local police departments’ enforcement of immigration laws are not relieving their critics’

U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro this morning rejected the lawsuit challenging one of Florida’s “Fair Districts” amendments.

A House investigative panel has charged Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) with multiple ethics violations, reports The Associated Press. The case will now be sent to

The firefighter/plaintiff of the New Haven, Conn., affirmative action case is on the minority’s witness list for next week’s hearings on Sonia Sotomayor’s

Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) just wisely suggested that the phrase judicial activism be dropped from the lexicon of judicial nomination hearings, where

BOSTON -- At 9:20, the first rumors of Scott Brown’s victory in the Massachusetts Senate race started to work around the room. A moment later, Doug Flutie

When the Justice Department sued Arizona over the state’s SB 1070 immigration law, one of its key arguments was that federal authorities should be in charge of

From a rental car in Massachusetts, TWI’s intrepid David Weigel sat down with The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein yesterday for a Bloggingheads.tv session to talk

Two Denver companies announced Tuesday at the United Nations Private Sector Forum in New York City that they will team up to tackle the lack of electrical grid connectivity on the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners region. Nokero International , which supplies solar-powered lights and mobile chargers, will work with Eagle Energy , a non-profit formed by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s son, Doug. The two companies will work with Navajo Nation leaders to provide light in homes that often go dark when the sun sets, hopefully replacing dangerous and unhealthy kerosene lanterns and heaters

Religious conservatives are stepping up the pressure on Republicans legislators as the final week of the legislative session approaches and a proposed amendment to add a ban on gay marriage to the Minnesota Constitution appears stalled. The Minnesota Family Council threatened Republicans that any effort to stall the bill will be redefined as a vote against the bill, while the National Organization for Marriage pleaded that if the bill doesn’t go forward it will encourage “gay marriage activists.” “Contact your legislator and tell them to vote yes on the marriage amendment,” the Minnesota Family Council wrote to supporters

Here’s an interesting tidbit from yesterday’s Legal Times: Attorney General-designate Eric Holder last week revealed to the Senate Judiciary Committee that he