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Florida Republican Rep. Connie Mack appears to be preparing for a U.S. Senate run in 2012 -- though he doesn’t outright say it, only referring to the next

Seven members of the Democratic National Committee have joined with environmental activists, celebrities and a group of Nobel Peace Prize winners in calling on President Obama to deny a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The New York Times reports : Authored by Maryland state legislator and Democratic national committeewoman Heather Mizeur — who drew fire from the natural gas industry this year after pitching a bill to “pause” the extraction technique of hydraulic fracturing in the Free State — the resolution won an endorsement from Rep.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency last week asked for immunity from lawsuits over the high formaldehyde levels in the trailers it used to house Hurricane

Troy Newman, president of the radical anti-abortion rights group Operation Rescue has announced that the group will be conducting a “massive research project

Though it was presidential candidate Mitt Romney who hardened his stance opposing same-sex marriage during Thursday night’s GOP presidential debate in Sioux

To return one more time to Vice President Biden’s what-did-he-mean-exactly remarks about a potential Israeli strike on Iran, it’s notable that Adm. Michael

Last night, after debating Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) Audit the Fed amendment, the Senate did not end up voting on it. Why? Two reasons. First of all, Sanders

This is the Obama transition’s official statement on Gaza as of right now, courtesy of chief transition national-security spokeswoman Brooke

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) tells Ryan Grim of the Huffington Post that he is leaning toward voting for two controversial amendments: one

Simon Owens reports on a vigil being held on the White House’s Facebook wall by progressive Afghanistan-war opponents. A message posted by vigil attendees

The American Spectator’s editorial director reads President Obama’s Cairo speech and grumbles: Six thousand words and the words terror, terrorist, or

Earlier today, Eric Holder called waterboarding out-and-out torture. But later, when asked about other kinds of interrogation techniques (dogs, painful stress

Gov. Rick Perry issued an executive order today announcing the creation of Western Governors University Texas, a local partnership between WGU, a nonprofit

A burning sugar cane field (Pic by skatoolaki, via Flickr) A bill recently introduced by congressmen from Pennsylvania and Illinois could have a far-reaching impact on the U.S.

The Atlantic’s recent story The Next Slum is the kind of piece that gets people talking, as stories about urban life and the growth of suburbs and exurbs tend

Brian Frederick’s debunking of Andrew Malcolm’s claim that the approval gap between Barack Obama and Sarah Palin is shrinking is well done, although Malcolm’s

A review board voted unanimously to recommend that Gov. Snyder appoint an Emergency Manager for the city of Flint and the Treasury Department says the governor agrees with that recommendation.

Republicans are fuming at the thought, and some Democrats say it can’t pass in this stormy economic climate, but Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) today told CNN that

The District of Columbia’s HIV/AIDS numbers are not looking good, and the city’s efforts to fight the rate of infection are even worse, according to a report

Congressman John Conyers says he is ready to run for re-election in 2012.