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Republican Party chairmen from the four early nomination states — Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina — joined forces to condemn the efforts by any state to violate national party rules by moving their nomination contests outside of the existing nomination calendar. The prepared statements issued by each are as follows: Matt Strawn, Iowa — “The four santioned, early states have been very clear that we will move together, if necessary, to ensure order as outlined in RNC rules

State Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo), chair of the Senate Higher Education Committee and leading critic of recent higher education reforms, released a

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (Pic by US Mission Geneva, via Flickr) In the wake of the federal government’s decision to overrule the FDA’s request to expand access to over-the-counter emergency contraception to women under the age of 17, a new report shows that even some women 17 and older are unable to obtain the morning after pill when they need it. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that about 20 percent of 17-year-olds who called in to a pharmacy to ask for emergency contraception that day were unable to receive it.

According to the latest Terrorism Focus, a useful compendium of counterterrorism tidbits put together by the Jamestown Foundation, Iraqi jihadis are crediting

A study by the Wisconsin Advertising Project (pdf), released today, details the McCain and Obama campaigns’ ad spending last week. Overall, Sen. Barack Obama

LANSING — A policy directing Michigan health care providers to provide a potentially life saving intervention for people exposed to HIV through consensual or non-consensual sexual activity or drug use has still not been issued by the Michigan Department of Community Health. “We are in the process of finalizing both the n-PEP document and our communication to local health departments regarding ‘client acknowledgment’ forms,” said Kelly Niebel, acting spokesperson for the MDCH. She said the new n-PEP policy should be finalized sometime this month

In Afghanistan, seven minutes after tweeting about a meeting with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) decided to tweet this: Here’s a

Via Angry Bear, here’s Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel prize-winning economist, on Treasury Sec. Henry Paulson Jr. celebrating the bailout plan he presented to

Under the current proposal, new construction could consume three times as much funding as public transportation.

Appearing on MSNBC this morning, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said that there simply isn’t enough money

Adam Serwer covers some testimony Attorney General Eric Holder gave to a House panel today: Holder noted (as Spencer Ackerman reported last week) that the

The Drudge Report just sent out a siren to inform readers that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants to see under your clothes. And from the

Gov. Rick Scott has signed the elections bill, HB 1355, according to an announcement from his office, which did not include any statement or other additional information. # Many of the law’s provisions technically take effect immediately

I’ve been surfing the Intertubes for what seems like hours, determined to find new and interesting news about Sen. John McCain. It turns out this is more

Minnesota for Marriage — a coalition that includes the Minnesota Family Council, the National Organization for Marriage and the Minnesota Catholic Conference — criticized the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York . Lawmakers in the Empire State passed same-sex marriage last week, and the bill was signed into law by Gov

A case before the Washington, DC District Court could serve as a roadmap for what the Obama administration must do with thousands of ’war on terror’ detainees held by the US around the world.

Having lost his strongest (theoretical) 2010 GOP Senate primary opponent, former Club for Growth President Pat Toomey blasts out a statement about former

The bleak housing numbers are raising troubling questions about whether lenders and servicers are genuinely willing and able to do loan modifications on a large scale.

Several reports out today detail the bacterial infection behind a string of dolphin deaths that have occurred since last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Despite a strong push from whistleblower advocates, the final stimulus bill appears not to include protections for federal employees who call attention to

Der Spiegel released late Sunday photos of U.S. soldiers posing with dead Afghan civilians they were responsible for killing. The German publication released

I didn’t pay too much attention yesterday to the conservatives who tweeted or blogged untoward things about the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. It would have been