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Since his announcement of an exploratory committee for a possible 2012 presidential campaign, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum has been carving out a campaign

Economic analysts agree it’s too early to judge Gov. Terry Branstad on attaining the economic goals he set forth during his campaign, but at least one says it’s a safe bet they won’t be reached

Via Danger Room, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, took a jaundiced view of the role of contractors in Afghanistan: I

BUTTE, Mont.-- Ralph Maxwell, a former attorney and judge in North Dakota, nearly shook with anger. Wearing his World War II uniform, which he hadn’t taken

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Both parties have legal teams on call, but the Republican National Lawyers Association’s success in training over 1,000 volunteer lawyers is unprecedented.

An organization that worked with the state legislature to draft laws that limit collective bargaining rights and tenure for teachers spent more than $900,000 on advertising in the first seven months of this year. The Michigan Campaign Finance Network reports that Students First , a California and D.C.-based ‘education reform’ organization, spent more than any other group on lobbying over this period.

Liberal establishment Democrats fared well against their more conservative establishment counterparts, and the party scored a win in Pennsylvania.

State Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey (Pic via Facebook) A few weeks ago, Gov. Rick Scott put out a challenge to teachers across the state: Come up with new ideas for Florida’s K-12 education system. One of the responses to that call is now coming in the form of a bill sponsored by state Sen

Gov. Rick Scott, once vehemently opposed to federal spending , is going to ask the Legislature (again) for the budget authority needed to apply for funds from the federal health care reform law. This request comes with added pressure: Millions in federal education grant dollars also hinge on whether Florida accepts the money

In a statement she put out yesterday afternoon, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, sure sounded

Barring an eleventh hour deal, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) is set to go before the special ethics panel at 1 p.m. today, at which time the panel will unveil

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), anticipating that Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination will make it out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has

Environmental activist and founder of 350.org Bill McKibben has been driving down the East Coast in recent days to deliver to President Obama a solar panel

Lots of individual seats in Tuesday’s House and Senate races remain genuine toss-ups, but the consensus among odds-makers about the House is pretty darn clear.

To discourage businesses from outsourcing their operator services, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is proposing legislation to tax businesses that set up help

President Obama said Monday night that an agreement had been reached with the Republican leadership to extend both the Bush tax cuts and federal unemployment benefits. The Bush tax cuts, including the cuts for the richest taxpayers, would be extended by two years; federal unemployment benefits would be extended until the end of 2011. The deal also evidently extends some of the tax breaks in last year’s stimulus package.

Stung by losses in states that either refused to authorize their high-rate, short-term loans or moved to limit finance charges, the industry isn’t ready to give up.

A funny thing happened to University of Illinois law professor Robert Lawless on his way to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week. Lawless, an expert

RedState has obtained a new video from the notorious head stomp incident at an event for Senate candidate Rand Paul (R) in Kentucky. RedState insists that the

PBS will air Tuesday a documentary examining the lives of four Filipino educators who moved to Baltimore as part of the city’s efforts to shore up its teacher