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A study released Thursday by a University of Texas at Austin researcher says UT is one of the most efficient schools in the country, by some measures of

Mike Lillis has been following the FISA debate for months now. Today it all ends with Senate Democrats caving on telecom immunity.

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told POLITICO he would get there on corralling Republican votes for the budget deal that averted a government

Michigan workers who are hurt on the job could face reduced workers’ compensation benefits if legislation passed by the state House becomes law.

Over at The New Mexico Independent, Matthew Reichbach reports on a disturbing series of Twitter messages advocating violence against members of left-leaning

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is already planning a trip back out on the campaign trail. TPM Election Central’s Eric Kleefeld reports the Alaska governor is heading

Ever since Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson mused that the Obama administration had the power to detain people acquitted at trial of terrorism charges --

Jim DeMint threatens to halt almost all Senate action. Joe Biden thinks the Democratic base should stop whining. Dmitri Medvedev fires the mayor of

The group behind the National Tea Party Convention fires off an e-mail to its members, beseeching them to start recall efforts of members who voted aye on

From The Michigan Messenger: Rep. Bart Stupak has reconsidered earlier legislation that would have given several acres of Coast Guard property in Cheboygan

The University of South Florida logo (Pic via cee.eng.usf.edu) The State University System of Florida’s Board of Governors will meet tomorrow at Florida Atlantic University to vote on USF Polytechnic’s request to split off from USF Main, and become an independent campus. In a letter sent to State University System Chancellor Frank Brogan, state Sen. Mike Fasano has asked that the board to not approve the campus at this time.

Here’s some video from Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) anti-health care reform tea party on Capitol Hill today. Bachmann distributed copies of the health care

In the wake of Christine O’Donnell’s victory in the Delaware GOP primary, Richard Pildes takes up two questions: Do political primaries fuel polarization and

DeParle isn’t quite a household name, but as director of the White House Office of Health Reform, she’s been Obama’s point person on health care reform all

MUSKEGON, Mich. -- Here’s some late-breaking video of a press conference Sen. John McCain gave today under a tree in Grand Haven, Mich., on the bank of the

As expected, CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta says that he doesn’t think anyone in CIA should be prosecuted for torturing detainees since they were told by

The income gap -- the disparity in earnings between the wealthiest and poorest Americans -- increased to the highest recorded level in 2009, according to the

On the heels of new information about the number of non-criminals deported by the Department of Homeland Security’s Secure Communities program, the agency

Can’t figure out why an increasing number of Americans doubt the threat of climate change? Well, check out where they’re getting their information. From John

Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway (D) and Tea Party icon Rand Paul (R) are all tied up in their race for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat -- or at least

Arctic sea ice is disappearing rapidly, reaching its second lowest level on record. This is frightening news for polar bears, who rely on sea ice for their

Of the 12 state attorneys general on the executive committee of the investigation into foreclosure fraud, only two aren’t up for re-election this year.