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The Los Angeles Times explores the prospects for campaign finance reform after Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) lost his re-election in November and now that more

Arizona Sen. Russell Pearce , one of the most recognized architects of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law, better known as S.B. 1070, lost a recall election Tuesday. According to Bloomberg Businessweek , “Republican Russell Pearce, lost by 53 percent to 45 percent with all precincts reported, according to the Maricopa County Elections office

Freshman Republican U.S. Rep Renee Ellmers (N.C.) will chair the Subcommittee on Healthcare and Technology, which is part of the House Committee on Small

Middle class people don’t earn $199,000 a year.

The movement linking abortion rates to race has not gone away. The latest installment of this anti-abortion rights campaign is the movie Gates of Hell . The film portrays a world in which a terrorist group of black men called “Zulu 9″ mass-murder abortion doctors.

Breaking news from The Washington Post: The dismissal of New Mexico U.S. Attorney David C. Iglesias in December 2006 followed extensive communication among

The outcomes of the challenges will decide whose votes get counted and whose don’t -- which in this close presidential race could make all the difference.

If you’re like most working Americans, your mailbox this week held a gift from the IRS in the form of an Economic Stimulus Payment Notice. These gems of

Having just listened to a conference call of legal experts set up by the White House to provide reporters the Obama administration’s spin on Supreme Court

Though the job of approving or denying the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline technically falls to the U.S. State Department, President Obama said Tuesday that he will make the ultimate decision on the project. Politico reports : In an interview with Omaha, Neb., station KETV, Obama said the State Department — which was expected to make the decision on the pipeline — will instead deliver recommendations to the White House on the proposal

Buried in the internals of the newest Fox News poll (released late last week) are two questions about former President Bill Clinton’s trip to North Korea to win

Most of the criticism dogging Gov. Rick Perry’s tax plan for the country focuses on the monster tax breaks it would deal to wealthiest Americans, or for the

James O’Keefe, who posed as a pimp for undercover sting videos that badly damaged the credibility of ACORN, has been arrested for apparently trying to pull a

TWI economy reporter Mary Kane breaks some startling news today. In November, mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac quietly slipped a requirement into

I don’t really have much to add to Laura and Matt’s takes. Just one quick item worth mentioning. These two things cannot coexist: the McCain-Palin insistence

A quick dive into Arizona state politics: State Sen. Russell Pearce, the author of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, was selected as president of the

The subprime crisis certainly highlighted the need for American consumers to become more financially literate. But who defines financial literacy? And what

Former Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.), who chose not to run in ’08 following a DWI arrest and sex scandal, is considering a bid for his old seat. Biden can’t

KANSAS CITY, MO. — After a Michigan Messenger investigation, Missouri is no longer requiring HIV-positive individuals to sign a document acknowledging the state’s reckless exposure law in order to for those persons to qualify for federally funded medical programs. “That particular form that’s used in case management will be eliminated,” said Michael Herbert, HIV program director for the Missouri Department of Human and Senior Services

While Minnesota for Marriage gears up outreach to conservative churches and pastors and recruitment of “church captains” in effort to pass a constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage, Minnesotans United for All Families is doing the same with progressive people of faith. The coalition is hosting a series of trainings on how to defeat the amendment in 2012. On Sept