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Despite mixed economic reports, job growth is almost certain. Massa’s chief of staff had informed a Pelosi aide of incidents. The Byrd Rule can be an

Three House members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus -- Reps. John Salazar (D-Colo.), Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas) and Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas) -- lost their

So far, this Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanistan is less about Kandahar and more about parsing what President Obama meant when he

Is the battle for millions of missing White House emails over? The Washington Post reports that a U.S. District Court judge ruled that the White House’s Office

Let’s say you’re a high-ranking figure in the Iranian religious-political establishment. For 30 years, you’ve used U.S. bellicosity as an excuse for social

E.J. Dionne wonders if Pope Benedict XVI is more liberal than Obama. Pharmaceutical companies are using your dollars to lobby Congress. Calling released

UPDATED: 10:40 a.m. This article was amended with a correction* noted below. Recently proposed federal and state family-planning spending cuts would

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Interesting fact about the soon-to-be-declassified report from the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility on the propriety of the Bush-era

According to The News Service of Florida , Gov. Rick Scott is taking inspiration from controversial education changes in Texas, and may be toying with the idea of bringing them to Florida

A pro-Planned Parenthood rally in New York City (Pic by WeNews, via Flickr ) Planned Parenthood has included Florida in its list of “states at risk” for the upcoming election.

TWI’s David Weigel is on the ground in Massachusetts reporting on the latest developments in the special election. Chris Beam captures the enthusiasm on the

Texans filled the pews at Mt. Ararat Baptist Church in Houston Friday night, to join religious leaders and activist organizations in opposing “The

Despite the National Organization for Marriage declaring preemptive victory Wednesday, the battle over legalizing same-sex marriage wages on in New York, with

In Hillary Clinton’s first major foreign policy address as secretary of state, she made the case for changes in how the Obama administration’s national security agenda will be carried out.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s administration will not sell five of the state’s prisons as previously intended, the state’s Department of Rehabilitation and

Rachel Maddow had a segment last night about various Republican policies proposed around the country that would have a negative impact on children, including the bill in Michigan that would have required foster children to buy clothing only at second-hand stores. She specifically showed our reporting on that bill at the Michigan Messenger. Here’s the video: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy

A two-member delegation of Iraqi parliamentarians -- one Sunni and one Shiite -- toured Washington this week with a simple message: withdraw from Iraq. What

Here’s a fundraising letter sent by the Liberty Legal Institute’s Hannah Giles Legal Defense Fund to offset legal costs incurred by Giles -- the star of last