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A tiny shot of good news amid otherwise dismal recent numbers: Consumers opened their wallets a bit more in May, spending 0.2 percent more than in April.

Yesterday, the Access to Birth Control (ABC) Act was reintroduced in the U.S. House and Senate by Rep.

Obama’s Supreme Court nominee will have to be reasonable to all voters. Reid backs away from his previous pledge on immigration. Technology companies are

Graham’s Gang of 14 proposal isn’t finding many takers among Dems. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) is pushing for a loophole in the Senate’s financial reform

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While on tour of flooded areas near the Missouri River in Iowa Monday, U.S.

Obama plans to sign an executive order to create a deficit commission. The financial crisis is creating greater inequality of wealth in the United

This morning marked the opening of Netroots Nation , the national progressive organizing and media conference, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Formerly called YearlyKos, the four-day summit this year features a keynote tonight by former Sen.

While Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton mentioned the longstanding American policy that does not accept continued settlements and the obligation to

Immigration reform is a no-win issue. Lindsey Graham is right to be upset. As Dems scramble to bring Graham back into the climate fold, will the White

The Personhood Mississippi logo (Pic via Facebook) A group of Mississippi State University students held a protest against the state’s so-called “Personhood” amendment yesterday . The amendment, which will appear on the state’s ballot next month, aims to ban abortion but could have a host of negative consequences .

For all their Gandalf-versus-the-Balrog declarations that former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) will resume his seat, Senate Republicans have all but admitted

Obama chats with John Boehner about skin color. Congress may have fewer women next year. Lisa Murkowski tries to keep Tea Party ads off the air. A

UPDATE: Aug. 10, 2011, 3:15 p.m., with a correction Peter LaBarbera’s Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) last week launched a campaign to prevent

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer arrests a suspect in Virginia (Pic via ice.gov) Brazilian immigrants met Tuesday night in a Pompano Beach restaurant to view the documentary Lost in Detention and discuss the impact current immigration detention and deportation policies have on their South Florida community.

The controversial pipeline that would reroute a Georgia-Pacific paper mill’s waste into the larger St. Johns River has long confounded environmentalists in the area.

Google adopts new approach to China. Pope forgives woman who knocked him down. NASA releases picture of trees on Mars. Vermont to

On Monday, U.S. Department of Labor Sec. Hilda Solis, together with the ambassadors of Costa Rica, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic, signed agreements

Fifty percent of Americans say Obama does not deserve re-election. Financial reform could be signed by the end of May, says Barney Frank. Obama’s drilling