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Here are some photos from the two-day conservative conference. Phyllis Schlafly, president of the Eagle Forum, poses for photos. In the background:

It was in Iowa City that then-candidate Barack Obama first unveiled his health care reform plans, back in May 2007. Now, having signed a landmark reform bill,

Today on Capitol Hill, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) took to the chamber floor and asked for unanimous consent to pass his much-discussed bill to raise the

The story out of Colorado is that the Tea Party’s favored Republicans will face the Democrats’ chosen candidates in November, while Connecticut Republican

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, in a New York Times opinion piece, suggests holding off on letting tax rates rise for wealthy Americans: The

First in a two-part series on what to expect on the economy from each presidential candidate.

After Florida Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum proposed Arizona-style immigration legislation, his primary opponent argued he

Kerry asks about Iran. Sounds surprisingly hawkish. What are the big carrots and the big sticks that the Obama administration will use to get Iran in

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota (Pic via Facebook) The Bradenton Herald is reporting that the federal Department of Justice has launched an investigation into Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota

The risible conspiracy theories about President-elect Barack Obama’s American heritage never really reached the mainstream media. There were some local news

LA CROSSE, Wisc.-- Sen. Barack Obama didn’t spend much time in this small town Wednesday, but the locals will keep drinking Obama cocktails long after the

The departing chief of the Los Angeles Police Department jumped into the fray today over the controversial 287(g) program in the pages of the Los Angeles

As Senate Republicans attempt a procedural move to undo rules put in place by the Federal Elections Commission (FCC) last year, Sen. Al Franken and President Obama are pushing back

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives approved a budget bill by a vote of 269-161 on Monday that represents the culmination of weeks of

We’ve obtained and scanned in the two CIA documents that former Vice President Dick Cheney claims justify his longstanding arguments that torture was an

In a very surprising move, President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team named Jon Favreau as director of speechwriting in the new administration. Awesome.

I love Barack Obama, environmental activist Van Jones was quoted as saying in a January profile in The New Yorker. I’d pay money just to shine the brother’s