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Maybe it’s a cultural thing, but Canadians seem so much more willing to apologize for their mistakes than Americans do. According to the Canadian

State Sen. Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa (Pic by Minority Office, via flsenate.gov) State Sen.

From the counter-intuitive file: Yesterday, the Democratic National Committee launched a new campaign called Exxon-McCain ’08, seeking to paint Sen. John McCain

When is this ever going to end? Conservative lawmakers are seizing on ACORN’s troubles to once again go after the Community Reinvestment Act, an anti-redlining

Despite his apparent disagreement with her on a range of issues, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is emerging as one of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s

Everyone’s going to be focusing on President Obama’s remarks on the economy at his first White House press conference, but CNN’s Ed Henry got in a question

Not being in Pittsburgh, I wasn’t aware of a background briefing on the previously undisclosed Qom nuclear facility. But I’ve just gotten the transcript emailed

Sure, the associate attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department is supposed to be in charge of the office. But in 2001, then-OLC

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Politico’s report on whether Republicans are being wounded by the flamboyant rhetoric and angry tone of conservative activists and media personalities is

Roll Call reports: Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) announced Monday that he plans to introduce legislation to repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t

A newly proposed spending bill from U.S. House Republicans would dramatically cut funding for comprehensive sex education and increase spending on abstinence-only education programs

Don Blankenship, the CEO of Massey Energy -- whose Upper Big Branch coal mine exploded in April, killing 29 miners -- spoke at the National Press Club

At the beginning of the month, with very little fanfare, Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas), a freshman member who holds Tom DeLay’s old seat, introduced H. Res 809 to

Today, the Center for Responsive Politics and Public Citizen jointly released a mammoth report on the small army of former federal employees lobbying on

Controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio will head to New Hampshire Sunday to headline the Nashua Republican City Committee lunch, fueling speculation that he

Not only would new investment in neglected road, bridge and other infrastructure strengthen the country’s structural backbone, experts argue, it would replace lost jobs and help the country climb out of the current recession.

The New York Daily News reports that Van Jones has taken a job at the Center for American Progress, noting that the former Obama administration green jobs guru

The National Immigration Forum — a member of a task force created by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to help improve its Secure Communities

Speculation about whether Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who officially lost the Republican Senate primary to challenger Joe Miller last week, will run as an