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The stock market dipped Monday following news that the S&P Index dropped its outlook on the United States’ credit rating from “stable” to

A new group called Andrew’s Round Table, which is named for Cpl. Andrew Wilfahrt, a gay soldier who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in February, has launched to educate Minnesotans about equal rights for same-sex couples

Speaker of the House John Boehner has contracted high-profile conservative attorney Paul Clement to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on behalf of House of Representatives. Boehner has agreed to pay Clement initially up to $500,000 to defend the law, although analysts say that figure is sure to rise. Colorado Springs Christian right organization Focus on the Family celebrated the arrangement, touting Clement’s resume as one of the nation’s top attorneys.

As the Senate idles awaiting a procedural vote on unemployment legislation -- a vote that’s held up activity on all other pending legislation and nominations --

On Thursday, the House Health and Human Services Reform Committee will hear a presentation on vaccine safety by a researcher who asserts that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine may not be safe for children — and part of the basis for the concern appears to stem from her religious opposition to the use of human cells in the vaccine. The testimony of Dr

Hearing pushed for public plan, sidelined in new Senate bill.

Fox News presents a good test case for demonstrating how an unverified account of voting machine irregularities in Nevada can become a national story about how

The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has granted a waiver allowing for gasoline to be mixed with up to 15 percent ethanol for vehicles of

Many conservatives live in fear of the Democrats’ plans for health care reform, and they’ve been proportionately critical of the possibility that Democratic

In a Sen. Barack Obama campaign-organized conference call with reporters, Bob Bauer, the Obama camp’s general counsel, had this to say hen asked if the 40 to 45

Though not exactly a household name, Dr. Dora Schriro, a special adviser to the Department of Homeland Security until she announced her departure in September,

Two Algerians held for seven years without charge or trial at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay l have been acquitted after after a trial back home

I’ve written a few times about lobbying efforts by supporters of the DREAM Act, a bill that would allow some undocumented students and military service members

A ballot question in Portland, Maine, that would have given legal immigrants the right to vote in city elections was voted down yesterday, with 52 percent

It’s a Friday afternoon, but there’s no shortage of palace intrigue filtering through the ranks of both Democrats and Republicans as members announce their

Speaking of Afghanistan, the Dutch government has become the first to fall over the Afghanistan war after the Labour Party walked out of a governing coalition

Ben Armbruster at ThinkProgress has what might count as the greatest Bush administration quote since Mission Accomplished. Commenting on the U.S.-Iraq Status

Members of the Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Development gave their unanimous seal of approval Thursday to a five-year extension of a program to help injured and disabled veterans retrofit their homes.

The passage of California’s Proposition 8, a ballot measure that banned gay marriage in the state, was one of the few conservative victories of 2008. In its

Some of the nation’s top economists have warned Congress that the second round of $350 billion TARP money is not guaranteed to work as the law is written now.

It took, oh, a couple hours for conservative outrage -- that CIA officials would face criminal charges for the criminal act of torture -- to successfully derail