Breaking News

El Paso County Democrats joined members of the Colorado Springs LGBT community for a news conference on the steps of Colorado Springs City Hall Monday afternoon to condemn recent hate crimes in the city. According to police reports, on July 3, two male and one female dancer at a local gay night club, along with one male and one female security guard were at a fast-food restaurant at 3 a.m.

One of Rick Scott’s first acts as governor was to sign an executive order requiring that all state agencies — and all companies that enter contracts with state agencies — use E-Verify to check the employment elligibility of their workers. # On May 27, Scott quietly issued another executive order , 11-116 (.pdf), which supersedes the one signed in January, 11-02 (.pdf)

President-elect Barack Obama named the four leaders of his energy and environmental team at a press conference in Chicago this evening, pledging a new hybrid

For a man accustomed to life outside the spotlight as the former head of the military’s secretive Joint Special Operations Command, McChrystal now finds himself

A newly released Quinnipiac University poll shows that a majority of Florida voters now believe President Obama deserves to be reelected. Obama’s numbers are up since April, when a 51 percent majority believed he did not deserve to be reelected. Current numbers give him a 51 percent approval rate, with 44 percent saying he should not be serve another term.

In a short conversation after his speech -- which was taped by a film crew that was hovering around us -- Andrew Breitbart chided me for asking Giles about the

Interesting new development in the shadowy world of 501(c)(4) spending. Forbes is reporting that a Los Angeles tax lawyer is advising clients that their

With the election drawing near, President Obama is drawing on the concerns of campaign finance reformers in hopes of riling the Democratic base. Last night at a

From The Washington Post: The Obama administration announced plans Thursday to overhaul the nation’s much-criticized immigration detention system by

Last week, as violent protests marred the Iranian regime’s anniversary celebration, the Iranian government launched an effort at jamming the attempts of western

The Democrat hoping for Bayh’s seat is more conservative than Bayh. Paterson might face criminal charges. Palin remembers flood-devastated Cedar Rapids as

Today, President Barack Obama officially tapped Seattle police chief Gil Kerlikowske to head the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Democrats were quick to

Jane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, sent a letter to the national oil spill commission yesterday to set the record

MSNBC is reporting that the Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings are set to begin July 13.

A new poll from Pew Hispanic Center provides some insight into how Latinos -- both U.S.-born and immigrants -- view immigration issues. Perhaps most interesting

The national media remains abuzz with discussions of sexual harassment allegations made previously against presidential candidate Herman Cain and it now seems Cain may have acted in a manner that resulted in women at a Des Moines radio station feeling uncomfortable. Politico broke the story of the transgressions that allegedly took place while Cain served as the head of the National Restaurant Association, and has been following developments in the story closely throughout the week.

Obama defends coked-up stimulus monkeys. Henry Waxman won’t mind if the difficult Dems lose reelection. Next Michelle Obama will be telling us to eat

Andrew Sullivan calls the reported impending torture probe by Attorney General Eric Holder the worst of both worlds, arguing that investigating only those who

Secure Communities, a federal immigration enforcement program, is once again at the center of a debate, this time about the possibility that local law enforcement should be able to opt out of the program. # According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the program allows local law enforcement agencies to compare the fingerprints of every person arrested and booked with FBI criminal history records and Department of Homeland Security immigration records. But critics of the program point to data from Immigration and Customs enforcement, which they say shows that Secure Communities leads to the detention and deportation of people who are not criminals

A Saginaw County judge ruled this week that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision means that property owners in the dioxin-contaminated Tittabawasee floodplain cannot sue Dow Chemical for damages in a class action. Operations at Dow’s Midland plant have spread dioxin — a highly toxic and cancer-causing byproduct of the chemical manufacturing process — and other chemicals, through the Tittabawassee and Saginaw Rivers and into Lake Huron .

Looking for bi-partisan support for his stimulus package, President Barack Obama wants to hold off on letting bankruptcy judges help struggling homeowners.