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Conservative Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly noted on Thursday that Rep.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (Pic by ryanjreilly, via Flickr) U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will be giving a speech today about laws recently enacted all over the country that some say will suppress voter turnout among minorities, young people and low-income and disabled voters

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) Public Policy Polling released a poll Tuesday showing that Gov. Rick Scott’s approval rate among Florida voters is at an all-time low

The Wall Street Journal published a review over the weekend of states pushing tighter elections laws. # Wisconsin, Texas, Missouri and Minnesota are all looking to increase voter identification requirements.

For Tim Geithner, it’s been a difficult week. Conservatives agree that as point person, you failed, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) told the Treasury secretary

COMBAT OUTPOST ZORMAT, Afghanistan -- Walking through a local bazaar, national security reporter Spencer Ackerman speaks with locals about life in the region.

From the St. Petersburg Times: Gov. Charlie Crist is expected to turn to his political shadow and former chief of staff, George LeMieux, to stand in as

Amid requests for corruption investigations and allegations of Republican fraud, Ohio Democrats decided to cave to the GOP earlier than expected in a vote

As health care reform faces increasing public skepticism, another leading element of the Democratic agenda -- energy legislation -- has maintained strong

At least two Michigan school districts may have violated laws related to sex education in the state in order to play host to a Colorado-based abstinence-only sex education program. A third district did not completely follow state laws in booking the group. Both Homer Community Schools, located south of Battle Creek in Calhoun County, and Olivet Community Schools located in southern Eaton county, played host to the Colorado-based abstinence-only education program called “Wise Choices” earlier this year

James Scurlock, director of Maxed Out, a groundbreaking documentary on consumer debt, steps up to defend TARP oversight panel head Elizabeth Warren today in

In Wisconsin today, President Obama delivered a rebuke of those who oppose efforts to boost the energy manufacturing sector and create clean energy jobs. But

Although the government has said that warrantless wiretapping under the Terrorist Surveillance Program has stopped, the Obama administration has not said that warrantless wiretapping isn’t ongoing under some other program.

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In an encouraging step in the fight to stop Florida’s prescription drug epidemic, Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco has received approval from the Pasco Board of County Commissioners to hire 23 new employees, each of whom will be dedicated to fighting prescription drug abuse.

It’s official: the Minnesota State Canvassing Board has just certified DFLer Al Franken as the junior U.S. senator from Minnesota. The Norm Coleman campaign

President Obama really opened a big fat can of worms when he issued those executive orders last week. Not only did he make all sorts of promises on state

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Continuing their midterms ramp up, the Democratic National Committee launched a preemptive attack against the GOP this morning by attempting to define the