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One thing unlikely to change as the result of President Obama’s review of Afghanistan strategy is the administration’s perspectives on Pakistan. As the Senate

Gov. Rick Scott quietly signed a handful of bills Friday, including a scaled-back set of income tax cuts and a rulemaking bill that clears up some discrepancies in last year’s House Bill 1565, which requires legislative approval for certain new regulations

On a conference call with supporters of Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom coalition on Tuesday evening, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said she would reinstate Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, while agreeing with a caller who said allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military would “destroy the armed forces.” “I am a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ,” Bachmann said in her introductory remarks. “I gave my life to the Lord when I was 16 years of age.

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. (Pic by jonworth, via Flickr) Sen

The Minnesota for Marriage coalition, a group that is is urging voters to pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, has told the media and the Minnesota campaign finance board that if they have to disclose their donors, they will be subject to violence by supporters of marriage equality. But a string of court cases across the country have shed serious doubt on those claims, with courts finding that conservative leaders were unable to provide credible evidence of threats or violence

Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.)’s Free and Strong America PAC put his speech to Values Voters online before he began speaking: the whole thing is here. But

Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) A little-noticed bill by Rep.

It’s not the permanent fix they were looking for, but the American Medical Association, the nation’s largest lobby of doctors, said yesterday that it supports

Here’s the New York Fed telling Bloomberg News yesterday that the agency didn’t force the 2008 decision to delay disclosure of AIG payments to other Wall

Over the past five years, evaluators have found violations at state-funded subcontractors for Texas’ Alternatives to Abortion Services Program, which reimburses

Students and residents living in Gainesville joined the Occupy Wall Street movement this week. Occupy Wall Street has been gaining momentum all over the country, including in Florida

MSNBC reports that barring last minute changes, Timothy Geithner, a career Treasury official under three administrations, is likely going to serve as the next

There was some buzz last year about Andrew Breitbart, Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe receiving some sort of honor at CPAC as a show of gratitude for the ACORN

It may be difficult for journalists to circumvent the Afghan government’s ban on reporting pre-election violence. But a friend tips me to Alive In Afghanistan,

Rep. Keith Ellison said the debt ceiling plan offered by House Speaker John Boehner made it seem like Boehner was on “some other world.” Ellison, who is co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said President Barack Obama’s plan met his basic requirements, but that members would still have to dig into the details

The Aid for Women abortion clinic in Kansas City, one of the three abortion clinics left in Kansas, has lost its license to operate in the state.

Yet another anti-choice measure was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. The amendment, offered by Rep

Commenter Decora points to some references to diapering in the 2005 Office of Legal Counsel memoranda on torture. What’s striking is how the CIA describes the