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Taegan Goddard has the scoop: An early look at a new Public Policy Polling survey finds that among North Carolina Republicans, a stunning 47% think President

The Associated Press reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) indicated Thursday that the Finance Committee’s vote on its $829 billion health

A bill (.pdf) that would give Homeland Security the authority to detain immigrants indefinitely, filed by U.S. Rep

The Response, Gov. Rick Perry’s August prayer rally, not only brought thousands of Christians to pray for a nation in crisis, but also broke the curse of

Spencer, to reply to your plaintive query, I’d say it’s clear the traders on Wall Street share your sense of confusion, based on the ups and downs of the

As the punditocracy, blogosphere and, well, anyone following the race pondered when Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) will gracefully or not-so-gracefully end her

President Obama walks a fine line between upholding a campaign promise and harming a significant employer in Appalachia.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D) just announced his candidacy to replace outgoing Sen. Chris Dodd (D) -- and already, a new poll by Public

Stewart Rhodes, head of the libertarian-constitutionalist rights group Oath Keepers , told Slate reporter Dave Weigel last week that imprisoned U.S.

The Florida Commission on the Status of Women recently released its “2011 Summary of Florida Laws Affecting Women and Families” without any mention of the five abortion bills that were signed into law this year in Florida. The Florida Commission on the Status of Women is listed as a “nonpartisan board.” The governor, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the president of Senate and the attorney general appoint four members; the Chief Financial Officer and commissioner of agriculture appoint three each.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the former U.S. Attorney who’s been pointing out for more than a year that waterboarding is and always has been torture, made

After the jump, a slideshow of the Tea Party rally on Capitol Hill today:

Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger on Tuesday night slammed fellow contestant for the nomination Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota over allegations a counseling clinic she co-owns with her husband is offering ex-gay therapy

The war crimes trial of the alleged child soldier Omar Khadr at Guantánamo has new problems. I wrote last week about the Canadian Supreme Court’s astute

<p>Republican campaign strategists aching for the chance to link Barack Obama to Tony Rezko, the controversial Chicago political operator now on trial for

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) In a recent interview with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune , Gov. Rick Scott says that one of his top priorities for the upcoming legislative session will be higher education reform. Though Scott has previously been vague in discussing how he wants to change the state’s college system, he is now offering up some ideas: cutting funding for liberal arts education and degrees that, according to him, don’t offer a good return on investment

...At least that’s what I see happening in the Massachusetts gubernatorial election. Yesterday, state Treasurer Tim Cahill, who’s running an independent

Following up on Daphne’s piece about the hold-up on Dawn Johnsen’s nomination to head the Office of Legal Counsel, this Roll Call story by Jessica Brady got

From The Associated Press: Scott Brown says he has already told Senate Republican leaders they won’t always be able to count on his vote. I already told

GUANTANAMO BAY -- Seated near me in the courtroom today during Omar Khadr’s pre-trial hearing was a sight for sun-beaten eyes: Daphne Eviatar, the former TWI

So, how many people showed up at the 9/12 taxpayer march on Washington? One signal of the confusion over crowd counts came from the stage. Speakers alternately

It must be opposite day. Republicans, many of whom have pledged to not even consider any plan that raises taxes, are clamoring to raise the payroll tax . Democrats, many of whom have said the country can’t be serious about cutting the deficit if taxes can’t be raised, are fighting tooth and nail to keep this year’s payroll tax reduction in place for at least one more year