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I’ve reported twice now (here and here) on the issue of Gulf oil spill victims being told their claims have been expedited, or escalated, only to wait days

Sen. Barack Obama’s appearance on The O’Reilly Factor, -- TWI coverage and video here -- revives the roiling debate among Democratic strategists, Obama aides

BOSTON -- The mysterious Election Journal blog, which first released the infamous 2008 video of two bumbling New Black Panther Party members waving nightsticks

We wrote a piece a few weeks back charging congressional Democrats with a kind-of silence in the face of the Obama administration’s policy to retain

Florida’s unemployment rate remained flat last month as the national economy hit what state economist Rebecca Rust called a “soft spot” brought on by rising gas prices and natural disasters. # Employment rates actually fell across the state, but the statistical measure of unemployment remained unchanged due to seasonal adjustments, which are intend to allow number crunchers to get a read on economic trends that aren’t obscured by events that typically happen in June, such as layoffs in education and agriculture. # Gov.

Following her statement late Friday indicating she’s open to a public option compromise, we’ve officially moved Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) from the Likely

In Colorado, nearly all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students polled this year by national anti-bullying organization GSLEN said they regularly heard homophobic remarks and slurs at their schools. Half of them reported being pushed and shoved around for being queer. And nearly a third of them said they were kicked or punched or hit

Remember that WorldNetDaily story about how President Obama’s Wikipedia page had been scrubbed of any mention of the well-publicized concerns surrounding

Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), one of two Democrats who’s expressed worry about the president’s use of advisers who haven’t been approved by the Senate, has

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s claims about illegal immigrants and violent crime have been pretty thoroughly debunked, but pro-reform non-profit America’s Voice

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the National Press Club, is asked about drone strikes and civilian casualties in Afghanistan. Don’t think in the

To what extent do Massey shareholders want to hold company leaders accountable for the terrible safety record in Massey mines? Turns out, not at

Democratic donors and operatives are wasting no time in meeting to hash out what went wrong in 2010 and what the strategy for fundraising should be moving

If Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Friday statement that nuclear arms-reduction treaties typically command large bipartisan majorities was a first

A recent poll finds that Americans are tired of the current debate over abortion rights . Most respondents in the survey agreed with pollsters who asked them if they thought a broader discussion about reproductive issues would be more constructive.

State Sen. Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa (Pic by Minority Office, via flsenate.gov) State Sen

Federal prosecutions of undocumented immigrants have jumped this spring, flooding courtrooms in border states, according to a Syracuse University study released

As TWI’s Mary Kane has demonstrated in previous reporting, when a bank forecloses on a delinquent mortgage and evicts the homeowner, it can often be

Planned Parenthood has sent a petition to Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration, warning that a provision in the state’s Medicaid overhaul plan that allows providers to not offer family planning services “due to an objection on moral or religious grounds” could restrict access to a federally required service. # During this past legislative session, state legislators included the opt-out provision in its Medicaid plan at the request of Catholic Services

CHICAGO -- When it comes to politics in Chicago, Rev. Jeremiah A.Wright Jr. is a big fish in his small pond. His parishioners at Trinity Church of Christ