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With the growing number of Republican Senators saying they’ll vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor -- Dick Lugar of Indiana, Mel Martinez of Florida

If you are a renter or someone who took out a simple 30-year fixed mortgage, it’s not surprising that you might feel like the mortgage crisis is, well, not

For Democrats left dumbfounded over Republican Scott Brown’s shocking Senate win in Massachusetts yesterday, the short response statement from Senate Majority

New Department of Homeland Security agreements governing state and local police departments’ enforcement of immigration laws are not relieving their critics’

U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro this morning rejected the lawsuit challenging one of Florida’s “Fair Districts” amendments.

Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) sent a letter to President Obama today asking him to halt the transfer of six

U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle this morning denied the government’s attempt to further delay the hearing of Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohammed Jawad and, as

BOSTON -- At 9:20, the first rumors of Scott Brown’s victory in the Massachusetts Senate race started to work around the room. A moment later, Doug Flutie

Amy Harder spoke to Charmaine Yoest, the president of Americans United for Life, before and after four anti-abortion protesters interrupted the Sotomayor

The Iowa Democratic Party announced Tuesday that Chicago Mayor and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will provide the keynote address at the organization’s largest fundraiser. Rahm Emanuel “It’s an honor to welcome Mayor Rahm Emanuel to the state for the Jefferson Jackson Dinner and to hear him speak to Iowa Democrats in support of President Obama,” said Democratic Party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky .

The state’s highest court has agreed to hear two cases in which people have been charged with crimes for their medicinal use of marijuana. This will be the first time the court weighs in on the 2008 state law that legalized the drug for medical use.

More than a year after people first noticed his mind-boggling anti-Obama sermons, Rev. James David Manning -- a black New York preacher who claims that the

When the Justice Department sued Arizona over the state’s SB 1070 immigration law, one of its key arguments was that federal authorities should be in charge of

From a rental car in Massachusetts, TWI’s intrepid David Weigel sat down with The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein yesterday for a Bloggingheads.tv session to talk

Two Denver companies announced Tuesday at the United Nations Private Sector Forum in New York City that they will team up to tackle the lack of electrical grid connectivity on the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners region. Nokero International , which supplies solar-powered lights and mobile chargers, will work with Eagle Energy , a non-profit formed by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s son, Doug. The two companies will work with Navajo Nation leaders to provide light in homes that often go dark when the sun sets, hopefully replacing dangerous and unhealthy kerosene lanterns and heaters

Rev. Jeremiah Wright is about to have another moment. Actually, a few moments. Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor has taped an interview with Bill

As expected, the Senate confirmed Elena Kagan as solicitor general Thursday. Kagan, the first woman to hold the post, was confirmed by a vote of 61-31. As

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke announced last month that the recession was “likely over” and that the economy was in the early stages of a recovery. The problem is, many Americans don’t look around and see a recovery.

Let me state up front that I fully support the policy that President Obama announced at West Point last week, said Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S.

To much fanfare, the Obama administration a year ago launched a $75 billion program designed to prevent foreclosures by providing financial incentives to

Things aren’t looking up for Ben Bernanke, nominated by President Obama for a second term as head of the Federal Reserve. Sen. Barbara Boxer (Calif.) has become

Republican lawyer Barbara Comstock, a candidate for a swing House of Delegates seat in northern Virginia, is holding a fundraiser tomorrow in Washington with a