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Citizens United, a conservative political group based in Washington, D.C., is making independent expenditures in Senate District 18 just days before a Nov. 8 special election to decide the balance of power in the Iowa Senate.

The two cities hosting this summer’s national party conventions -- Denver and St. Paul -- have surprisingly long-standing roles in the political histrionics

A study that could have far-reaching implications on birth control regimens around the world has found an increased risk of HIV transmission for women on injection hormone therapies with an HIV-positive partner.. The Lancet Infectious Disease Journal published the study Monday

The Minnesota Independent is hiring one half-time reporter/blogger. The reporter will help in coverage of the Minnesota Legislature, Minnesota aspects of the 2012 presidential race, local and statewide politics and policy, and a range of other issues important to Minnesotans.

Herman Cain made it very clear how he feels about Occupy Wall Street demonstrators and how they should be handled by the Obama administration and lawmakers. Obama should, according to Cain, “tell them to go home and get a job.” Speaking this week on the Hugh Hewitt radio show, Cain responded to a question on what he would say to the ‘occupy’ demonstrators if given an opportunity

The stock price for Massey Energy might have dropped today, following Monday’s explosion at the company’s Upper Big Branch mine. But don’t count the coal giant

A major theme of last night’s speeches at Americans for Prosperity’s Defending the American Dream Conference was, ironically, out-and-out gloating about

The aging song stylist uses the latest edition of his Newsmax.com column to demand the president’s birth certificate (it’s here, by the way), repeating some

In Texas, a bill to renew a five-year-old Medicaid women’s health program that is due to expire in December is under threat from passage, all given that

Here’s the Office of Legal Counsel memo from May 10, 2005, which outlines approved interrogation techniques, including

As the battle over gun reform has raged on Capitol Hill this year, it’s become ever-more clear that this is more a regional issue than a partisan one. Indeed,

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan -- The anthropologists of the Human Terrain Team put together a report on life and war from the perspective of the Afghan population.

A wealth of new information emerged Tuesday on interrogation practices.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting U.S. Rep.

Initial unemployment applications unexpectedly increased from 460,000 last week to 484,000 this week. An unnamed Labor Department official quoted in the wire

Presumptive House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told reporters today that he will work toward a smaller, less costly and more accountable government here in

The FBI once had to show a factual basis connecting a target to criminal activity, now almost anyone is fair game.