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By curbing the practice of dumping waste in valleys, the move represents the most significant administrative action ever taken to address mountaintop removal coal mining, according to one environmental group.

Incredibly, Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain changed his surprise mortgage plan this week to make it even easier on lenders, Politico

Beryllium, a rare metal that gives glitter to emeralds and aquamarine, became an indispensable component of nuclear bombs during the atomic era, and tens of

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is speaking to the National Rifle Association today, using his remarks to try and define the Supreme Court

The new plan to target employers might be significant at first glance, but details make the extent of the change less clear.

So it appears from the Senate Armed Services Committee report that in 2002, then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz was rather interested in

The Minnesota Independent and seven other local sites were included in The Fix ‘s annual list of best political blogs. The Fix, which is run by the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza, relied on nominations from readers to compile the list

In 2005, University of Colorado Regent Tom Lucero gained a smidgen of national attention for his role in investigating -- and eventually stripping of tenure --

The Weekly Standard and Greg Sargent are both reporting that the House Democratic leadership is boldly (my characterization, not the Standard’s) standing up to

The House oversight committee is holding a hearing now on the collapse of Lehman Bros. and the financial crisis generally. This hearing-- and four others-- will

Rep. Eric Swafford, the Tennessee Republican state legislator who has demanded President Obama’s birth certificate and passport records, has become a

Breaking a week-long silence, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took to the Senate floor this afternoon to weigh in on last week’s explosion that killed 29 miners

A CIA lawyer who helped spread enhanced interrogation techniques to Guantanamo and Iraq defends his name, but concedes involvement.

GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman released Friday a campaign ad attacking fellow contender Mitt Romney for his changing positions on issues important to

The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit Wednesday in D.C. Federal Court seeking an injunction against a new rule requiring requiring gun dealers in Arizona, New Mexico, California and Texas to inform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) if a person buys more than one semiautomatic rifle that accepts a detachable magazine and uses ammunition greater than .22 caliber within five days.

The pollster who’s cited by Republicans more than anyone else is out with an outlier of a poll showing only a narrow plurality of support for confirming Supreme

Last night, omnipresent Obama conspiracy theorist Orly Taitz gave WorldNetDaily a scoop. Taitz, a dentist with a degree from an online law school, had finally

A small number of conservative groups and 42 bishops are turning the speech into a watershed moment, while obscuring the president’s support among Catholics.

Check out this turn of events: JP Morgan Chase is stepping up to offer $400,000 to cover severance pay for the workers staging a sit in at a Chicago factory,