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Democrats are reacting to today’s jobs report with an optimism that’s also notably guarded. (Despite the 0.3 percent drop in unemployment, House Speaker Nancy

The Senate today, as expected, unanimously confirmed David Kris as assistant attorney general in the National Security Division at the Department of Justice.

The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board ruled today that corporate donations to groups advocating for or against a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage must be disclosed.

In case you missed it, TWI’s David Weigel spoke with NPR’s Liane Hansen yesterday about Democratic retirements, Michael Steele and the 2010 elections on

Yesterday, I wrote about the 17 Chinese Uighurs’ petition to the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruling

The New York Times has a good article about how 501(c)4 organizations are increasingly being utilized to influence elections by donors who appreciate that they

No, not that one. Another one -- Damon Dunn, a mainstream Republican candidate for Secretary of State in California. Dunn stands in the way of Taitz’s vanity

A study by the British government has concluded that hydrofracking for natural gas can, in fact, cause earthquakes and appears to have done so in in that country. The Blackpool Gazette reports : The meetings followed the British Geological Survey’s (BGS) conclusion two recent earth tremors felt nearby were most likely to have been caused by fracking.

Apparently, you can’t believe everything you read in the newspaper. The Washington Post article I linked earlier, which formerly said that President-elect

What was reported a few months ago is now official: Gen. Raymond Odierno, the U.S. commander in Iraq, will head up the Joint Forces Command, pending (a certain)

I took most of today off as part of a long weekend, so I have paid less attention than I might otherwise have to the conservative outrage over the Nobel

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty made it official Sunday morning during a conference call with his team; the campaign will end following a poor showing at the 2011 Ames Straw Poll. Pawlenty thanked staff members for their work but said that the campaign, which had pinned much of its hopes to Iowa, needed to receive a boost from the straw poll

Jim Tedisco, the Republican candidate in the special election in New York’s 20th Congressional District, has seized onto the AIG bonus outrage and is upping the

Don’t say they’re not on message. A group of Republicans this afternoon will meet with reporters to protest the Democrats’ plans to eliminate tens of

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, in a speech today, announced two new offshore drilling safety rules. Under these new rules, operators will need to comply

The numbers aren’t all in yet, but it looks like 885,268 people cast ballots in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary in Illinois, while 736,137 people cast

If the Stupak amendment is in there, I would definitely define it as one of most important life votes in more than a decade, said Doug Johnson, the legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee.

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), out for more than two months after suffering a series of infections, was back on Capitol Hill Tuesday to cast a vote in favor of

Conservation groups reacted swiftly Wednesday to a bill introduced by Republican Sens. John McCain and Orrin Hatch, among others, that would block the U.S

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) was none too happy when House leaders stripped his single-payer provision from their $894 billion health reform proposal. Today,

Under a new decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals made on Thursday, immigrants arrested without a warrant will not be read their rights until they are

Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) -- the notorious budget hawk who almost became President Obama’s Commerce Secretary -- has accepted a spot on the powerful Banking