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The Federal Emergency Management Agency last week asked for immunity from lawsuits over the high formaldehyde levels in the trailers it used to house Hurricane

Next week, a coalition of conservative legal groups will host a Libel Lawfare: Silencing Criticism of Radical Islam, a conference on how Islamist lawfare is

More on the mercury beat: The National Fisheries Institute is angry about a front-page New York Times, and a related piece yesterday, claiming that restaurant

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is expected to approve the nomination of Joseph Pizarchik to head the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who has recently been heralded by conservative pundits who regret his early departure from the GOP presidential race, told MSNBC Thursday that he won’t accept a vice presidential position. Pawlenty dropped his bid for the GOP presidential nomination following a third-place finish in the August Iowa Straw Polls.

We’ve heard Rep. Michele Bachmann’s name bandied about as a runningmate for Sarah Palin in 2012 , we’ve seen the Draft Bachmann website , and we’ve followed the Sixth Congressional District Republican as she’s criss-crossed the country hinting at a possible bid for the GOP endorsement for president

When you go on vacation and an international crisis breaks out, you get hounded by protesters. From a pool report today: About a half dozen demonstrators

A federal district court judge Tuesday afternoon ordered the state of Michigan to stop actions to cut an estimated 30,000 people off the welfare rolls in the state. U.S

Last night, after debating Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) Audit the Fed amendment, the Senate did not end up voting on it. Why? Two reasons. First of all, Sanders

This is the Obama transition’s official statement on Gaza as of right now, courtesy of chief transition national-security spokeswoman Brooke

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) tells Ryan Grim of the Huffington Post that he is leaning toward voting for two controversial amendments: one

A reliable source tells me that the plot for this show originally had Eli Stone representing the mom because her insurer wouldn’t pay for her autistic

You might think that that commentary about a deranged lone gunman ought to await the facts, but you’re not going to get a job at Fox News with that attitude.

How badly do lawmakers want to get out of Washington for the scheduled week-long Presidents Day recess? Well, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) just

President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address was well received by viewers according to a poll from CBS News. The online poll of 500 people conducted

Simon Owens reports on a vigil being held on the White House’s Facebook wall by progressive Afghanistan-war opponents. A message posted by vigil attendees

The American Spectator’s editorial director reads President Obama’s Cairo speech and grumbles: Six thousand words and the words terror, terrorist, or

Earlier today, Eric Holder called waterboarding out-and-out torture. But later, when asked about other kinds of interrogation techniques (dogs, painful stress

Gov. Rick Perry issued an executive order today announcing the creation of Western Governors University Texas, a local partnership between WGU, a nonprofit

A burning sugar cane field (Pic by skatoolaki, via Flickr) A bill recently introduced by congressmen from Pennsylvania and Illinois could have a far-reaching impact on the U.S.