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Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), a long-time abortion rights advocate, is predicting that a controversial amendment restricting abortion coverage that passed the

The dismissal of a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party by the Department of Justice, something that had been roiling conservatives like Rep.

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has not made a public appearance in more than two years, and conspiracy theorists have been speculating for some time that

It was just a matter of time, but right-wing bloggers, restrictionist immigration groups and now even some politicians are blaming illegal immigrants and the

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio would like you to think he’s the toughest anti-immigration cop in the world.

Congress is finally getting around to asking a question it should have asked long ago, before doling out billions of dollars to troubled insurance giant AIG -

In this fourth edition of The Iowa Independent’s 2012 Presidential Power Rankings, the panelists give nods to their widest field of potential candidates thus far, spreading their predictions between 13 individuals. Most also see 2012 shaping up as an outsiders-versus-establishment gambit, with the establishment winning if the grassroots are fractured. Former Arkansas Gov

Former Gov. Blagojevich (D-Ill.) lost everything this year. Blagojevich stands accused of trying to sell the appointment to replace Barack Obama in the

As the debate over the possible lapse or extension of the Bush tax cuts heats up in anticipation of Congress’ post-election return next week, you might have

Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kans.) gets to deliver this week’s Republican weekly address, which includes this line: While, like most of you, I like the President

Despite faulty science and misleading characterizations of sex, a sex education program delivered by an Austin crisis pregnancy center remains in use in 13

Here’s an example of why LGBT activist groups who cheered the Obama administration’s acquiescence to a legislative push overturning the military’s ban on open

Just hours before Senate lawmakers met this afternoon for a hearing on mine safety -- a hearing inspired by the deadly blast at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch

Stephanie Tubbs Jones -- Democratic super-delegate, vocal Hillary Clinton supporter, and the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress -- remains

Want to read an extremely thorough response to Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani’s remarks on the ceasefires in Pakistan’s Swat Valley? Over at the Weekly

Just when the Republican Party is skidding along to its lowest level of power since the 1970s, here comes Scott Rasmussen, the only pollster who matters: A new

Inside the ballroom of the National Press Club, the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights and the Competitive Enterprise Institute are holding an Intellectual

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla) planted a U.S. flag in an artificial reef during a Sunday diving trip in Dearfield Beach, likely violating a federal statute that makes