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A group of Colorado kids filed suit last week against the State of Colorado, Governor John Hickenlooper, Colorado Department of Health and Environment, Colorado Air Quality Control Commission, and Colorado Department of Natural Resources as part of a coordinated effort to force action on climate change. Similar suits have been filed in all 50 states and against the federal government.

I was struck by the ability of Alan Keyes to stay on message at the Washington, D.C. Tea Party and not babble about President Obama’s citizenship. But I guess

The congressional race in Ohio’s second district is shaping up to be an odd one. And it’s not just because one Democratic candidate is a self-described Reagan

The U.S. Environmental Protection agency has released its annual list of cities that have the most Energy Star certified buildings, noting that Des Moines has increased its participation during the past year.

Something to warm the cockles of Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ heart: The White House might have disagreed with him over a legislative push to repeal the ban

As control of the Iowa Legislature hangs in the balance and some Republicans push to pass new restrictions on marriage and abortion, political leaders in the Hawkeye State disagree on how much influence faith should have on such topics. Those emotionally-charged issues came up several times during the 2011 legislative session, after Republicans made huge gains in state government.

I have a piece coming up today on how the environment could factor into the youth vote tomorrow. In my reporting for the story, I came across a group called

WORCESTER, Mass. - By the way, said Curt Schilling. One more thing. I am not a Yankees fan. The overflowing crowd at Worcester’s Mechanics Hall on

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is pushing back against claims that her opponent, Republican Carly Fiorina, is the more pro-immigration reform candidate with a

What now ? # According to Health News Florida , that’s the lingering question after Monday’s ruling by a federal judge that found the national health care reform law unconstitutional: # “That’s what we’re looking at right now,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said morning

For those with a basic grasp of (non-political) economics and a keen memory for how massive consumer fraud and non-transparent financial products helped cause

If you didn’t listen to Rush Limbaugh’s radio show today, you missed the news that an obscure blogger had gotten his hands on ten pages of Barack Obama’s

Rep. Joe Wilson, the not-so-contrite South Carolina Republican who heckled President Obama on Capitol Hill Wednesday night, has said repeatedly that a report

RedState.com blogger Josh Painter asks whether Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin’s child, is being funded in his campaign of

Two recent metrics examine 2010 take-home among the super-rich — that top one-hundredth of one percent of Americans whose median household income exceeds $27

The State Department’s decision to spend more time considering a permit for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline may boost the outlook for a competing pipeline planned by Enbridge, owners of the pipeline that burst in Calhoun County last year.

Glenn Thrush has the ugly details on how this morning’s GOP budget blueprint presser came to be. “In his egocentric rush to get on camera, Mike Pence threw

Speaking with ABC’s Jake Tapper on This Week, former President Bill Clinton -- during whose tenure the government decided against regulating derivatives and

Via Ezra Klein, the National Bureau of Economic Research released a study this month on whether immigration hurts the economy and takes away jobs from

Oil spill claimants will be eligible for final payments equal to twice the value of their documented damages for 2010, according to a draft methodology (available below) released Wednesday by the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. # Claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg said the doubling of 2010 damages was intended to account for the unknown future faced by the Gulf Coast.

This is from a birther website, but I just can’t resist: Women suicide bombers recruited by al-Qaida are known to have had the explosives inserted in their

For those of you who missed it, MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show last night featured a terrific and news-breaking interview with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi