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Democratic donors and operatives are wasting no time in meeting to hash out what went wrong in 2010 and what the strategy for fundraising should be moving

If Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Friday statement that nuclear arms-reduction treaties typically command large bipartisan majorities was a first

A recent poll finds that Americans are tired of the current debate over abortion rights . Most respondents in the survey agreed with pollsters who asked them if they thought a broader discussion about reproductive issues would be more constructive.

When it comes to credit cards, there’s almost always something to be watching out for. At Creditslips, Adam Levitin notes that interest rates on most low-rate

The GOP could turn to the Supreme Court to repeal HCR. Insurance companies claim they don’t have to cover children with pre-existing conditions. DeMint:

Josh Rogin at Foreign Policy thinks he sees light at the end of the Obama administration’s strategy and resource review tunnel: Reliable sources tell The Cable

The American Independent’s sister site The Iowa Independent has launched a new politics wiki, Factbook, focusing on the 2012 presidential campaign and the

The National Organization for Women nominates David Letterman for a slot in its Hall of Shame for his joke about the governor of Alaska’s daughter getting

State Sen. Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa (Pic by Minority Office, via flsenate.gov) State Sen

Federal prosecutions of undocumented immigrants have jumped this spring, flooding courtrooms in border states, according to a Syracuse University study released

As local and national pro-immigrant groups held actions to demand Congress pass the DREAM Act, the U.S. House of Representatives delayed the vote on the legislative act until next week.

As TWI’s Mary Kane has demonstrated in previous reporting, when a bank forecloses on a delinquent mortgage and evicts the homeowner, it can often be

Planned Parenthood has sent a petition to Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration, warning that a provision in the state’s Medicaid overhaul plan that allows providers to not offer family planning services “due to an objection on moral or religious grounds” could restrict access to a federally required service. # During this past legislative session, state legislators included the opt-out provision in its Medicaid plan at the request of Catholic Services

CHICAGO -- When it comes to politics in Chicago, Rev. Jeremiah A.Wright Jr. is a big fish in his small pond. His parishioners at Trinity Church of Christ

Debate becomes more urgent over what the incoming Obama administration should do about Bush officials who implemented a policy of torture.

If there has been a single thread that has connected the previous 11 editions of The Iowa Independent’s Power Rankings, it has been an overall feeling of discontent among Republicans as activists in the state search for someone who represents their views and that they believe also stands a good chance of unseating Democratic incumbent Barack Obama. With the Ames Straw Poll a memory and, thanks in part to a timed entry by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, showing very little bounce for the top two finishers, our panelists seem more intent on the political end game and which candidate has the mixture of organization, charisma and “that special something” to take the race all the way to the finish line

While the coal industry lobby in Washington seeks to rebrand its product as “clean,” and the fate of climate change legislation in Congress remains

As battles over anti-union bills continue in Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin, Ohio may be the first one to actually pass legislation that limits collective bargaining rights for public employee unions. The Ohio Senate narrowly approved such a bill on Wednesday. It includes changes unveiled by its Republican authors earlier this week that reinstate collective-bargaining powers for the state’s more than 300,000 firefighters, police officers, teachers and other public workers, but only on the issues of wages, hours and certain terms and conditions

By now you’ve probably seen the ghastly video, shot on a camera phone, of Taliban thugs flogging a teenage woman in Pakistan’s Swat valley for the simple act of

A U.S. Marine reservist and general has created a detailed report recommending that up to 400 of the 600 prisoners at the U.S.-run prison at the Bagram Air Base

It was no surprise when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) came out a few hours ago in enthusiastic support of President Obama’s Afghanistan policy.