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Shirley Sherrod may not accept her USDA job back. Alex Sink (D) leads by 6 points or more over either likely Republican candidate in the Florida governor’s

Republican senators say they can still work with Democrats after health care. A former U.S. general apologizes for his anti-gay remarks about preventing the

A page from the fire boss book -- a log of safety records -- was removed at the Upper Big Branch Mine that killed 29 miners in Montcoal, W.Va., last month,

No, not that Palin. Apparently, an online movement is building to put Monty Python’s Michael Palin in the Oval Office -- despite the fact that the

Wait! Don’t click away from this post yet! Most defense secretaries find themselves frustrated by the labyrinthine system in place to approve military sales

A transgender woman charged with murder in Hennepin County is currently being held in solitary confinement in the county jail, local LGBT rights activists say. The activists are attacking the county for using a measure criticized by many national transgender rights organizations as a flawed attempt to keep the accused safe while she awaits trial. The prisoner, 23-year old Chrishaun McDonald, has been charged in the murder of 47-year old Dean Schmitz, of Richfield, outside the Schooner Tavern on the night of June 5.

Still doubting that the Wall Street Journal’s editorial attacking Minnesota election officials for their recount conduct was bad for former Sen. Norm Coleman?

Rep. Bart Stupak, the adamantly anti-abortion Michigan Democrat, has stirred up a firestorm with his amendment prohibiting abortion coverage under insurance

I’ve been following the small but growing number of lawsuits brought on behalf of torture victims against U.S. government officials for more than a year now,

About 62 percent of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s performance on immigration, according to a Gallup report released today of two recent

Between January and July, U.S. Rep

The Columbine and Pentagon shooters exploited a loophole that allowed them to purchase guns without a background check. Now their victims and their families are pressing their representatives for change.

Bob Vander Plaats, head of Iowa’s Family Research Council affiliate the Family Leader, an organization opposed to rights for LGBT Iowans, endorsed Rick Santorum

KANSAS CITY, MO. — After a Michigan Messenger investigation, Missouri is no longer requiring HIV-positive individuals to sign a document acknowledging the state’s reckless exposure law in order to for those persons to qualify for federally funded medical programs. “That particular form that’s used in case management will be eliminated,” said Michael Herbert, HIV program director for the Missouri Department of Human and Senior Services

While Minnesota for Marriage gears up outreach to conservative churches and pastors and recruitment of “church captains” in effort to pass a constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage, Minnesotans United for All Families is doing the same with progressive people of faith. The coalition is hosting a series of trainings on how to defeat the amendment in 2012. On Sept

Just when journalists were busy writing the obituaries for Sarah Palin’s ability to play kingmaker, an obscure Palin-backed GOP challenger named Joe Miller

Michigan can expect a push in the state legislature to pass Right to Work legislation following the end of the summer break at the capitol. Right to Work laws would allow for workers who do not want to be members of a union to have that ability and not be required to pay union dues.

In Florida on Friday, Rep. Michele Bachmann told the Palm Beach Post that she’s been traveling the country to gauge national support if she decides to run for president and that she’s gotten a “fantastic reception” from activists in Iowa and South Carolina

An American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees council is lashing out at the Governor’s Office after the Iowa Board of Regents unanimously approved a 4 percent raise for regent university presidents Thursday.

This morning, the Commerce Department released its latest set of data on income and consumption. The good news? They are both growing -- Americans are earning

DAYTON, Ohio -- Sen. Barack Obama gave a rousing, thoughtful and detailed address on education today, telling about 750 supporters in a high school here that