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It’s supposed to be Sen. John McCain’s week, but the Democratic National Committee (DNC) keeps trying to grab some of the spotlight. With math. The DNC

In 2004, 64 percent of Montanans voted to legalize medical marijuana . Tuesday, the State Legislature voted to overrule the voters , passing a bill to treat medical users of marijuana the same as recreational users are treated–as criminals. The bill has now passed both the House and the Senate

Every week Americans find out they are more and more screwed by this economy.

According to a press release from Personhood USA issued today, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood have appealed to the state Supreme Court in their challenge to Mississippi’s controversial Personhood Amendment. # Personhood USA is calling this decision “conspicuous” because both the ACLU and Planned Parenthood have not sought legal action against the numerous “fetal pain” bills making their way through state legislatures

The former Speaker of the House caught a break between Fox News Sunday interviews to travel to China with his wife Callista. The ensuing photo essay is a

Banks are exploring how far their can go to convince you that you should pay them fees for every transaction.

Sunday services are more than a sermon from the pulpit in Iowa during election season — congregants may see a future President in the crowd.

No wonder global warming has Al Gore so hot under the collar. His harangue against climate change deniers induced a frenzy of conservative chest-pounding last week wherein Fox News and the usual suspects swore his scatological sermon must be a symptom of dementia.

Politico has a good story this morning breaking down criticism over Sen. Robert Menendez’s comprehensive immigration bill, which could be unveiled as early as

The Senate this afternoon hopped the procedural hurdle to end debate on a $150 billion package that would renew a number of expiring tax breaks and extend

Ask and you shall receive. In response to Meg Whitman’s ad that features Bill Clinton accusing Jerry Brown of inaccurately stating his tax record (and my blog

Tuesday is election day, an opportunity for every citizen to make his or her voice heard.

Joe DiVincenzo styles himself affectionately as Joe D, the Essex County executive who has happily given bipartisan credence to New Jersey Republican Gov.

Early on the evening of July 9, a former Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter found herself standing outside the ballroom of the Grand Hyatt in midtown New

This afternoon, President Obama signed the $26.1 billion state aid bill into law -- meaning local governments will get some immediate fiscal relief. The bill is

In an ongoing project to shine more light on pregnancy centers that counsel women out of having abortions -– commonly known as “crisis pregnancy centers,”

While yesterday marked the end of the Rick O’Donnell era at the University of Texas System, the imbroglio involving controversial proposals for the state’s

The Pentagon’s report yesterday that the conditions at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp meet all the requirements of the Geneva Conventions, was, not

A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds fewer Republicans (16 percent, down from 33 percent last September) and Americans overall (14 percent, down from 23 percent) describing themselves as “angry” with the federal government. # A growing number say they’re “frustrated.” Other options — “basically content” and “don’t know” — remain statistically unchanged

With a potential crackdown looming, President Obama tells CBS (via Nico Pitney): And I’m very concerned based on some of the tenor -- and tone of the