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FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan – The booms began around 1:45 p.m., loud enough to cause you to jump if you’ve never heard a Howitzer fire a

Details are still emerging, but this can’t be good news for the Gulf coast. NBC News reports: Adding insult to the Gulf’s injury, a wellhead hit by a tug

Following a storm of criticism of U.S. Rep.

For weeks, the presidential and vice presidential candidates have been pounding the Wall Street vs. Main Street trope into our heads. Now, the good people at

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico--Sitting in a downtown public library here I began to blog about how the presumed Democratic nominee for president, Barack Obama, seemed

Back in January, I reported that Oklahoma State Rep. Mike Ritze (R), whose party had just won control of the legislature, was pushing legislation that would

In a letter sent to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, House Democrats expressed their concerns with anti-environmental policy “riders” in the forthcoming continuing resolution that would fund the government for the remainder of 2011.

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The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has backed the Obama Administration in its case against SB 1070, the controversial immigration legislation passed by Arizona lawmakers last year. A three-judge panel ruled Monday that Arizona District Judge Susan Bolton “did not abuse her discretion,” as the Washington Post put it, when she blocked key provisions of the bill.

Abby Johnson (Pic via thatsabortion.com) At an Orlando conference for crisis pregnancy centers packed with more than 1,000 attendees, former Planned Parenthood employee-turned anti-abortion advocate Abby Johnson told the room that they had to fight Planned Parenthood, a group she says is “working with the devil.” Johnson gave a keynote address today during Care Net’s Central Florida conference . Care Net is an organization that manages a nationwide network of crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), including some in Florida. Some of Care Net’s brochures have been found in taxpayer-funded CPCs in Florida.

Following up on President Obama’s speech on the economy in Ohio last week, in which Obama decided to make things personal and call out House Minority Leader

Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via flgov.com) Florida Gov. Rick Soctt said on Fox and Friends today that ”you cannot win the presidency if you don’t win in Florida.” Scott said Ronald Reagan and George Bush won the Florida straw poll and went on to win the nomination and the presidency

At our affiliate, The Michigan Messenger, Eartha Jane Melzer today adds another layer to the tale of growing protest by some large investors in Massey Energy

The Obama Justice Department has asked a judge to dismiss charges against two former American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbyists accused of receiving

Aleshia Napier was 18 years old in 2006 when she hung herself with a bed sheet at the Broward Correctional Institution in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after being

If passed, Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Claire McCaskill’s (D-Mo.) $600 million, fully-paid-for border security bill would increase the number of unmanned

Some days they make laws, and some days they break them. Five House Democrats were arrested Monday during a protest at the Sudanese embassy in Washington.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin‘s PAC rolled out a new web video Wednesday and announced the Palin tour bus would once again roll on – this time into

Doug Feith started off today’s House judiciary torture hearing by insisting that Philippe Sands misquoted him in the book "Torture Team." Feith said