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U.S. Reps. Joe Barton (R-Arlington) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Dallas) figure prominently on a government watchdog’s list of Most Embarrassing Re-Elects of

As Attorney General Eric Holder announced this afternoon that the Department of Justice (DoJ) has begun a criminal and civil investigation into the catastrophic

Environmental groups are concerned that the appointment of Rep. Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, to the

David Espo of the Associated Press says that the part of President Obama’s jobs bill that includes another extension of federal unemployment benefits is likely to pass the U.S. House while other parts will be shot down. Congress will almost certainly approve the parts of President Barack Obama’s jobs bill that extend the payroll tax cut and long-term unemployment benefits

In an action that resulted in seven arrests, Occupy Wall Street protesters in Minneapolis Thursday took their more almost two-week long protest to U.S. Bank, a frequent target of protesters’ criticism that corporations and banks dominate the political system.

Sure, airport security rules are being rewritten after the near-explosion of Northwest Airlines Flight 253. And sure, major newspapers are reviewing the current

All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on March 4, 2009. The Senate Judiciary Committee’s

The Huffington Post flags this story from The Times of London, which examines the state of the presidential race in Iowa, where Sen. John McCain clings to the

GUANTANAMO BAY -- Mr. M, a former Army National Guard medic at Bagram from August 2002 to spring 2003, testified that he never saw any fresh wounds on Omar

Trip Jennings reports that Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, drafted a compromise bill on the state’s unemployment compensation fund, raising taxes on businesses by a lesser amount than Gov

Recently, political memes have surfaced that do not have much basis in reality. Matt Bai of the New York Times sees murmurs of a primary challenge against

The Washington Post today reports that, having suffered a series of legislative losses over the last year, environmentalists are working to gain back their

Under a new ruling, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) will allow traditional political action committees to merge with super PACs, effectively allowing

Environmentalists scrambled today to get control of the midterm narrative following a crushing defeat for Democrats in the House and Senate. At a press

An editorial in the Los Angeles Times implored state education officials to re-instate an erasure analysis of standardized public school tests. The state

Normally when I see the Wall Street Journal flash breaking news like, the Dow industrials fall more than 600 on fears bailout package vote will fail, I’d

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As the swine flu has caused the United States to declare a health emergency and the European Union to warn against travel to the U.S. and Mexico, The Nation’s

A new report (PDF) by the Migration Policy Institute released today provides a set of guidelines to curb illegal immigration employment in the U.S. and the

On the heels of a court ruling that shut down medical marijuana dispensaries in the state of Michgian, a new study by the RAND Corporation finds that crime actually goes up when such facilities are closed down.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) tells Politico that he thinks former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) -- convicted on seven felony counts of failing to