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As I reported earlier, President Obama’s Justice Department today stood up in court and asserted the so-called state secrets privilege to argue, like the Bush

The Minnesota for Marriage coalition, a group that is is urging voters to pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, has told the media and the Minnesota campaign finance board that if they have to disclose their donors, they will be subject to violence by supporters of marriage equality. But a string of court cases across the country have shed serious doubt on those claims, with courts finding that conservative leaders were unable to provide credible evidence of threats or violence

Lou Dobbs may be the most hated man in television today among immigrant advocacy groups, so the fact that CNN is planning to run a new series about the Latino

Does anyone really think it’s good for the GOP, a month and a half into the Obama presidency, to spend so much time scrapping with and about Rush Limbaugh?

When Texas representatives voted to move $7.3 million into the state’s Alternatives to Abortion Services Program from family planning services, they shifted

Another thing Roger Villere, chairman of the Louisiana GOP, said was that Republican National Committee chairman candidate Ken Blackwell would bring his

It may be a bad time to be endorsed by Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, or ALIPAC. The group is once again being accused of ties to white supremacist groups

Feeling bored on a quiet Friday? Well, staffers in the office of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) have created an interactive timeline highlighting

Senate Republicans pledged on Tuesday not to request earmarks in the next two years. But some, including the party’s Senate leader, were wary and left the door open to other ways to fund their pet projects.

One of the many unanswered questions about the current financial crisis is why there haven’t been more criminal investigations into what happened, including the

Unemployment falls to 10 percent, but don’t get too excited -- the White House won’t. And the RNC takes a glass-half-empty view. Harry Reid’s approval

Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.)’s Free and Strong America PAC put his speech to Values Voters online before he began speaking: the whole thing is here. But

The U.S. Senate may vote as early as today on an amendment that would eliminate one of the major government subsidies for the production of corn-based ethanol. The Hill reports : The Senate is slated to vote on Sen

Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) A little-noticed bill by Rep.

It’s not the permanent fix they were looking for, but the American Medical Association, the nation’s largest lobby of doctors, said yesterday that it supports

Here’s the New York Fed telling Bloomberg News yesterday that the agency didn’t force the 2008 decision to delay disclosure of AIG payments to other Wall

Recent appeals court rulings on the state’s medical marijuana law have led to legal problems for dispensaries and an effort to recall Attorney General Bill Schuette.

The National Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Monday announced it was unleashing robocall messages to voters in every Congressional district in Michigan being held by a Republican. In press releases, the DCCC says it has launched robocalls against Michigan Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Brighton), Justin Amash (R-Grand Rapids), Thaddeus McCotter (R-Livonia), Tim Wallberg (R-Tipton), Dave Camp (R-Midland), Dan Benishek (R-Crystal Falls) and Fred Upton (R-St.

There’s preambular language in the New START nuclear arms accord with the Russians that touches on Russia’s unease with America’s planned system for European