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Petraeus tepidly endorses Obama’s exit plan for the war in Afghanistan. GOP senators attack Kagan for supporting Thurgood Marshall, but can’t name any of

Over the past five years, evaluators have found violations at state-funded subcontractors for Texas’ Alternatives to Abortion Services Program, which reimburses

Students and residents living in Gainesville joined the Occupy Wall Street movement this week. Occupy Wall Street has been gaining momentum all over the country, including in Florida

MSNBC reports that barring last minute changes, Timothy Geithner, a career Treasury official under three administrations, is likely going to serve as the next

Following up on Chris Steller’s elucidation of the Senate recount in Minnesota that’s left most pundits scratching their heads, several new reports show Al

The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR MI) has written a letter to the U.S.

It may be difficult for journalists to circumvent the Afghan government’s ban on reporting pre-election violence. But a friend tips me to Alive In Afghanistan,

Rep. Keith Ellison said the debt ceiling plan offered by House Speaker John Boehner made it seem like Boehner was on “some other world.” Ellison, who is co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said President Barack Obama’s plan met his basic requirements, but that members would still have to dig into the details

The Aid for Women abortion clinic in Kansas City, one of the three abortion clinics left in Kansas, has lost its license to operate in the state.

There was some buzz last year about Andrew Breitbart, Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe receiving some sort of honor at CPAC as a show of gratitude for the ACORN

Democratic Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich defeated Sen. Ted Stevens in the drawn-out race for Stevens’ Senate seat, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Begich is

Yet another anti-choice measure was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. The amendment, offered by Rep

Steve King really, really wants Republicans to repeal health care reform. He also knows how to rid a lawn of moles. Ken Buck says DADT should stay in

Over 800,000 New Mexicans will face price hikes in their electric bills after a Colorado-based company and its 44 local co-ops voted 43-1 to raise the rates by 4.5 percent. Tri-State, which services 1.5 million customers in four states and covers some 200,000 square miles, generates the electricity, while its 44 cooperatives purchase the electricity in bulk for more competitive rates

Commenter Decora points to some references to diapering in the 2005 Office of Legal Counsel memoranda on torture. What’s striking is how the CIA describes the

<p>The Kansas power company Sunflower Electric is offering Kansas State University $2.5 million for energy research for 10 years to get support for two

Only about 100 or so oil spill claims had been denied as of the end of September. Given recent comments by oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg about

The House voted to extend the Patriot Act, the same legislation many Democrats opposed during the Bush administration. Read about the changes taxpayers

Americans United for Change shares this ugly video from outside a McCain campaign rally featuring Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin yesterday in Henderson, Nev., a suburb

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s return to Des Moines was short-lived, though not by Romney’s or his supporters’ desires. Thirty minutes after taking the stage in his first Iowa visit this year, a fire alarm sounded off in the Iowa Historical Building, forcing an evacuation

In April, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill that makes it illegal for state colleges to fund medical residency programs that offer abortion training with