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The question has come up a lot lately, particularly since oral arguments last week in Jose Padilla’s lawsuit against John Yoo made clear that the federal judge

CompuCredit, an Atlanta subprime lender that specializes in high-rate credit cards, payday loans, auto financing and debt collection, is part of the country’s leading coalition on financial literacy.

Not sitting Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), as Palin made clear in a Facebook message to her supporters this morning that began: Contested primaries are so

The conference report to next fiscal year’s defense appropriations bill includes a provision long -- and I mean long -- sought by Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.): a

In a sign of campaign spending spending to come in the post- Citizens United era, Super PACs are already pouring money into Florida for attack ads.

WATERTOWN, NY -- The walls of the small event hall were festooned with Don’t Tread On Me and Liberty or Death signs; supporters waved placards that read Save Our Country, Vote Hoffman and THANK YOU: John Rich, Fred Thompson, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck.

Earlier this year, even as state lawmakers debated a proposal to criminalize undercover operations at agriculture facilities, investigators from animal advocacy group Mercy for Animals were shooting hidden video at one of the nation’s largest hog operations. The video footage, as well as the abuse it alleges, were released Wednesday.

Finding leverage when you’re in the minority always requires some creativity, but Republicans might have trouble convincing people they’re acting in good faith

The Ethics Committee has known about Rep. Charlie Rangel’s (D-N.Y.) violations since September 2008 and Rep. Maxine Waters’s (D-Calif.) misdeeds since June

As the Florida House and Senate discussed their budget proposals yesterday, Democrats in both houses introduced amendments that would have cut funding for so-called crisis pregnancy centers , which counsel women against abortions, into family planning services provided by country health departments.

ABC is reporting that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel could announce as early as Friday that he’s leaving the administration to run for mayor of

National abortion-rights organization NARAL Pro-Choice America recently deemed Ohio one of this year’s worst states in terms of women’s access to abortion and

The office of Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, just issued a press release announcing

The Iowa Democratic Party accused Secretary of State Matt Schultz of using public resources to advocate against a presidential hopeful, according to a complaint to the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board filed by party chairwoman Sue Dvorsky . In the complaint, Dvorsky claimed Schultz, a Republican, sent out a press release on the Secretary of State’s website denigrating former Utah governor and ambassador to China Jon Huntsman , saying he is unqualified to run for President

Phil Berg, who by my lights is the original birther attorney -- he filed a lawsuit challenging then-candidate Barack Obama’s citizenship in August 2008 -- has

The Americans for Prosperity Foundation launched a new higher education reform initiative, “Rock the Ivory Tower,” aimed at making college education

One day after longtime Democratic Rep. David Obey made his surprise retirement announcement, the National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting

The head of the consumer financial protection agency will have authority over a far-reaching and uniquely powerful new government agency -- able to make and

Public Policy Polling has another mind-bending partisan number from its national survey. Right now, 20 percent of Americans support the impeachment of

Word from Wisconsin late last night is that Senate Republicans were able to strip the state’s infamous collective bargaining bill of certain fiscal details. The move allowed them to pass the bill with or without absent Senate Democrats. The legislature has now barred all press from the floor of the Capitol building. For the latest from Madison, The Uptake has streaming video from outside the Capitol.