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Members of Occupy Detroit have worked with local businesses to secure a multi-story office building, a store front for sign-making, a warehouse, and a renovated 50-unit hotel that will serve as housing for protesters. Occupy Detroit spokesperson Lee Gaddis said the group plans to pack up the Grand Circus Park encampment and move into donated space where it will be able to focus on political work

NORFOLK, Virg. -- Sen. Barack Obama tours another swing state school on Wednesday, pushing a retooled education plan that promises more of

The health care lobby is hiring former government officials and aides to join the fight. Fred Hiatt of The Washington Post criticizes Obama’s spend first,

The best way to flatter Bill Clinton? Faint. Rich Iott is insulted that Eric Cantor disliked his Nazi reenactments. Tuesday is the worst day of the

Two days after President Obama criticized the industry for impeding reform, Kathleen Sebelius told a conference of insurers it was time for a new strategy.

Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and President Barack Obama didn’t differ much in their reaction to New York lawmakers passing same-sex marriage into law on Friday. Both said that states have the right to pass legislation and neither endorses gay marriage. However, the crucial difference between the two is that Obama supports rights and legal protections for same-sex couples, while Bachmann opposes any rights for such couples

CHICAGO, IL -- On the first official day of the general election homestretch, Sen. Barack Obama is rushing to address the latest economic news, as the

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will traipse through the California heartland today to lend his support to former eBay President and CEO Meg Whitman, a candidate in

Throughout the Bush administration, Bush officials -- including the president, as you can see here -- consistently said that this government does not torture

In a blow to the coal industry’s fight against climate change legislation, Duke Energy, the electric utility giant, has dropped out of the American Coalition

This morning, environmental activists erected two 20-foot teepees (for lack of a better term) in front of EPA headquarters in Washington to protest mountaintop

Glenn Beck claims the government helped fund a video mocking his quotes. Tim Kaine isn’t wild about Joe Manchin’s cap-and-trade-shooting ad. 50 Cent

Today, the Obama administration lays out the case against a nationwide foreclosure moratorium. In the Huffington Post, Shaun Donovan, the Secretary of Housing

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) took to the Senate floor today to decry the crippling effect of federal income taxes on families and the economy. While we

Sen. Barack Obama issued a statement responding to the Military Commission verdict for Salim Hamdan, who was just found guilty of material support for

After confirming that the administration has determined 48 detainees at Guantanamo who are not feasible to transfer too dangerous to prosecute, Attorney

It might not be the best day to trumpet the rule of law over U.S. counterterrorism efforts, but Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice

If it seems that news reporters are relying more and more on unnamed government sources in their story-telling, it’s because we are. Much of that is our own

Will Bunch has the name of Glenn Beck’s upcoming adult novel (he’s already written a Christmas story for children) to be released in June. The news comes in

On CBS’ 60 Minutes Sunday, President Obama said There’s got to be an exit strategy for Afghanistan, but today he ... didn’t give one. What’s the story

Speaking of border security, Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller, a Tea Partier who ousted Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the state’s Republican primary, has a proposal

At a small health care briefing put on by several House Republicans, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) argued that the president had lost momentum on health care

Parliamentarian rules against GOP objections to health care. The abortion debate makes a comeback. Here’s a list of the top 18 immediate effects of the