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The departing chief of the Los Angeles Police Department jumped into the fray today over the controversial 287(g) program in the pages of the Los Angeles

As Senate Republicans attempt a procedural move to undo rules put in place by the Federal Elections Commission (FCC) last year, Sen. Al Franken and President Obama are pushing back

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- At the University of Maryland Thursday, President Obama tried to sell the Democrats’ plans for overhauling the health care industry. The

DAYTON, Ohio -- It’s a gray, rainy morning in central Ohio, and both presidential nominees are trying to brighten up the mood with visits here today. Sen.

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives approved a budget bill by a vote of 269-161 on Monday that represents the culmination of weeks of

The Wall Street Journal has a piece today on the challenges facing Democrats because of the dire economy they inherited, and the slow pace of job growth. The

Richard Danzig, considered a likely pick for deputy secretary of defense, was conspicuously missing from a list of Defense Dept. leadership positions today, suggesting Defense Sec. Robert Gates is not just a place holder.

In a very surprising move, President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team named Jon Favreau as director of speechwriting in the new administration. Awesome.

We’ve obtained and scanned in the two CIA documents that former Vice President Dick Cheney claims justify his longstanding arguments that torture was an

I love Barack Obama, environmental activist Van Jones was quoted as saying in a January profile in The New Yorker. I’d pay money just to shine the brother’s

Leading defense wonks call the move ridiculous, completely inappropriate and politically motivated.

Opponents of the privatization of Jean Klock Park are hoping that all the attention focused on Benton Harbor as a result of the suspension of local government will bring support for the legal fight to take back the park.

Everybody has an opinion about Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Denver and the Occupy movement as a whole. And while well over half of all Americans approve of the multi-city protest , it certainly has it detractors as well. Count the right-wing religious group Family Research Council as one of the detractors

Activists, lobbyists and citizens this week have been pressing for at least one of six Republican members of the state House Judiciary Committee to vote in favor of sending Pat Steadman’s same-sex civil unions bill to the House floor for debate. On Tuesday, the House Democratic caucus officially joined the campaign.

House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) will announce as early as today that he will not be running for re-election. Obey faced the prospect of a

Today, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the head of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced deficit-neutral legislation including the closing of a whole lot of

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite 95-degree heat and high humidity, an estimated crowd of 3,000 to 5,000 descended onto the National Mall and later marched to the

By now you’ve probably heard that the Supreme Court has decided to hear the case of the sole legal U.S. resident detained indefinitely -- yes, that means

The Awake the State Summit logo (Pic via summit.awakethestate.com) Awake the State is organizing and mobilizing Floridians who are against Gov.