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According to Andy McCarthy, senior fellow at the National Review Institute, the idea of calling waterboarding torture is just silly. And the fact that Khalid

Mixed messages coming today from Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), the House minority leader who is spinning last week’s GOP Senate win in Massachusetts as a

A number of moderate Democratic senators are pushing to scrap comprehensive climate legislation and instead pass a much weaker energy bill that has been called

This video continues a conversation about anti-LGBT bullying that was started during the 2011 legislative session when lawmakers passed a bill that clearly defines bullying and specifically protects LGBT young people. The new law, which went into effect this school year, also requires each school district to adopt a comprehensive anti-bullying policy. “The new law is an important step toward addressing the pervasive problem of bullying against Colorado’s most vulnerable young people.

Kenneth Feinberg, who is taking over the BP claims process on Aug. 23, told Gulf Coast residents today that he is meeting in Washington, D.C., tomorrow to

A Christian group says it will target U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann over her opposition to President Obama’s jobs plan.

North Korea hasn’t really been a Center for a New American Security core competency -- there’s little application for the stability-operations end of the

Clusterstock hopes everyone assumes the Obama administration’s big jobs summit on Thursday was nothing more than a P.R. show. Otherwise, we’re all in

At The Wall Street Journal, Gerald Seib lays out President Obama’s biggest problem as he unveils his proposals for regulatory overhaul today -- the Goldilocks

A few days after the Drug Enforcement Administration ruled that marijuana has no medicinal use, and a month or so after a prestigious international commission concluded the drug war was a colossal failure , The Denver Post documented the ongoing drug war with a story about Mexican tour bus operators busted for bringing tens of millions of dollars of pot to Denver.

Business leaders, Democrats and LGBT groups are unified in one aspect of their opposition to a Republican Senate bill that would but a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage on the ballot in 2012: Gay marriage is a distraction from Minnesota’s economic needs.

DES MOINES — U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) warned guests of an event organized Iowans for Tax Relief Friday night that America is “under attack” by a “thundercloud of debt weighing upon ” “What I’m believing is, I think, the truth of where we are in the country,” Bachmann said.

Fox News’ morning show Fox & Friends on Wednesday oversimplified and misrepresented an ongoing news story about a former Democratic congressman, an

The Department of Health and Human Services included a provision in its recent decision to make birth control a preventative service that would allow religious groups to refuse to cover contraceptive services. # The federal agency today announced it would be following the Institute of Medicine’s recommendation to include birth control and contraceptive services on a list of preventative care as the Affordable Care Act is implemented

IOWA CITY — Nearly every public policy issue that can be named has a direct impact on the very foundation of American society, according to former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty , which is a traditional marriage consisting of one man and one woman. Pawlenty, who told reporters before his public remarks on Monday that he is definitely “leaning toward” at 2012 presidential run, spoke on a litany of issues ranging from the economy to freedom of religion to education to health care, bringing each one back to his primary focus on the family.

The congressionally chartered commission on wartime contracting is meeting today, and one of its witnesses is Danielle Brian, the Project on Government

The presser is still going on, but here’s Defense Secretary Bob Gates’ statement about what defense programs he’s cutting, halting and continuing. Big news:

NASHVILLE - At an alternately blunt and blustery press conference, National Tea Party Convention organizers Judson Phillips and Mark Skoda declared that they

The 2012 nomination calendar appears to have once again survived various states jockeying for position, but the drama isn’t quite over. Speaking with ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl , Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus indicated there would be no forgiveness for Florida’s 2012 leap-frog that tossed the calendar set by the national political parties into chaos.

Livonia Congressman Thaddeus McCotter says he is seriously considering a run for the presidency. McCotter made the comment in an interview with Politico. He says the current crop of candidates aren’t lighting any fires in the GOP base.

According to The Hotline’s latest whip count, Michael Steele continues to fall behind former Wisconsin GOP chair Reince Priebus in his bid to maintain his