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Amid requests for corruption investigations and allegations of Republican fraud, Ohio Democrats decided to cave to the GOP earlier than expected in a vote

It’s official: the Minnesota State Canvassing Board has just certified DFLer Al Franken as the junior U.S. senator from Minnesota. The Norm Coleman campaign

Ron Faucheaux’s Clarus Research Group has a poll out testing two main things: independent voters’ take on President Obama and the relative strength of possible

Two writers for Reuters penned a piece today proposing a program of debt forgiveness for U.S. consumers. Arguing the national economy is sluggish due to high

The iconoclastic conservative, who’d spent the past week attacking the way that GOP lost the health care fight, says his departure came after being asked to

Rep. Eric Cantor’s (R-Va.) spokesman Brad Dayspring has responded to Vice President Joe Biden’s remark that he’s less concerned about a long-term threat from

The benefits of longer instructional time for students were put into question this week with the published results of Chicago Public School’s state

House Republicans are increasing pressure against U.S. Rep

MSNBC’s The Ed Show on MSNBC turned its focus on Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District race as candidate Lynne Torgerson spoke with Rev. Al Sharpton about incumbent Rep. Keith Ellison last night

The statement from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) following today’s health policy teleconference with other Gang of Six members relays

Several religious right groups — including those listed as anti-gay hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center — rushed to Michele Bachmann’s defense following reports that she and her husband Marcus’ Christian counseling clinic performs therapy intended to cure homosexuality .

As Daphne blogged, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- the terrorist organization’s Yemen-based franchise -- claimed credit for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s

Democratic Virginia blogger Ben Tribbett has video of Catherine Crabill, a Republican candidate for delegate — whom we last saw accusing the government of

As Congress prepares to consider a series of consumer-friendly finance reforms, some minority advocates, researchers and lawmakers are pointing to a trend as another reason the reforms are urgently needed.

Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) just completed a week-long raid that nabbed 2,901 foreign nationals with criminal records living in the United States, 36 of which were apprehended in New Mexico. KRQE Channel 13 News has the scoop on the criminals in New Mexico: Exactly half of the 36 arrests in New Mexico were for drug related offenses, 11 were for violent crimes and one person arrested is a sex offender. The remaining offenses involved property crimes and D.W.I

Even if he doesn’t raise a dime from his political allies, Dick Cheney is well positioned to continue speaking out against the Obama administration’s national security agenda.

Looks like Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., has lost some of his authority to arrest people he suspects are illegal immigrants. Under the

State of Play: Obama’s New Pastor Problem Just as Sen. Barack Obama thought he had weathered the Rev. Jeremiah Wright storm, another Chicago clergyman has

Today’s the deadline for Iran’s leadership to embrace or reject the deal its negotiators endorsed in Vienna to ship uranium out of the country for enrichment

The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire blog has dug up an audio recording of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals argument in the controversial

A little history: Senate Democrats thought they were done with financial regulatory reform, ready to vote and pass the bill to President Obama. Then Sen. Scott