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National anti-abortion rights law and policy group American United for Life, which credits itself with informing anti-abortion and other health-care related

Politico reported this morning that the Interior Department is expected to release as soon as today the Obama administration’s updated five-year offshore

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The media have jumped all over the story of Ashley Todd, a McCain campaign volunteer in Pittsburgh who claims she was attacked because she supports Sen. John

When asked by a reporter at an Iowa stop what the penalty should be for women who have abortions and doctors who perform abortions if his stance on overturning legal abortion prevails, Tim Pawlenty initially said there shouldn’t be a criminal sanction. It was a statement that his spokesman quickly clarified after the appearance. Former Gov.

The Inver Grove Heights City Council rejected an ordinance Monday that would have established a domestic partner registry in the city, with one council member railing against the moral decline of America and referring to the LGBT community as a “weird little group.” The council voted 4-1 against the measure with only council member Rosemary Piekarski Krech voting in support. Council Member Dennis Madden, however, was livid that the council even brought the measure up for a vote. Madden railed against gay and lesbian couples and said efforts to pass the domestic registry were tied to the anti-gay marriage amendment on the ballot in 2012

Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas), the chairman of the House intelligence committee, introduced an amendment to the 2010 intelligence authorization bill imposing a

Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced new restrictions for for-profit companies that consolidate, reduce and eliminate debt on consumers’

Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope says he has sent letters to the Lansing Police, City Attorney and Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III seeking a thorough investigation of a pot for votes scandal that erupted in the city on Wednesday.

Add another conservative activist to the ranks of people blaming the Ft. Hood massacre on Islam. Here’s Gary Bauer, in his end-of-day email sent to supporters,

Check out this quote in Julian Barnes’ Los Angeles Times piece on the fallout from the McChrystal strategy review leak: One defense analyst who regularly

A pair of stories from The New York Times reveal Sen. John McCain has not divorced himself from lobbyists as much as his presidential campaign would have you

Four AP reporters (get set for a conservative attack on how many resources the organization devoted to this story) dig into the timeline of the James O’Keefe et

Curious choice of words from Defense Secretary Bob Gates yesterday on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. He’s talking about how to deal with the law-slash-regulation in

The Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion group that has been waging a long campaign targeting anti-abortion Democrats in the Midwest over their votes in

At one time Sen. John McCain was a light-hearted, free-wheeling straight-shooter, but these days he’s become a smug, grouchy candidate.

It remains unclear whether Florida will be eligible to apply for a federal Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge grant.

Word coming from the Hill: Bill Lynn, the former top Raytheon lobbyist tapped to become deputy secretary of defense, will finally get his floor vote in the

If people were hoping to hear former Alaska Gov.

Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala, is again defending his decision not to include Florida environmental groups in a recent hearing on a set of EPA water pollution

We’re going to need a lot more examination of government programs to help the long-term unemployed in the years to come. At The Wall Street Journal, Phil Izzo