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Mac and Lynne Hammond; Source: LWCC.org Pastor Mac Hammond announced Sunday that he has been asked to join Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign as the chairman of her national Faith and Family Council.

Former Speaker of the U.S. House Newt Gingrich has officially thrown his hat into the presidential ring. Gingrich, a Georgia resident, made the announcement Wednesday afternoon.

Liberals on Capitol Hill might still be pushing for a public insurance option as part of this year’s health reform strategy, but investors aren’t banking that

Michele Bachmann’s weekend trip to the Golden State to gather support and funds for her presidential bid drew protests and sharp questions from Tonight Show host Jay Leno over her stances and statements on rights for LGBT people. At a campaign rally in Costa Mesa , Bachmann was asked by a rally-attendee what she plans to do about bullying in her district. The Anoka-Hennepin School District is largely within the district represented by Bachmann and has seen many high-profile events surrounding the bullying of LGBT students

With all the focus on (and delays surrounding) the Senate Finance Committee’s health reform bill, the outcome of another Senate health care controversy has been

The first GOP presidential primary debate is behind us.

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The House Republican leadership says it will delay approving the creation of a statewide health insurance exchange, in part to await the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of the health care reform law which mandates the creation of the exchanges. Rep

There’s something jarring about this new ad from Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kans.), who’s running for the U.S. Senate. WordPress.com isn’t a news site. It’s

Six state legislators who have filed a lawsuit against Gov. Susana Martinez over her veto powers will have their case heard by the New Mexico Supreme Court Wednesday, reports the Las Cruces Sun-News.

The head of the American Family Association, which bankrolled Bob Vander Plaats’ successful effort to oust three Iowa Supreme Court justice, won a straw poll conducted last week following a Michigan tea party-sponsored Senate debate forum.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- When Gov. Sarah Palin said during the vice presidential debate Thursday that her family has gone through periods where they’ve been

The Pentagon just announced one of the brigades it plans to send to Afghanistan next year. The 82nd Combat Airborne Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division out of

A bill that proposes a ban on gay marriage on the 2012 ballot passed the Senate Rules Committee on Friday morning and will now head to the Senate floor for a full vote.

The value of the former Massachusetts governor continues to rise above all other 2012 GOP candidates for the real-money future traders on the Iowa Electronic Markets .

Congress is considering a bill that would issue competitive grants to develop neighborhood-specific programs in economically disadvantaged communities toward

The Obama Administration has cracked down on anti-abortion extremists who have obstructed access to abortion clinics in the past two years.

Mark Halperin is really pushing Sen. Arlen Specter’s (D-Pa.) comment that he wants the Minnesota Supreme Court to do justice and declare Norm Coleman the

National Review is promoting a new, subtle-as-a-brick satire by Victor Davis Hanson titled President Palin, a 1000-word exercise in imagining how Alaska Gov.