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The Associated Press is reporting that a Rapid City, S.D. doctor plans to challenge four-term Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin in the Democratic primary. Kevin

Politico reports that Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) chief of staff Michelle Marston is stepping down. Multiple sources have confirmed that Michelle

Tomorrow, the House Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the oil pipeline break that spilled about 1 million gallons of oil into a tributary of the

In response to Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.), Gen. Stanley McChrystal reframed the beginning of the U.S. transition to Afghan security control in July 2011 as a

As the banks go national and Wall Street goes loco, states are increasingly feeling the pain of the economic turmoil. Twenty-one states and the District of

President Obama again pledged his support for the DREAM Act during a meeting today with Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Reps. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) and Luis

The project that found political fame with a dubbed version of a speech by Texas Gov.

Clearly enjoying the attention he’s getting for his aggressive attacks on the Obama administration’s handling of terror threats, Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.)

The Canadian government, which has been pushing hard for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline that would bring more tar sands crude oil to the United States, left out data on higher greenhouse gas emissions from that type of oil from a UN report. The Vancouver Sun reports : The federal government has acknowledged that it deliberately excluded data indicating a 20 per cent increase in pollution from Canada’s oilsands industry in 2009 from a recent 567-page report on climate change that it was required to submit to the United Nations

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ANCHORAGE -- I’m here at Humpy’s bar on 6th Street in downtown Anchorage, Alaska getting ready to watch hometown governor Sarah Palin introduce herself to the

This story, which was reported in The Guardian and confirmed by publicly filed court documents, is one of the stranger means the Obama administration has used

The Hill reports that Allen West, a former Army lieutenant colonel promoted by the National Republican Congressional Committee as one of its young guns, has

Republican senators are pushing controversial immigration and banking amendments to the unemployment insurance measure.

Allow me to revise and extend a remark I made yesterday when I noted that Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy Judith McHale made some gestures to

At an intimate meet-and-greet held on Sarasota’s Main Street this morning, GOP Senate candidate and former Florida House Majority Leader Adam Hasner pitched himself as the “principled” conservative in the race, asking the small crowd to help him “fight Washington” and “save” the United States. # The Hasner campaign has touted its strategy of connecting with grassroots supporters at the expense of big fundraising totals, and today’s Sarasota event brought out a handful of important local conservative faces — Sarasota Republican Party chair Joe Gruters and right-wing blogger and radio host Richard Swier among them

With Republicans in the House objecting to the $96.7 billion war supplemental to pay for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars due to its provisions funding the

The secretary of state made a case that intransigence on a two-state solution was against Israeli interests.

Wall Street is lobbying hard on a bill it sees as a gold mine.

The popular education blog Eduwonk included a post today stating school reformers like former NYC superintendent of schools Joel Klein, current superintendent

The far-right site Newsmax.com has quietly launched a blog by stalwart Bill and Hillary Clinton ally Lanny Davis, and it’s as entertainingly scattered and