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Multilateral talks with Iran over its nuclear program are underway in Geneva. There are reports that there has been one breakout meeting between chief U.S.

A story today in the The Los Angeles Times on a study about biology and politics starts with: Die-hard liberals and conservatives aren’t made; they’re born.

With Congress returning this week, I thought it would be a good time to do a quick overview of what to expect on energy and environmental legislation. The

Ann Althouse puzzles over an assertion, in The New York Times, that President Obama’s winning agenda included rebalancing the distribution of wealth. Obama

Former Alaska Gov.

Americans for Prosperity, a Koch brothers-funded political group, announced on Tuesday that it has formed a chapter in Minnesota.

If they weren’t already busy enough with an anti-Charles Rangel resolution, Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) is hoping fellow Republicans will back his resolution

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has faced criticism from both GOP presidential primary opponents and activist groups for support for in-state tuition for undocumented

I am a pro-life conservative, said Carly Fiorina. I believe in the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman. I am a fiscal conservative. In other words, I share the conservative values that many Republican voters share, and have been public about that for a very long time.

Following last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United, Minnesota Democrats are proposing a constitutional amendment to define an individual as a “natural person.” The 2010 ruling gave corporations certain rights as “persons” and allowed them to engage in new levels of political activity. Sen

DES MOINES — The west steps of the state Capitol saw around 400 conservative activists Tuesday, mostly dressed in red, criticizing gay rights supporters and calling on the Iowa Senate to pass HJR 6 , which would set the stage for Iowans to vote on a constitutional ban of same-sex marriages.

Texas Republicans are trying to repeal a two-year-old law that allows transgendered people to to marry with a court-approved proof of sex change, as the

Within president Obama’s $447 billion jobs bill he announced Thursday in an address to a joint session of Congress, some $55 billion would go directly to

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson announced today a series of international priorities for the agency, including working across

The fervor drawn from the Occupy Wall Street protests, which began about two weeks ago in New York City, has elicited plans for spin-off protests in Texas and

The Family Leader, an Iowa religious right group that has been active in GOP caucuses of that state, backtracked on a pledge the group released last week that asked candidates to vow to oppose pornography and same-sex marriage. The pledge contained a controversial statement about slavery, and over the weekend, the Family Leader removed that reference

Mustafa Barghouti, a leading voice for a non-violent solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, says the United States can still foster change in the region.

Naturally, it’s beneath stuff about 11 people dying in a Mosul suicide bombing, but still: Egypt is due to reopen its embassy in Baghdad, closed since

Environment and Public Works Chair Barbara Boxer faces an even tougher climate than in May 2008 when the Warner-Lieberman climate bill failed.