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At his oil spill hearing today, Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) questioned Obama administration officials about their testing of Gulf seafood. Markey, the House

This morning’s Washington Post explains that the Bush administration is using the last-minute practice of burrowing, or slipping political appointees into

Roger Stone, the legendary dirty-trickster and apostle in the Church of Richard Nixon -- seriously, the dude has a Nixon tattoo on his spine, which I can

State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel (Pic by Mark Foley, via myfloridahouse.gov) State Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, made an appearance at Care Net’s conference in Orlando late last week

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), in a floor speech today, called for expanding electric and natural gas vehicles legislation slated to come up for a procedural vote

Last night, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a first-of-its-kind bill capping greenhouse gas emissions and installing minimum-use requirements on

The state Dept. of Environmental Quality is asking people to weigh in on new aspects of the long-delayed plan to build a coal-fired power plant in Rogers City. Last year the DEQ denied a permit for the proposed 600 megawatt power plant after finding that Wolverine had not demonstrated a need for the facility

OK, never mind what I said about Lawrence O’Donnell. Fox News has an item about a possible Colin Powell endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama that relies on

Just wanted to flag this informative comment from one of our readers regarding our story, Affordable Housing Goes Green. Reader pierced talks about an

Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic reports that the GOP convention HQ in St. Paul, Minn., is getting a flood of calls from "people who identify themselves as

A Pew Research poll released today shows Sen. Barack Obama with his largest lead of the campaign -- a whopping 16 points. In the 1,325-voter sample, Obama

GOP officials in Ohio, Florida and Indiana –- in addition to Michigan, where the Obama campaign sued -– have acknowledged plans to challenge voters on

Related to Daphne’s post from last week on the sweeping power of presidential pardons, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) has a Salon piece today urging President

The successors to the two remaining Senate seats that opened up when President-elect Barack Obama tapped their current occupants for cabinet positions -- Sen.

NASHVILLE -- Stan and Mary Hess own the United States Hot Air Balloon Team in St. Peter’s, Pa. All last year, they had a very direct involvement with the Tea

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