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From The New York Times: The United States economy lost 345,000 jobs in May, the government reported on Friday, a sharp slowing in the pace of job losses that

Republicans have whittled away support for the stimulus package.

The Republicans tonight had one last chance to put a wrench in the Democrats’ plans to tweak the Senate health bill via reconciliation. It came in the form of

On NBC’s Today Show this morning, former President George W. Bush talked Kanye and tax cuts, but ducked a question on the proposed Park51 Ground Zero mosque and

This week, Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Edward DeMarco, the head of the

Martin Resendiz, the Mayor of Sunland Park, a community of around 15,000 people near Las Cruces, admitted to signing contracts with a San Diego–based parking design firm while drunk.

Sen. John McCain was once one of the major Republican supporters of immigration reform, arguing for comprehensive legislation as recently as 2008. Faced with

The Awake the State Summit logo (Pic via summit.awakethestate.com) The progressive coalition Awake the State will join Occupy Orlando protesters on Nov. 1 in an event focusing on voting rights in the state.

In an interview with BNA (subscription required), campaign finance reformer Fred Wertheimer of Democracy 21 went on the offensive against the FEC’s new

Given that the entire GOP congressional leadership just loudly bleated that they know less about FBI procedure than the average moviegoer, maybe Newt Gingrich

Here in Washington, D.C., public transportation’s pretty good -- you can get basically anywhere you need to go by Metro or bus. But the vast majority of the

Today, the Senate went on its August recess, without passing the small business bill, the unemployment extension for 99ers (which is still under consideration

Obama administration officials are heading down to the Gulf tomorrow to oversee the ongoing recovery efforts there. The officials will stop in at the Delta

If the GOP had just run Rep. Mike Castle in Delaware, Sue Lowden in Nevada and Jane Norton in Colorado, they’d be looking at an evenly split Senate right now.

Speaking of regional protectionism, Rep. Nick Rahall (D. - W. Va.) held a press conference today to unveil the news that the Environmental Protection Agency,

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that an Interior Department task force has delivered to him a report that includes 59 recommendations for changes

My story about Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs turning on the more extreme members of the right-wing anti-terrorism blogosphere is prompting

Well, it’s official. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) is seeking the ranking spot on the House Natural Resources Committee. If he gets it, he’ll leave his position

With countless headlines reminding readers that jobless benefits begin expiring today, it was inevitable that each party would be slinging blame over the

The liberal group sends an appeal to its list asking for a fairly small amount of aid to Bill Halter, the lieutenant governor of Arkansas who just entered the

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