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As the nation continues to unravel Gov. Rick Perry’s past, Salon looked at his friendship with the Aga Khan, a prominent, rich leader of the Ismaili sect of

I think Carly Fiorina campaign spokeswoman Amy Thoma deserves some sort of prize for this spin on an email -- sent to supporters of the former executive’s

Which his lawyer says here. It wouldn’t be the first time the Feds had railroaded an innocent man. Hopefully we’ll learn more about the evidence soon.

Already the front-runner in the Arizona gubernatorial race, Gov. Jan Brewer continued to stake out her anti-Obama administration position on immigration Friday

Two atheistic groups and a lawsuit call on Washington to end its sanction of religion in the military. Critics decry this as an attack on a venerable tradition. But the blend of martial and spiritual in the armed forces is largely the residue of the fight again communism in the late 1940s and 1950s. What will the Obama administration do?

Voters in Traverse City voted Tuesday to approve a non-discrimination ordinance that includes sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories.

As unemployment has soared and remained high, the state of Michigan, like many other states, has borrowed billions from the federal government to cover its unemployment benefit payments. Starting this month, the bill comes due. Stateline has a graphic that shows how much each state owes.

In a more thoughtful body, he could lose his position. That’s Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), speaking to Politico’s Victoria McGrane about the left-right

The overblown 100 Days of the Obama Presidency stories will, for the most part, be terrible. But some special honor must be paid to the dippy 100 Mistakes

Hannah Allam reports from Baghdad for McClatchy: Iraq’s most prominent clerics have ruled that using a water pump on one’s own pipes is akin to stealing

Monday was a good day for Adam Hasner. He lost his best-funded competitor in the GOP race to challenge Sen. Bill Nelson, and picked up endorsements from three conservative groups: # The Iowa-based American Future Fund PAC , a business-backed group that spent millions supporting GOP candidates in 2010, which singled out Hasner for his fiscal conservatism : Hasner served as a Florida State Representative for four consecutive terms from 2002 until 2010

We owe them more than prayers, Obama said of the miners who died in last week’s explosion. We owe them action.

A study released Tuesday by the University of Colorado Denver indicates that the legalization of medical marijuana reduces alcohol consumption and, as a result, alcohol-related traffic deaths without a corresponding increase in deaths caused by stoned drivers. The study, hailed as “groundbreaking” by the University, is the first to examine the effect of legalizing medical marijuana on the prevalence of traffic fatalities

Obama administration officials will tour a Michigan state prison today in the hopes of using it to hold suspected terrorists now imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay,

Yesterday, Senate Democrats cleared the 60-vote cloture hurdle to restoring federally extended unemployment benefits for 2.6 million American families. The bill

Charles Djou, a Honolulu city councilman who’s mounting a strong -- and lucky* -- campaign for Hawaii’s first congressional district, doesn’t sound like he’s

Lawmakers and experts blame subprime lending practices and higher unemployment rates for the discrepancy.

Maybe we’re whiners for a reason. Bankruptcy filings climbed again in August, providing more proof that people are feeling the strains of a softening economy,

Members of Congress build their careers on the idea that they’re regular folks sent to Washington to act on behalf of regular folks. A Roll Call analysis today

If the Ames Straw Poll was limited to only GOP activists from Story County, it would appear that the Ron Paul presidential campaign had a leg up. On Thursday

Last Tuesday, David Norvell, the board chair of the New Mexico Gaming Control Board, which oversees the integrity of gaming regulations at licensed racetracks and monitors tribal gaming activity in the state, told lawmakers at a meeting of the Legislative Finance Committee that various Native American tribes owe the state about $15 million in casino revenue.

James O’Keefe himself tweeted out a link to the AP news: Conservative activist, 3 others have charges reduced in phone caper at La. senator’s office. That