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UPDATED at 11:58 p.m., with details on how to watch the speech live. Acknowledging that America’s current immigration system is broken, President Obama is

This is a little bit inside baseball, but it lends a glimpse at the relationship between politics and policy in Washington. Democrats, as they push to renew

According to a State Department spokesman, a new review currently underway within the department might result in controversial security company ArmorGroup North

I had some concerns that a recent Los Angeles Times op-ed from Richard Fontaine and John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security treated the fraudulent

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is reportedly preparing to introduce a bill extending the filing deadline for the next tier of unemployment benefits

Defense Secretary Bob Gates, heaping praise on Nouri al-Maliki, said: “What is intriguing is that, because of the way the prime minister has taken on

The National Republican Congressional Committee has begun running ads against U.S.

The Hill reports that the American Association for Nude Recreation is coming to town next week to lobby Congress on nudism-related issues. The AANR will be

Going back over that Liza Mundy profile of Orly Taitz, I think she actually missed an important detail about Taitz’s arguments, as well as missing the only

In the middle of June, the White House forged a deal with the nation’s largest drug makers. As part of the bargain -- under which the pharmaceutical companies

Two days from now, the conference committee reconciling the House and Senate versions of financial regulatory reform should be done and the bill will be set.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday it is immediately terminating its immigration enforcement agreements with the office of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz.

Oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg told a room full of representatives of Florida’s tourism industry that the Gulf Coast Claims Facility would “take another look” at denied claims when claimants file for final or quarterly “interim” payments. # Speaking at a Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association meeting in Tampa, Feinberg said some claimants have been reporting inconsistencies — that their neighbors and co-wokers got paid, but they didn’t, or that they got less than they felt they deserved

California has announced a new plan to drastically cut greenhouse emissions with sweeping state regulations across almost all industries. The state’s Air

State Sens. Evelyn Lynn, R-Daytona Beach, and Stephen Wise, R-Jacksonville (Pic by Office of Senate President, via flsenate.gov) Two state lawmakers — one Democrat, one Republican — have come together to file legislation that would require pregnancy resource centers, or crisis pregnancy centers, to protect the private medical information of women who visit them. The Pregnancy Confidentiality Act was filed by state Rep

The shooting yesterday at University of Texas-Austin provides a good example of how funding emergency preparedness efforts improves safety. The Austin-American

Colorado conservation groups battling a proposed uranium mill in far western Colorado have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to hold off on approving the project until the federal agency updates its antiquated air quality regulations for radon emissions

TWI alumnus Mike Lillis reports today that the agency in charge of mine safety said it still doesn’t know if methane monitors were tampered with before the

WATERTOWN, N.Y. -- If there was any doubt that Democrats view the special election in NY-23 as a chance to take on the conservative movement, former New York

There was a minor controversy in April after Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East and South Asia, disclosed that military commanders

Yesterday, May 11, was when the Real ID Act, signed into law three years ago to the day, was due to kick in. The law set national standards for all state

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) gives the exclusive to RedState -- the third such exclusive a conservative leader has given to that blog, by my count. America needs

Adding to an ongoing list of controversial statements, American Family Association President Bryan Fischer is now claiming that HIV is not the cause of AIDS or

Ken Feinberg will spend his first official day as administrator of the Gulf oil spill fund in Mississippi at three town halls meant to explain the new claims