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The nation’s public health systems are ill-equipped to deal with a major nuclear emergency according to a 2010 analysis by the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security

A recent bill filed in both houses of the Tennessee legislature mirrors similar bills that have been debated in Texas and Oklahoma in recent months.

As the clock ticks on the government shutdown — set to go into effect at midnight tonight — one of the largest battles in Congress is over a series of

Liberals might be grumbling about the concessions needed to pass health care reform this year, but President Obama has no regrets. In an interview with The

Republican lawmakers aren’t about to let this one slide. Following the Climategate scandal, which global warming skeptics say casts doubt on the science

In keeping with my pledge to write about climate science more often, I thought I’d share the latest climate data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

On the House floor, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) just said he will introduce legislation that would prevent oil companies from claiming a tax deduction for oil

There’s a lot to agree with in my friend George Packer’s post about what’s happening in Iran. But I think George, who excels at intellectual history, might be

Watch live here. And here is the full text: It’s good to be back in the Great Hall at Cooper Union, where generations of leaders and citizens have come to

The New Mexico Independent caught up with Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) at an event on health care today in Las Cruces, N.M., during which she reaffirmed her

Science is still unclear how much humans contribute to global climate change, but the consensus seems to be “it’s a modest amount,” former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Friday in an interview with WHO-AM’s Jan Mickelson . “I think climate change occurs, but the bulk of it is natural, historic trends in the climate,” Pawlenty said.

The Brennan Center for Justice, a self-described part think tank, part advocacy group at the NYU Law School, just held a news conference at the National Press

As we just noted, Senate Republicans are urging consideration of three amendments on the proposal to extend federal unemployment benefits, but only two are the

Peter Feaver, a political scientist at Duke University who served on the National Security Council staffs of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, has

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul ‘s Iowa campaign has reached out to farmers and gun owners during the past two weeks.

A federal court is imposing a $67,900 fine on a car dealership once owned by Rep.

Laura Rozen -- writing on her personal blog -- publishes a surprising email she got from Iran. Who’s the foreign agent now? The Arab, Israeli, Palestinian

The Wall Street Journal has picked a fight with local Chambers of Commerce in Tennessee over their hesitance to support a state voucher program that recently

In the late 1950’s, the federal government began investigating reports that radiation from uranium ore mines in the Navajo Nation was causing lung cancer