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Newly released guidelines from the Justice Department are calling renewed attention to the fact that the FBI is allowed to initiate assessments of individuals

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Analysts hailed the victory of a former governor over a Tea Party favorite as a sign of strength for Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney, and of weakness for Mike Huckabee, in 2012.

Though it’s unlikely the New Mexico Legislature and Gov. Susana Martinez will agree on measures to tighten rules for foreign national driver’s licenses, fewer foreign nationals are applying for them, according to the AP : An average of 22 foreign national licenses have been issued daily from January through July this year. That’s down from 52 a day during the same period last year and an average of 38 a day in 2009, according to an AP analysis of state records A total of 9,079 new foreign national licenses were granted from August 2010 through July 2011 — a drop of about 7,200 from the previous 12 months

It is over. After a marathon 20-hour session, the conference committee reconciling the House and Senate versions of financial regulatory reform completed their

Colorado Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Udall has long urged his colleagues to reform three of the most controversial provisions of the Patriot Act , saying the provisions are ripe for abuse. This week Congress decided against reform and extended the act as it stands for four more years.

Since the Democrats’ 1988 vice presidential nominee destroyed Dan Quayle for comparing himself to John F. Kennedy, most Republicans have stayed well away from

I’m a little late to this, but Ed Morrissey, one of the best conservative bloggers out there, has a must-read recap of this past weekend’s fifth annual Western

As I’ve noted on the blog, since the government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in September 2008, their roles in the housing market have changed

Earlier today, I participated in a reporters’ call with Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), regarding the collapse of the jobs bill,

And here she is talking about the no-bid contracts four Western oil companies will reap from the Iraq war: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday said

With the rush of successfully hosting a major cycling event still fresh in the state’s collective consciousness, Colorado officials are starting to once again dream of Olympic glory. Gov. John Hickenlooper and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock over the weekend were quoted seriously contemplating Denver making a 2022 Winter Olympic bid.

The Michigan Messenger, TWI’s sister site, has a troubling story today about accusations of sexual assault leveled at two Michigan State University basketball

In an era where the word “transparency” is a favorite bell to ring, a Congressional committee chair has asked federal agencies to provide a complete list of names of every person that has made a request under the Freedom of Information Act. The New York Times reports Congressman Darrell Issa , a California Republican, has sent letters to every federal agency demanding they turn over the lists of names of people who have requested information in the last three year’s of George W. Bush’s administration and the first two year’s of President Barack Obama’s administration

An interagency task force looking at long-term federal strategy for so-called clean coal technologies released its final report today. The verdict? There are

LANSING, Mich.—Today Sen. Barack Obama stepped out to an adoring crowd chanting his name -- as he had so many times before during the course of the

An AP story examining data from the 2010 Census reports that nearly a quarter of counties across the U.S. are dying. And that isn’t as figurative as it may

Gary Glenn, president of the American Family Association of Michigan, did an interview with Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality in which he claimed that because Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Christian, he would be on the anti-gay side in today’s politics: I mean, Dr. King having been a conservative, southern, with a small ‘s,’ southern Baptist pastor in the 50’s and 60’s, whose view from a biblical standpoint on the question of homosexual behavior would’ve been unquestionable that he would have opposed it.

New data from Gallup show independents drifting away from Democrats -- and President Obama in particular -- in large numbers. After averaging four months of

If Ohio voters do not reject Senate Bill 5 today in a statewide referendum, it would probably be prudent to acquaint themselves with terms such as “blue

As Gov. Rick Perry makes tours the country promoting Texas as the country’s hub for job growth, minority communities in the state with already high