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Eric Kleefeld points to a new post from Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), cheering on disruptions of Democratic town halls. Embedded in that post is an interesting

In response to guidance from the Michigan Department of Community Health, the Macomb County Health Department has changed the client acknowledgment forms they use — but some advocates say they haven’t gone far enough yet. Dr

Via Josh Marshall, Mark Mazzetti reports for The New York Times that Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Calif.) choice for CIA director, Steve Kappes, might remain

Pennsylvania is now a main site of action in the international chess game that pits the Catholic Church against advocates for the victims of sexual abuse. This fall, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia was just breaking free from fallout of a vast abuse scandal when the high-profile abuse scandal broke at Penn State University, adding new urgency to lawmaker efforts to reform state statutes of limitations in order to give victims more time to file civil claims against abusers . Those efforts will undoubtedly garner great support among citizens but they will also surely meet savvy well-managed resistance from the Church under new Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput, who orchestrated successful opposition to similar efforts in Colorado as Archbishop of Denver over the past half decade.

Supporters of diverse local media and champions of competition among news outlets are celebrating the recent U.S.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator Jane Lubchenco will send a letter today to the

We’re going to re-define the pro-life debate in the 2010 election, said Terry.

With the confirmation of Judge Albert Diaz on Dec. 18 to the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, President Obama’s influence on the court seems firmly in

Dawn reports that the five U.S. citizens arrested late last year in Pakistan on suspicion of attempting to liaise with al-Qaeda have now been indicted on

Next month at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Houston, anti-abortion rights advocates will gather for two hours of prayer, lunch and spring wear -– all made

Former Rep. Heather Wilson holds a commanding early lead in the Republican Senate primary, according to a Republican pollster

More important than anything Director of National Intelligence-nominee Dennis Blair and CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta said at their rollout this morning

For many people, one of the confounding things about the financial crisis has been trying to grasp exactly what happened on Wall Street -- and how things could

I hate to seem like a grinch. It’s certainly good news that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are halting foreclosures for the holiday season. No one wants to see

At the end of last week, GMAC Mortgage, the United States’ fourth-biggest home loan lender, now called Ally Financial, admitted it has broken the law by rushing

After pushing for years for an economy-wide cap on carbon emissions, the White House and Senate Democrats appear ready to compromise. Their newest idea is a cap

Today a cohort of progressive bloggers unveils a new effort against the planned 20,000-troop increase of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. A website called

Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) is harping on CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta for saying that people were rendered for torture. What evidence are you basing that on,

First appeared January 24, 2008 As the mortgage-market meltdown continues to push the Iraq War from the headlines and put sweat on the brows of

Here’s a fascinating exchange between Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Financial Services subpanel on housing, and Mary Coffin, executive