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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

Pro-Israel and pro-peace groups argue both are possible.

The Presidential Inaugural Committee today announced the initial lineup for the official opening inaugural event in Washington, slated to kick off at 7 p.m 2

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

U.S. District Judge Mary Lisi held an in-chambers conference on NOM’s lawsuit against the Rhode Island Board of Elections today. (That’s lawyer-speak for a

UPDATE: April 5, 11 a.m. This article was amended for clarification and adds a response from Personhood USA to claims about personhood initiatives made by the

A coalition of environmental groups are preparing to file another lawsuit over the approval process for the Keystone XL process, arguing that the federal government has failed to comply with the law regarding the protection of endangered species in considering the project. The Hill reports : The groups sent a formal notice of intent to sue Thursday to the State Department – which is heading the federal review of the project – and several other agencies.

Anti-abortion rights groups have had varied responses to a report released by the Guttmacher Institute yesterday . The report shows that there has been a decrease in abortions among all subgroups of women, with the exception of women with low incomes. Among the more interesting responses is a claim by Life News that the report validates a campaign launched by anti-abortion groups targeting African-American women.

The hundred-thousand-plus crowd that filled downtown Madison, Wisconsin, this weekend is being touted as an answer to the Tea Party rallies that cropped up around the country last year. The pro-labor Madison crowds were larger than any of the Tea Party rallies last year, including the one hosted by Fox personality Glenn Beck in Washington in 2009.

A study released this week shows that Common Core State Standards in English and mathematics for K-12 education, adopted by Florida last year, align with five comparison standards considered “good indicators of college and career readiness.” The Educational Policy Improvement Center, the research center that released the study, selected (.pdf) comparison standards from California, Massachusetts and Texas, as well as the Knowledge and Skills for University Success and the International Baccalaureate program. The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers for K-12 education

Even as Michaele and Tareq Salahi try to sell their story to the highest media bidder, it looks like America’s most successful party crashers may get more

Put simply: People are spending their mortgages, says Housing Wire’s Paul Jackson.

Subprime and even prime adjustable rate mortgages were one of the many triggers of the collapse of the housing market because, when the introductory rates

This is the jaw-dropping part of Manu Raju’s new story on Republicans encouraging former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) to continue litigating to keep Al

CNN has a much-needed and revealing poll on the Tea Party movement, with full breakdowns available at their site that reveal -- no huge surprise -- that it

All eyes focused on Texas Gov. Rick Perry as he made his debate debut Wednesday evening at the fourth GOP showdown, this one hosted by Politico and NBC. Surging in the national presidential polls, Perry joined seven other Republican White House hopefuls at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.

The economy added 431,000 jobs last month, dropping the national unemployment rate from 9.9 percent to 9.7 percent, the Department of Labor Statistics announced

When you’re confirmed, as I’m sure you will be, Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) says he looks forward to working with CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta. Bond moves

A really good piece from The Washington Post yesterday points out that a ton of wasteful defense spending comes from congressional Democrats. It was Democrats

In a clear and unambiguous indication that the Obama administration will stop at nothing to undermine the security of the United States, State Department

While some lawmakers are trying to prevent nary a taxpayer cent from ever coming into contact with a clinic that also provides abortion, there’s a group out