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Compounding reports from the weekend that Democrats, one month out from election day, are experiencing a miniature resurgence of sorts is the news that the

The confirmation hearings for Eric Holder to attorney general certainly weren’t as acrimonious as many predicted they’d be. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.), who

The son of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) is running a stronger race than anyone expected for the seat of retiring Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.), himself a politician whose

U.S. Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-Livonia) says Republican Rep

Members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement filed a conflict of interest complaint Tuesday against Environmental Protection Commission member Brent Rastetter, an appointee by Gov. Terry Branstad.

This report is part of collaboration with WNYC’s “It’s a Free Country” to cover the 25 most captivating congressional races from around the country. On

The right-leaning blogosphere is having some fun today with White House science adviser John Holdren. He said last week that the term global warming

The U.N. must reform, Clinton says. It has to become more transparent, more efficient and we will press for those changes. At the same time the United States

State Rep. Luis Garcia Jr., D-Miami (Pic by Mark Foley, via myfloridahouse.gov) State Rep

A derogatory, anti-gay comment posted this week on a blog in the run-up to a vote on repealing don’t ask don’t tell appears to have originated in Sen. Saxby

Yet another outside political group with practically zero paper trail (as of yet) is spending heavily against the Democrat in an obscure and heretofore

In the run-up to the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, a panel of foreign policy experts hosted by the New America Foundation shared thoughts on

Iowa Democratic Congressman Bruce Braley Wednesday admonished his Republican congressional colleagues’ support of the payroll tax increase, which Braley says will be a gut-punch to low-income and middle class families. “What’s so hypocritical about Republicans’ position on the payroll tax increase that they are proposing is that it is an enormous impact by hitting the middle class and working poor,” Braley said during a conference call with press.

In the wake of his conviction in U.S. District Court Thursday, Colorado Ethics Watch is calling on Adams County Sheriff Doug Darr to resign.

The real mystery is why it took so long for someone to buy the audiobook of Bill O’Reilly’s novel Those Who Trespass and turn the most sexually explicit clips

Michael Steele and Ken Blackwell just conferred in the hallway outside the main room, with Steele doing most of the talking. Steele tried to brush aside the

Federally sponsored single-payer health care might be off the table as Congress debates its health reform strategy this summer, but if some House lawmakers get

Obama says Republicans want to bamboozle you. Surprisingly, Alvin Greene might not win his Senate race. Scientists are using stimulus dollars to buy

Oil giant Exxon Mobil spent less money on lobbying in the second quarter (April to June) of this year than it did during the same period last year, despite

The visa system has one fatal flaw, according to tech industry leaders: It provides too many visas for family reunification and not enough for highly educated