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President Obama should be commended for his reality-based presentation of what the United States is after in Afghanistan: ABC’S TERRY MORAN: Define victory in

During his trip to New York City to make a speech to Manhattan Republicans, Gov. Rick Perry continued to stoke speculation that he may throw his hat into the

With a legislative compromise over redistricting between the Democratic-controlled Legislature and Republican Gov.

In a recent op-ed in the Clarion Ledger , a University of Mississippi law professor says that the so-called “Personhood” movement could have detrimental effects not only on the rights of women, but on those of families, as well. Fetal “Personhood” initiatives have cropped up in states across the U.S., including Florida, but it is in Mississippi where the measure has found the most support.

CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta clarified his statement yesterday that there may be a class of terrorism detainee who can’t be tried in court, nor

The Minnesota Independent reports that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is scheduled to join previously announced headliner Sarah Palin at the National Tea Party

Gay couples in California are being told to put their planned celebrations on ice, once again. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th circuit granted opponents

Deep into the Senate Finance Committee’s marathon debate over health care reform, Democrats Thursday night killed a GOP proposal that would have forced legal

It’s Earth Day, and over at TWI’s sister site, The Michigan Messenger, Eartha Jane Melzer reports that dioxin-contaminated fish caught from the Tittabawassee

The Obama administration could have just let this one go. U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates’ April 2 ruling that three detainees -- two from Yemen, one

Collier County’s Planned Parenthood is scheduled to hold a workshop April 28 with Catholics for Choice — a pro-choice Catholic organization that “supports a woman’s moral and legal right to follow her conscience in matters of sexuality and reproductive health.” Since the workshop was announced, Bill Donohue of the Catholic League and the Diocese of Venice in Florida have both publicly stated their disapproval, with the former accusing Catholics for Choice of working to “champion child abuse in the womb.” # Donohue released a press release yesterday saying that Catholics for Choice’s central message that “‘you can be prochoice and Catholic’–carries as much credibility as saying you can be pro-genocide and Catholic”: # Catholics for Choice has twice been condemned by the bishops’ conference as a fraud–there is nothing Catholic about it. Indeed, it has never raised as much as a dime from practicing Catholics, relying almost exclusively on donations from the Ford Foundation and other establishment groups.

A year ago, blogger Michael Shedlock pronounced Citigroup insolvent. No one paid much attention then, but Shedlock never wavered. Now the U.S. government is

Mike Huckabee is a master at using the clever quip to deflect tough questions. He toys with criticisms of his “fair tax” policy; at times he ignores

The Miami Herald reported over the weekend that supervisors of elections in the five Florida counties covered by the Voting Rights Act have refused to recognize the sweeping changes to state election laws recently signed by Gov. Rick Scott until the changes are cleared by the U.S.

This past legislative session, Florida was among a handful of states that sought to limit access to abortions when the age of the fetus is 20 weeks or more. The reasoning behind such restrictions is based on scientifically disputed claims that a fetus can feel pain starting at 20 weeks

Obama administration wants Pakistan to cooperate in plans to confront growing violence in the region.

Laura Rozen reports: Days after Obama delivered a Nobel speech that struck a new emphasis on human rights, saying freedom movements have history and us on

On Monday a federal court judge ordered the Department of Defense to release a 47-year-old father of two with a heart condition who it has imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for the past seven years without justification.

Given that the Obama administration worked last night with House Democrats to soften the language of Rep. Mike Pence’s (R-Ind.) Iran resolution -- which passed

Tar Sands Action, the group that organized the massive protests at the White House against the Keystone XL pipeline that resulted in more than 1,000 arrests, has announced the third phase of their protest plans against the project. The second phase, protests at events at which President Obama is speaking, is still ongoing. Phase three is slated for Nov