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A 33-year-old Idaho woman is seeking class-action status on a federal lawsuit challenging a new state law that bans abortion after 20 weeks of gestation, made

Yesterday, Senate Democratic leaders began moving on a proposal to scrap the current formula dictating doctors’ Medicare rates and replacing it with a system

At a press conference on Rep. Jack Kingston’s (R-Ga.) anti-czar legislation, Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) held up a chart of 34 czars in the

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad will cross the state today and tomorrow, first returning to Sioux City today to further assess flood damage, now estimated to be in the tens of millions of dollars, and then will go to eastern Bettendorf the next day to meet President Barack Obama

A number of lawmakers are up in arms this week over vague comments by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the controversial TransCanada Keystone XL

The Nevada Democratic Party filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission on Wednesday against the state’s Senate GOP candidate Sharron Angle and her

Being fourth is not usually something to be proud of, but for Detroit is a huge leap forward. For many years the city has been cited as the most segregated community in the country, but new census numbers released last month show the city’s segregation is beginning to break down. And Salon.com has a fantastic piece reviewing the historic and economic issues behind the traditional segregation and why it is changing today.

The U.S. Department of the Interior has responded to reports from over the weekend that BP is set to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and that Transocean,

For the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, it is WaMu week. Tomorrow, the subcommittee will release more than 500 documents on Washington

It looks as though the McCain campaign is developing a new theme for its attacks on Sen. Barack Obama. As in the infamous "That’s not change we can believe

A hearing earlier today on SB 1070, Arizona’s immigration crackdown, went basically as expected: Department of Justice lawyers argued that the law pre-empted

One of the themes that emerged from last week’s Republican presidential debate in Nevada – the foreclosure capital of the United States – is that GOP candidates largely don’t think the federal government should do much to fix the ongoing housing crisis. Instead, candidates – if they’ve said anything at all about housing – feel the real estate market should be allowed to hit rock bottom while the broader economy is stimulated by programs aimed at job growth – especially in energy sectors like oil and gas development and coal mining.

The Michigan Messenger’s Todd Heywood was on Off the Record with Tim Skubick this week talking about Gov. Snyder’s record, the presidential campaign in this state and much more. Video below the fold

Did foreclosures play a direct role in the election results? At the Orange County Register, real-estate blogger Jon Lansner thinks so. He matched up states with

“Take the Test, Take Control” is the key message of the National HIV Testing Day held on June 27 and sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Association of People with AIDS. # “ All Americans need to know they should Take the Test, Take Control , at least once a year,” reads a National Association of People with AIDS announcement

The Rev. Mark Bidwell of Ferndale is coming under fire after police responded to an emergency call to his home on Sept

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), chairman of an airline safety panel, will hold hearings early next year to examine the holes in airport screening that allowed a

After going back and forth with Feith -- in which Feith conceded there were indeed abuses in Defense Dept. detention and interrogation operations -- Rep.