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From the offices of Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Harry Reid (D-Nev.) comes this description of the latest unemployment benefits extension being put forth by

The Hill reports that the American Association for Nude Recreation is coming to town next week to lobby Congress on nudism-related issues. The AANR will be

Michigan Forward says that more than 500 people have signed up to circulate petitions calling for a referendum on Public Act 4 — the Emergency Manager law. “Since our presentation to the city of Pontiac on May 12, our volunteer capacity has increased to over 500 volunteers in our focus communities: Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti, Benton Harbor, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Pontiac, Lansing, Traverse City, Saginaw, Southfield and Warren,” the progressive think tank said in a statement. The March 16 law was cast as a measure to address the state’s growing economic problems and allows emergency managers to take over towns and schools, fire elected officials, sell public property, end collective bargaining and privatize services.

Going back over that Liza Mundy profile of Orly Taitz, I think she actually missed an important detail about Taitz’s arguments, as well as missing the only

As I’ve been writing since last night, the tale of the CIA’s payments to Ahmed Wali Karzai seems less like a story about corruption than it does a story about

Last week, Gov. Rick Scott signed the state’s budget, which proposed reductions to health services for women and children. He also vetoed millions more in health service projects set aside specifically for women and children.

Douglas Kmiec announced Sunday he will resign from his post as the U.S. ambassador to Malta following the release of a State Department report (PDF)

Rep. John Kline, chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, is one of five sponsors of a bill that would continue a controversial religious school voucher program in Washington, D.C.. The program, which was launched for a five-year trial in 2003, was found to have failed to improve student achievement in the district, but did have a benefit for social conservatives — it helped fund religious education in the nation’s capitol city

The New York Times’ Ron Lieber has an excellent column on the severe hangover left by the cocktail of cheap credit and spiraling college tuitions: the tens of

Colorado conservation groups battling a proposed uranium mill in far western Colorado have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to hold off on approving the project until the federal agency updates its antiquated air quality regulations for radon emissions

WATERTOWN, N.Y. -- As I mentioned today in my story, some reporters have been frustrated by how calm, and downright shy, NY-23 Conservative Party candidate Doug

Kenneth Feinberg, who is in charge of administering the massive effort to compensate the victims of the Gulf oil spill, is testifying before a subcommittee of

An ad for The Awakening 2012 (Pic via Tea Party Manatee) The Freedom Federation , a network of conservative faith-based organizations, will host its “Awakening 2012″ event in Orlando next year, featuring a long list of big conservative names as “invited speakers.” Presidential hopefuls Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum and Rick Perry have all been invited to Awakening, which will take place April 19-21 at Calvary Assembly in Winter Park. According to the group’s website , Republicans Sen

Michael Kinsley, managing editor of The Atlantic Wire, is annoyed with Paul Krugman’s latest column in The New York Times, which he calls patronizing for its

Earlier today I talked with conservative pollster Rick Shaftan of Neighborhood Research, who has released a post-mortem memo and survey on the NY-23 special

John McCormack had the news first. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who has largely stayed away from candidate endorsements this year, swung for the fences

Adding to an ongoing list of controversial statements, American Family Association President Bryan Fischer is now claiming that HIV is not the cause of AIDS or

Ken Feinberg will spend his first official day as administrator of the Gulf oil spill fund in Mississippi at three town halls meant to explain the new claims

Much of the buzz about the late Robert Byrd’s (D-W.Va.) Senate replacement has revolved around what the appointment will mean for the Democrats’ economic

Members of Occupy Grand Rapids are planning to spend Friday protesting state plans to privatize careworker positions at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans. In a Facebook post the group says that it will gather from 4:00 – 7:00 pm at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans on 3000 Monroe Avenue Northeast.

A month ago, The Persecution of Sarah Palin author Matthew Continetti argued that Sarah Palin’s lousy poll numbers didn’t matter because maybe, just maybe,

I missed the 60 Minutes interview with President Obama yesterday, but The New York Times gives me the highlight reel. On Afghanistan: “There’s got to be