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In an interesting chain of events last week, “uterus” became a four-letter word on the Florida House floor. A group of pro-uterus insurrectionists have now leaped to the defense of the now-defenseless “uterus” via the Internet

You thought Phil Mudd was done? Months ago, Mudd, the chief of the FBI’s national security branch and a respected longtime CIA official, was forced to withdraw

Merle Wertman, now 62, was diagnosed with Polycythemia Vera five years ago. He had no idea what Polycythemia Vera was. That isn’t surprising, considering

The good news: Officially the nation’s unemployment rate fell to 9.7 percent in January, down from 10 percent in December. The bad news: That figure ignores

It’s not just former Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) who’ve alleged that the CIA’s list of briefings for congress on the enhanced

The stakes are high for the next roll-out of a new financial plan by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the Obama Administration. In the midst of a House

So it used to be that the Obama administration wanted Ambassador Zal Khalilzad to be something like a CEO for Afghanistan, because, you know, who doesn’t trust

While state Republicans are spearheading the contentious move to put a constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage on the ballot next year, not all conservatives are behind them. In recent weeks, a number of conservatives — ranging from small-government and libertarian groups to gay Republicans — have spoken out against codification of marriage laws within the Minnesota Constitution.

When the House last week passed legislation to renew a controversial domestic wiretapping program, the groans from the Democratic-Party faithful did little to

It has been 22 days since some unemployment insurance recipients stopped receiving benefits, as the extenders bill -- also known as the jobs bill or H.R. 4213

From Fox News’ all-star panel after Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal wrapped up: BRIT HUME: It read better than it sounded... this was not Bobby Jindal’s greatest

This comes from September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, a survivors’ group that has urged the Obama administration to shut down Guantanamo Bay: We,

As the energy debate continues to bubble around the country, it appears more and more Democrats are abandoning their opposition to expanded offshore drilling

MoveOn.org, the progressive grassroots action group with five million members, today emailed their supporters to urge them to host a screening of Brave New

Senate Democratic leadership is pulling together a small-bore jobs bill, giving payroll tax breaks to businesses that repatriate jobs from overseas. Here is the

The New York Times has a bizarre story today about a former government scientist who attempted to sell Venezuela plans to build a nuclear bomb, in exchange for

If you believe in the primacy of the news cycle, this has been a lousy week for RNC Chairman Michael Steele. He’s booked on Face the Nation this Sunday, and

Who are the real activists on the U.S. Supreme Court? Do Republican appointees differ from Democratic appointees? How much? Are federal judges

At least four people are dead in San Bruno, Calif., after a natural gas pipeline break caused an explosion that leveled dozens of homes and damaged many

As Senate lawmakers launch new efforts to curb the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, some key members have joined local transportation officials and environmentalists to ask a seemingly relevant question: Where’s the commitment to public transit?

The idea of creating an impermeable high-tech fence that doubles as a panopticon to keep out illegal immigrants has always been the triumph of paranoia over

Sarah Palin expands the English language. The FEC hits Joe Biden with a $219,000 fine for accepting illegal campaign donations. The acting director of

A controversial Jacksonville-based abstinence education program whose founder has endorsed the work of Ugandan pastor Martin Ssempa, a chief proponent of that country’s “Kill the Gays” bill, has declined to reapply for Florida Department of Health funds. # In February, The Florida Independent’s Andy Kopsa broke news about the ties between Ssempa and Project SOS founder Pam Mullarkey, whose organization has received more than $8 million in taxpayer funding since 2001

Supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline claim that the project will be a rich source of jobs, but critics say their numbers don’t add up and any boost in jobs will be temporary.