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Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) records a promotional video for the Take the Town Halls to DC campaign, promising activists some more results for this bout of

Via USA Today, White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer has denied that the administration is pressuring Senate Democrats to forge a deal with Sen. Joe Lieberman

Sarah Palin, not to be deterred by the mixed reception New Hampshire voters gave her endorsement of GOP senate candidate Kelly Ayotte, is back on the campaign

President Obama’s team of advisers, initially touted for its wealth of experience and qualifications, continues to unravel as Nancy Killefer withdraws her

The situation with the Pakistanis is deteriorating by the minute. On Sunday they fired warning shots at U.S. helicopters in Pakistani airspace. Yesterday they

The Republican behind the Don’t Vote ads aimed at Latino voters came out with a follow-up video explaining why his original spot wasn’t meant to help the GOP

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In the past week, Gov. Sarah Palin has ramped up her anti-abortion rhetoric, going so far as to say that Sen. Barack Obama wouldn’t even

We all knew it was coming, but now it’s official -- West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) is running in his state’s special Senate election. He announced his

From Friday, but still worth noting, is a rather comprehensive list compiled by the Think Progress blog of all the monetary pledges conservative groups have

During President Obama’s first prime time press conference tonight, he was asked his opinion of Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-Vt.) proposal to start a comprehensive

In my piece about Randall Terry’s Tea Party-driven comeback, I broke the news that Terry’s activists were going to mount congressional campaigns in 2010 for the

The Miami-based Christian Family Coalition stated in a press release last week that Florida’s legislative session this year was “without a doubt … the very best statewide legislative session in the history of the Coalition.” # Florida’s state legislature passed five bills this year limiting access to abortions in the state, as well as bill’s aimed at making exclusively social conservatives happy .

At the Heritage Foundation, Manny Miranda floated the theory that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor could sink her own nomination by being overly firey and

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Wikimedia Commons ) Mother Jones reports that presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has received an endorsement from former Rep.

A Guantanamo detainee’s transfer to the United States for trial is at odds with the president’s call for a new system of indefinite imprisonment.

NASHVILLE -- I’m so proud to be an American! Happy birthday, Ronald Reagan. Sarah Palin took the stage of the National Tea Party Convention to a thundering

The Sun-Sentinel reports on former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s visit to the Daytona 500, and her response to a reporter’s political question. When asked what a

Personhood USA co-founder Keith Mason (Pic via personhoodusa.com) Health Board Chair Douglas Laube is voicing strong opposition to Mississippi’s proposed “fetal personhood” amendment, which will be voted on tomorrow. Amendment 26 aims to grant legal rights to fertilized eggs; the measure could have severe consequences for women’s reproductive health

Carrie Johnson in The Washington Post today picks up on a problem we’ve been writing about at TWI for months now: when it comes to information about crimes

First Read reported that Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Calif.) choice for CIA director is current deputy director Steve Kappes. Kappes, unlike Leon Panetta, is a