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On his birthday, no less, President Obama will address the AFL-CIO Executive Council during its meeting in Washington, D.C. today. The Democrats know that

With less than a week until the general election, Christians are stepping up their involvement in the race. There is PrayforSarahPalin.com, a Website that

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) tells The Hill that the landmark climate bill being drafted by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) will likely

The American Independent recently reported on a federal pregnancy-assistance grant program that has been threatened in Tennessee after the Shelby County

Speaking at a labor conference in Washington today, Hilda Solis went after Massey Energy for the company’s role in the explosion that killed 29 miners in

Dan Powers, a former small business owner from Burnsville, announced his campaign for Congress on Monday in an open letter to Rep. John Kline, who he will challenge in 2012.

Democrats were quick to blame Republicans for their inability to gain 60 votes for a climate bill with a utility-only cap on greenhouse gas emissions. Senate

About 10 million people receive health coverage under CHIP.

Pollution in the St. Johns River (Pic by deadgirlsdontdance, via Flickr) The federally mandated “numeric nutrient criteria,” a set of standards to govern water pollution in the state of Florida, have been harshly criticized by industry, agriculture and even lawmakers — who argue the criteria are too stringent and would result in job losses and stymie business growth

The Obama-Biden transition team today released its first monthly list disclosing the names of donors to the transition and the size of their contributions. The

Just out from the White House: Good morning, everybody. I want to just make a brief comment about the fact that the two young journalists, Euna Lee and Laura

Ft. Hood’s commander, Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, said today that there are unconfirmed reports that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shouted God is great in Arabic before

Along party lines, the House Civil Law Committee passed a bill Monday to put a constitutional amendment that would restrict marriage in Minnesota to one man and one woman before voters. In a hearing in which religious leaders far outnumbered legal testifiers, emotions ran high as the father of a gay soldier killed in Afghanistan appealed to veterans to oppose the amendment. The committee heard several hours of testimony, including that of Bishop Bob Battle of the Berean Church of God in Christ

Nader Nadery, a member of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, said that the plan is indeed a mater of concern for us who work to promote the rule of law and protect human rights.

The Nebraska legislature, meeting in a special session to deal specifically with the Keystone XL pipeline that would cross their state, may be on the verge of passing a bill that could give the governor control over the route that pipeline would take. On Wednesday, the Natural Resources Committee voted 7-1 to send a bill to the full legislature that would require all oil pipeline companies to have the routes of their pipelines certified by a state panel headed by the governor before starting construction. LB4 , introduced by Schuyler Sen

Halloween falls just a few days before the most important election of our lives, as the saying goes, and some Obama supporters are hoping to turn the scary

KABUL, Afghanistan -- In an unprecedented move, Taliban insurgents are expected to throw the U.S. into unfamiliar territory by creating a hot winter of fighting.

The Senate just approved a cloture vote for the $26.1 billion state aid bill that would provide funds for teachers’ jobs and for Medicaid. Maine Sens.

Laurie Chapman, who has pleaded guilty to 30 counts of federal bribery charges for taking over $237,000 from Santa Fe-based Omni Roofing as a facilities manager for the Corrections Department and was later fired from a post in the Indian Affairs Department in February, has been receiving unemployment benefits since March.

Democrats are passing around this article by election handicapper Stuart Rothenberg, which takes the hammer and tongs to Rasmussen Reports. Rothenberg focuses

<p>Hillary Clinton came under fire for waffling on whether she supports giving drivers licenses to &quot;illegals.&quot; In all the back and