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Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed into law a bill that sets a 48 month lifetime limit on receiving welfare cash payments in the state of Michigan

A poll released Thursday by Public Opinion Strategies shows that 62 percent of Americans say that marriage in the United States should be between a man and a

When federal agents led a raid on medical marijuana businesses in Montana last week , questions were raised as to whether these businesses were raided because they were suspected of selling out of the proverbial back door to people without medical marijuana permits–or whether they were raided simply for being medical marijuana businesses. While answers are not readily forthcoming, facts suggest it was a little of both

The secret to ending abortion America is by shifting abortion rights to the states, saidAmericans United for Life‘s President Charmaine Yoest on a recent

Members of Minnesota’s congressional delegation signed onto a letter urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to speed up the approval process for medical devices. It was signed by 41 members of Congress, including Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Rep

If you cannot sell your house, you cannot move to a city or town with more jobs. It is an obvious point, but an important one for explaining the sustained, high

Speaking of Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) -- who apparently is weighing a run for the Senate seat being vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) -- Kate just

At the end of a press conference Wednesday afternoon Gov. Rick Snyder was asked why he did not join other Republican governors in signing his approval to pursue a repeal of President Obama’s Federal Healthcare Reform

Satellite measurements released yesterday reveal that Arctic sea ice is shrinking more rapidly than expected, and an older, thicker type of ice is now at its

Members of the Tea Party Nation e-mail list received an astonishing e-mail this afternoon, naming, rebutting, and attacking their critics. Sherry Phillips’s

Yesterday I was chatting with a House aide about the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell legislative repeal. Before I could ask about inflection points for passage in a

Similar to the criminal component of a federal law aimed at preventing abortion violence and intimidation, civil enforcement fell dramatically under President Bush.

As shrimpers got back to work in Louisiana yesterday, The Washington Post reports on fears that government testing of shrimp may not pass muster. According

The bailout’s demise in the House sent stocks plunging.

The Los Conchas Wildfire has forced the Los Alamos National Laboratory to close. Lab officials stress that radioactive material has been secured. “All hazardous and radioactive materials remain accounted for and are appropriately protected, as are key Lab facilities such as its proton accelerator and supercomputing centers,” says LANL’s website

As if to remind people why there was a serious CIA program possibly aimed at assassinating members of al-Qaeda, bin Laden lieutenant Ayman Zawahiri has a new

Ken Vogel has an essential story looking at the not-so-secret, but rarely examined, collegiate conservative fund network that trained James O’Keefe, Stan Dai,

Barely two hours after Togo West and Vernon Clark finished briefing the Senate Armed Services Committee on the results of their review of systemic Army

Obama on rendition, to The New York Times. I’m transcribing from the audio. There could be situations -- and I emphasize could be, because we haven’t made a