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Starting next fall, illegal immigrants will be banned from certain state colleges and universities in Georgia after a vote today by the state board of regents.

Yesterday, I noted that former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) had endorsed Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party’s candidate for an upstate New York congressional

Reid called the insurers’ anti-trust exemption anticompetitive and damaging to the American economy.”

Switzerland sent officials last month to visit the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay to collect information about four detainees it’s considering accepting for

The company tasked with guarding the U.S. embassy in Kabul stands accused of defrauding the State Department, hiring non-English speaking guards and involvement in prostitution.

The very unamused people at the Project on Government Oversight, which broke the story of ArmorGroup’s out-of-control security guards at the U.S. embassy in

Republican presidential hopeful and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was named by the environmental activist group Greenpeace as one of 15 politicians “who are among those in the House of Representatives working for America’s dirty and decrepit coal-fired power industry.” The report , released Monday, details each representative’s contributions to coal pollution. According to the report’s introduction: These 15 members have tried to stop EPA from modernizing standards for pollutants that come predominantly from coal-fired power plants, including mercury, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, greenhouse gases, and coal ash.

In a letter today to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the American Medical Association, the nation’s largest doctors lobby, announced its support for

Daniel Hay Lewis was charged with the criminal transmission of HIV because he tried to bite a Broward Sheriff’s deputy while being arrested early last week. LGBT and health advocates are now speaking out about the case, saying the charges are inappropriate and an example of “prosecutorial hysteria.” # Lewis remains in custody, and has also been charged with grand theft, obstructing with violence and assaulting a police officer.

With U.S. and Afghan forces about to attempt to take the Afghan village of Marja in Helmand province away from the Taliban, Gen. Stanley McChrystal records this

This post is the first in an occasional blog series in which we hear from real Gulf coast residents on how the oil spill impacts their lives. Elodia Blanco,

Maggie Gallagher argues that the Dede Scozzafava debacle in NY-23 could scare New York Republicans out of supporting gay marriage in the state Senate. (New

Speaking of the Obama administration hinting at new sanctions placed on Iran, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in a visit to the Kurdish regions of Iraq, dropped

Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) wanted to know why Gen. Stanley McChrystal was giving speeches in London -- a speech seen as detrimental and even divisive -- and 60

Ben Wetmore, the 28-year-old conservative activist whom James O’Keefe called a mentor, has stayed out of the headlines since it was revealed that he housed

BOSTON -- A surprising discovery at yesterday’s People’s Rally in Worcester was just how many people had traveled into the state to assist, in whatever way,

Damian Paletta at The Wall Street Journal reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is likely to file cloture on Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.)

Patrick Thibodeau of ComputerWorld reports that one result of the administration’s crackdown on employers using H-1B (non-immigrant skilled worker) visas is

If we are successful, what does that mean to the bringing home of troops? asked Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) during today’s Senate Armed Services Committee

Most campaign finance reform advocates are calling for greater restrictions -- or at least stricter disclosure requirements -- on donations from outside groups

2012 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) Jacksonville’s Susie Wiles, the former campaign manager for Gov. Rick Scott, has joined the team of would-be GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Wiles was working closely with Romney opponent Jon Huntsman until July, when she left her position as campaign manager

Nick Baumann of Mother Jones reports that the latest vehicle to try to soak American investors -- after Citi’s plans to develop derivatives (a type of insurance