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AARP, the largest advocacy group in the U.S. for retired persons, sued on Tuesday the Department of Housing and Urban Development for promoting policy changes

Today’s shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has elicited reaction from the Human Rights Campaign and the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, on which she serves, as well as at least one Tea Party group, which was quick to condemn the attack.

On the floor of the U.S. House today, New York Congressman Anthony Weiner mock-congratulated Republican leadership for fast-tracking Colorado Rep

The New York Times reports that new data shows the number of young and poor families in the country increased in 2010. According to the Times : More than one in three young families with children were living in poverty last year, according to an analysis of census data by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University. At 37 percent, it was the highest level on record for the group, surpassing the previous peak of 36 percent in 1993, according to the analysis by Ishwar Khatiwada, an economist at the center.

President Obama is pushing a compromise cash-for-clunkers program that will bridge the gap between two competing bills and provide a sliding incentives scale,

Protesters remain undaunted by a U.S. State Department decision Friday giving preliminary approval to the controversial Keystone XL pipeline meant to pump tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to the Gulf Coast of Texas. Demonstrations have been taking place all week in front of the White House and included a “No Tar Sands Caravan” bus tour that stopped in Boulder and Denver earlier in the week

As civil rights and grassroots advocates step up the pressure on Attorney General Eric Holder to prosecute former Bush officials for authorizing torture,

Via David Corn at Mother Jones, no alarms and no surprises here. Only a fraudulent election upheld by the same clique that put the fix in. Hopes for a

Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news. Reactions to President Obama’s speech to Congress on Wednesday continue to pour in. A Democratic

President Obama, in an interview with Rolling Stone published on the web today, said he would push to pass energy legislation next year. While his commitment is

With an emphasis on help for civilians, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-Calif.) just issued a statement applauding President Obama for

Pontiac Emergency Manager Lou Schimmel’s recent decision to fire the city clerk led the ACLU to warn that today’s election has been jeopardized . The Treasury Dept., which is responsible for overseeing Emergency Mananger, however, says that it is not worried about the election.

Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news. President Obama gave a speech today in support of health care reform at a General Motors plant in

A civil rights group is pressing Sen. John McCain to disown the ugliest attack on voting rights in recent history, referencing a Republican scheme to

The Alliance for Climate Protection, the environmental advocacy organization founded by Al Gore, says that ABC refused to run its TV spot promoting alternative

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Here’s a brief summary of the day’s health care news. President Obama is slated to address a joint session of Congress on Sept. 9 to lay out more detailed

The Wall Street Journal picks up an extraordinary illustration of poverty and government assistance in America. At WalMart, before midnight on the 30th or 31st