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Hispanic students graduate from college at a lower rate than white students at all levels of college selectivity, according to a new report from the American

<p>In a stump speech today in Iowa, presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee tried to bring the world issues of the day home to the people of Pella by linking

The FreeRepublic.com forums have been roiled by conservative activists debating whether or not the Kenyan certified copy of registration of birth released by

It looks like Gov. Bill Richardson’s (D-N.M.) troubles might be getting a bit worse. Richardson is currently entangled in a federal pay-to-play investigation in

Incumbents and establishment candidates got an expected run for their money during Tuesday’s primaries, but for the most part, challengers did not manage to

Buoyed by President Obama’s executive orders and presidential memoranda renouncing excessive government secrecy last week, advocates are pushing the new

With fears of a new wave of domestic terrorism rising (even though those fears are statistically way out of proportion to the millions of American Muslims), The

Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) is asking federal officials to protect Lake Michigan from coal ash pollution from the S.S. Badger car ferry which operates between Luddington, Michigan and Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Brian Beutler at Talking Points Memo reports that Democrats plan to hold off on altering Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s (D-Ark.) derivatives language until after her

It sure is getting to be a hot summer. And the town hall protesters are turning up the heat: they’ve gone from objecting to a national health care plan to

The Quartet of major international players attempting to broker an Israeli-Palestinian negotiated settlement -- the European Union, the U.S., Russia, and the

That previously mentioned luncheon with Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) went awry when the news broke that former Health and Human Services Secretary-nominee Tom

In a unanimous decision issued just moments ago, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that Iowa’s definition of marriage, which excluded same-sex couples, violates

The New York Times takes a swipe at the Obama administration today, in a sobering editorial warning that more needs to be done to address the alarming number of

Bloomberg News’ Caroline Baum has a tart piece on strategic defaults and consumer spending -- invoking the theory, first put forward by HousingWire’s Paul

During the U.S. Senate debate in Morgantown, W.Va., last night, Republican John Raese’s campaign kept me faithfully updated with emails pairing Gov. Joe

Bobby Joe Rogers (Pic via escambiaso.com ) Police today announced they have made an arrest following a fire at a Pensacola area abortion clinic early Sunday morning. After a joint investigation involving the Division of State Fire Marshal’s Bureau of Fire and Arson Investigations and other members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, officers determined that Bobby Joe Rogers of Tuscaloosa, Ala., set fire to the clinic, causing approximately $300,000 in damage.

A fresh-out statement from Geoff Morrell, chief spokesman for Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, reacting to the proposed legislative language for repealing the

As House and Senate leaders confer about the final details of what will be President Obama’s $800-plus billion stimulus plan, both sides are seeking to cut a

Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission met with the heads of the major U.S. stock exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange and alternative venues

The man who wrote the new GOP.com’s 19th century-centric Heroes page has issued a new email blast about Republican history.

Enacted as part of February’s economic stimulus bill, the popular $8,000 tax credit for new homebuyers expires Nov. 30, prompting calls among some lawmakers to