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UPDATED: March 9, 12:35 p.m. Social Justice Begins in the Womb! That’s one of several Twitter/Facebook status updates available for use from a brand-new

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was asked at a press conference Saturday in Springerville, Ariz., about the Wallow Fire burning in Arizona and Western New Mexico

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo (Pic by Nieve44/La Luz, via Flickr) In statement for the Catholic Church’s “Respect Life Month,” Cardinal Daniel DiNardo released a statement saying that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is exhibiting antagonism toward religion and has displayed a “distorted view of sexuality.” DiNardo, who is the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, has taken issue with a decision by Health and Human Services to include birth control in a list of preventive care services.

From an RNC press release, here’s a hint at just who’s moping about Harold Ford’s aborted Senate bid.

Colorado Republican Party Chair Dick Wadhams apparently isn’t the only one attacking the financial acumen of state Sen.

Turns out that even conservatives can’t stomach the indefinite detention of a lawful U.S. resident, without charge, in an American prison. In an amicus

Unlike previous Democratic presidential candidates, Obama has taken a cue from the state’s governor and freshman senator and launched an all-inclusive 88-county strategy with an unprecedented grassroots campaign. Ohioans have never seen anything like it.

Greg Sargent reports: Two freshman Republicans — at the direction of Eric Cantor and other House GOP leaders — will introduce a bill to “direct”

In an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested that Detroit could be helped by a federal policy to encourage immigrants to locate there. The Associated Press reports: “Take a look at the big, old, industrial cities, Detroit, for example,” he said.

Iowa women considering an elected office, or who want to serve on local boards and commissions, will soon have an opportunity to learn the ins-and-outs of politics. More importantly, the campaign training comes at a time when redistricting and state gender-balancing policies have opened up new opportunities for women. If ever there was a time for women to explore opportunities to run for public office, it’s now, says Dianne Bystrom, director of Iowa State University’s Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics

A new Washington Post poll in the Virginia gubernatorial race has Republican candidate Bob McDonnell jumping to a 9-point lead over Democratic candidate Creigh

CNN has just released a poll that found 52 percent of Americans, according to a new CNN poll, say Afghanistan has turned into a situation like the U.S. faced

In memory of Sen. Ted Kennedy, TWI has compiled its recent coverage of the senator and the effect his passing will have on the country.

Over at The Huffington Post, Sam Stein has a piece on something kind-of-but-not-totally-similar to a piece I’m working on: progressive-Jewish reactions to Gaza.

Today at the Heritage Foundation, legal experts debated the merits of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision -- with Justice Anthony Kennedy joining the liberal wing

New tallies released by Pueblo County Clerk Bo Ortiz on Thursday put the percentage of “inactive voters” who returned ballots this year at 1,791 or nearly 11 percent of county voters. That’s a gain of nearly 5 percentage points from 2009 and well above the previous statewide 3 percent average. “A press release issued October 31 by this office contained a mistake in the reporting of the Inactive Failed to Vote tabulations,” Ortiz wrote in a release.

The Center for Responsive Politics revealed Thursday that corporate campaign spending has skyrocketed since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. the Federal

After killing health care reform in 1993, the health insurance lobby made the PR-savvy decision not to come out in staunch opposition to the Democrats’ plans

Immigration and human rights experts say that no other developed country has passed an immigration law as stringent as Alabama’s. Although pieces of the law