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EPA has asked nine hydraulic fracturing service providers to voluntarily hand over information about the chemicals the companies use in removing natural gas

Like Carter, Craig stepped down this year from a position that put him in charge of Guantanamo-related decisions. Craig resigned as White House Counsel this

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took to the chamber floor this morning to make an announcement that few on Capitol Hill want to hear: Congress will

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For many in America, 2009 was a year of beginnings. For these ten politicians, it marked the end of a chapter of their political careers.

This is crazy: The U.S. military on Sunday ordered a court-martial for a civilian contractor charged with aggravated assault while working as an Army

Democrats’ push to expand entitlement programs is just an attempt to get Americans hooked on federal spending just “like a drug dealer,” former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum said Monday night at the annual Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition fundraiser

Supporters of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) more or less invented the concept of the one-day moneybomb tied to a history event. Two years ago exactly, Paul raised

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, who appeared at the Occupy MN protest in Minneapolis over the holiday weekend, advised public officials to respect the autonomy of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Gov. John Hickenlooper today dismissed the fears of activists and community members concerned that the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing can contaminate groundwater supplies, but he conceded the state should require the industry to disclose chemicals used in the “fracking” process. “Everyone in this room understands that hydraulic fracturing doesn’t connect to groundwater, that it’s almost inconceivable that groundwater will be contaminated,” Hickenlooper said in the opening speech of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA) annual meeting in Denver, according to the Denver Business Journal

In reporting yesterday on the fallout from Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-Vt.) proposal last week to create a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate the

Colorado conservation groups will rally on the sidewalk in front of U.S. Rep

Ouch. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) just lit into Sonia Sotomayor for being a terror on the bench and nasty to lawyers, and for attacking lawyers she

The Democratic majority leader was lauded for his efforts enabling passage of the health care reform bill earlier this year. Now, the party, as well as the

Last month, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno went to the Hill for his confirmation hearing as the U.S.’s new Iraq commander and... no one cared. Odierno, formerly David

Lawyers for the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), a national conservative Christian legal organization, sent a letter to the Anoka-Hennepin School District this week urging it to maintain its “neutrality policy” on sexual orientation. The letter (PDF) comes in response to a possible lawsuit by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the National Council for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) , two groups that have accused the district of creating an unsafe environment for LGBT students.

In addition to filing frivolous lawsuits in California, Orly Taitz is representing U.S. Army Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook, who’s seeking conscientious objector