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Only three states currently allow undocumented immigrants to drive. Even there, new laws could restrict their right to get behind the wheel.

About 15 hours after Massey CEO Don Blankenship told Congress that worker safety is the company’s top priority, another Massey miner died in West Virginia, The

Housing sales should rise a strong 5 percent in March, housing economists say, with the rush fueled by the end-of-the-month expiry of the first time homebuyer’s

A detention facility in Montana must now administer all medical treatments to incarcerated pregnant women, including opiate-withdrawal medication, following a

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) will head the conference committee charged with reconciling the House and Senate versions of financial regulatory reform. The

Likely Republican caucusgoers sent a strong message to GOP presidential candidates in an Iowa AARP survey released Thursday, showing they’re strongly opposed to cuts to Social Security and Medicare and would much rather reduce military spending to address the federal deficit. That message could be made stronger by the fact that more than 20 percent of those surveyed are still unsure who they’ll support in the Jan

Sandra Pianalto, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, gave a speech explaining how she analyzes the economy and forecasting a long, slow

President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón announced a trade agreement Thursday, making good on an aspect of the 1994 NAFTA pact that has long been

Congratulations, Leon Panetta. When you decided, unexpectedly, to become President Obama’s CIA director, did you anticipate spending one of your first major

GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr) Herman Cain has announced that he will attend the Republican Party of Sarasota’s “Statesman of the Year” dinner , to honor Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour

Rep. Joe you lie! Wilson (R-S.C.), on Twitter, Sept. 7: – You can follow TWI on Twitter and Facebook.

One year after the Beer Summit, Democrats are once again on the defensive on race. Jerry Brown (D) on Meg Whitman (R): I’ve overseen thousands of

National People’s Action and the Public Accountability Initiative are up with a report on financial links between payday lenders, Main Street banks and Wall

Newly released guidelines from the Justice Department are calling renewed attention to the fact that the FBI is allowed to initiate assessments of individuals

It is over. After a marathon 20-hour session, the conference committee reconciling the House and Senate versions of financial regulatory reform completed their

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Though it’s unlikely the New Mexico Legislature and Gov. Susana Martinez will agree on measures to tighten rules for foreign national driver’s licenses, fewer foreign nationals are applying for them, according to the AP : An average of 22 foreign national licenses have been issued daily from January through July this year. That’s down from 52 a day during the same period last year and an average of 38 a day in 2009, according to an AP analysis of state records A total of 9,079 new foreign national licenses were granted from August 2010 through July 2011 — a drop of about 7,200 from the previous 12 months

Colorado Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Udall has long urged his colleagues to reform three of the most controversial provisions of the Patriot Act , saying the provisions are ripe for abuse. This week Congress decided against reform and extended the act as it stands for four more years.

Analysts hailed the victory of a former governor over a Tea Party favorite as a sign of strength for Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney, and of weakness for Mike Huckabee, in 2012.

Since the Democrats’ 1988 vice presidential nominee destroyed Dan Quayle for comparing himself to John F. Kennedy, most Republicans have stayed well away from

And here she is talking about the no-bid contracts four Western oil companies will reap from the Iraq war: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday said