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The prices for consumer goods fell for a second straight month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today -- meaning the second straight month of slight

For environmentalists in the Appalachians, it was a roller-coaster week.

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During a press conference this morning, Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl, both Republicans from Arizona, announced a 10-point border security plan for Arizona they

President Clinton will campaign today in South Florida on behalf of Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fl.). Meek is coming off some decidedly better poll numbers in his

With the 2012 election still more than a year away, DFL contender Rick Nolan has already garnered a slew of big names on Minnesota’s Iron Range in his attempt to unseat Republican Rep. Chip Cravaack.

It seems that the dump-Jim-Jones-rumors wax and wane every few weeks. As April wound to a close, a couple stories went around about the national security

At 2:30 p.m. today, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is scheduled to appear before a Senate panel to testify about the Obama administration’s strategy for

So reports Barbara Starr. Gen. Stanley McChrystal has already come to the conclusion that there are too few Afghan forces, and they’re, ultimately, the

Buried in this transcript at Media Matters, I see Sean Hannity making things up about State Department Legal Advisor Harold Koh. You have a State Department

NPR and NBC have just called the Oregon Senate race for Democrat Jeff Merkley. Merkley trailed Republican Gordon Smith before early and absentee ballots were

Former Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) is testifying right now before the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee on the Waxman-Markey climate bill. As a respected

Aboard Straight Talk Air, an adviser to Sen. John McCain said Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin alters the electoral map, and gave a glimpse into her role in the

As the cable news networks parse every word of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson -- with more still to come today -- some are

I was just talking to Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), who’s leaving Congress to run for governor of Michigan, about his proposed Parental Rights Amendment—a

McClatchy reported late last week that a Justice Department document asserts the FBI can obtain telephone records of international calls made from the U.S.

Former U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent was sentenced to 33 months in prison on Monday, after pleading guilty to one count of obstruction of justice. The plea

Watchdog groups tend to cry foul when lobbyists solicit earmarks for their corporate clients from legislators. Lobbyists, in turn, often blame the groups for

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee on Monday announced the creation of a $20 million redistricting fund to assist 2010 races that will have the

A new anti-abortion-rights bill introduced in the Michigan House Thursday calls for criminalization of coercion to abort. In its current draft, House Bill

TWI politics reporter David Weigel was back on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show last night to talk about his reporting on the conservative uprising in the New

The 2.1 million Americans hoping for a federal extension of unemployment insurance benefits are still waiting on Gov. Joe Manchin (D) of West Virginia. The

New vehicles that get one or two miles per gallon better, qualify drivers for a $4,500 cash credit.