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Earlier this week, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) was asked by Charleston’s Post and Courier whether people have a right to health care? I think health care is

More than seven years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a state law criminalizing homosexual conduct, the unconstitutional provision remains on the

Teenagers who live in politically conservative parts of the country are more depressed and suicidal than teens who live in politically progressive parts of the country, according to a study by Columbia University psychologist Mark Hatzenbuehler published this week.

We need to be buying more oil from Canada. That’s what Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) told a Canadian newspaper this weekend on a trip to the country to observe

The FDIC’s attempt at mass restructurings of mortgages comes with risks -- and insiders are divided on the wisdom of the plan.

Most of the discussion of President-elect Barack Obama’s appointments announced Monday focused on whether Leon Panetta does or doesn’t have the experience

Greg Sargent reported yesterday that Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) wrote to Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, after The Washington Post

The DISCLOSE Act is up for another vote in the Senate today, and while everyone understands that the chances of flipping a lone Republican to vote for the cause

Reid Wilson has the first look at a resolution being pushed by Republican National Committee member Jim Bopp, author of the infamous socialist resolution,

According to Forbes magazine , Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is following the lead of Michigan Gov

The Los Angeles Times reported today that a California agency is set to approve renewable energy standard that is significantly more stringent than the one

Federal agencies have stepped up efforts to crack down on medical marijuana, and while high-profile ATF raids may be more immediately shocking, there is a less

Merck and Co., Inc. engaged in a series of deceitful actions that led to an underestimation of deaths caused by its blockbuster drug Vioxx during

The Senate will vote Monday evening on legislation extending unemployment benefits -- a procedural vote that could clear the way for final passage as early as

U.S. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) will announce Monday he will not run for re-election in 2012 after being in the Senate since 1987, scoops Chris Cillizza of the

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The federal immigration program that allows local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws is becoming a thorn in the side of the Obama

The White House will be live streaming President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address. Watch here, starting at 8 pm CST; transcript of the address below. CNN will be streaming the speech , along with replies by Republicans Paul Ryan and Michele Bachmann, who is speaking on behalf of the tea party