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One of the major critiques of holding a civilian trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his fellow alleged 9/11 conspirators is that any city hosting the trial

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) introduced a proposed rule change today that would allow immigrants with U.S. citizen spouses to submit a waiver of inadmissibility before returning to their country to attend their immigrant visa interview

A new television ad begins airing Friday in the Sioux City market that informs those expecting August government checks — Social Security, veteran benefits and military pay — that if the check doesn’t arrive, they should thank U.S. Rep.

Of all the interesting tidbits in Brett Arends’ article in The Wall Street Journal about how to decide whether to walk away from your mortgage, his admission

Statements are beginning to dribble out from Capitol Hill following the death this afternoon of 18-term Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.). Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio),

Over the past several days, ever since Gov. Sarah Palin and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) started warning about pro-American parts of the country and

Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York and president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, sent a strongly-worded letter to President Obama this

Burleson LLP , a top national energy law firm that recently opened a Denver office, this week announced the hiring of one of the top enforcement officials from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) – the state agency that regulates oil and gas drilling. The firm on Tuesday issued a release announcing it has hired Robert A. Willis, who “has joined the energy law firm’s Denver office and will concentrate his practice in oil and gas law, with a specialty in regulatory affairs.” Willis previously served as acting hearings manager, enforcement officer and hearings officer for the COGCC

In what might be a preview of a tough partisan battle ahead, the Bush administration’s chief economic adviser said Thursday that the Wall Street bailout (the

After Philip Zelikow advocates closing Guantanamo Bay, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) -- who, earlier in the hearing, praised President Obama for his responsible

As if the news that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and his four co-defendents pleaded guilty to the 9/11 attacks wasn’t wild enough, now it appears that they’ve

The so-called “Personhood” movement, though once labeled extreme by even conservative groups in Florida, is gaining traction across the country . In Mississippi, the group’s efforts have paid off — a “Personhood” amendment, which seeks to ban abortion (and could ban some forms of birth control) will be on the state’s November ballot. Recent reports indicate the group is now seeking signatures in Ohio, in an effort to place a similar abortion ban on that state’s ballot

The office of Gov. Rick Snyder has declined to release contingency plans related to possible layoffs or firings in the event negotiations with unions representing state employees fail to achieve millions in planned for concessions. The Lansing State Journal requested the plans under the state’s Freedom of Information Act

In preparation for their Family, Faith & Freedom rally planned as an alternative to The Response — tomorrow’s controversial prayer and fast hosted

The Obama administration’s announcement last week that it was making a slight shift on immigration policy, to target employers who hire illegal workers rather

A bill to create a Tier 5 of federal unemployment benefits to help those who are languishing in long-term unemployment will be submitted in Congress sometime next week. The bill would add an additional 14 weeks to available unemployment benefits.

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Doug Vilsack knows that finding third-world poverty and a lack of connectivity to the electrical grid in modern America might be about as shocking to some people as finding elephants wandering the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners region of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. So when Vilsack’s Denver-based sustainable energy non-profit Elephant Energy researched the situation on the Navajo Nation last year, discovering dangerous kerosene lanterns and heaters and more than 18,000 households completely off the grid, they changed their name to Eagle Energy in the Four Corners area. Arizona’s Monument Valley in the Navajo Nation (David O

<p>Hellertown, Penn. -- Dominic Rocco Salvatore Carrodo is the kind of small-town Pennsylvanian that Sen. Barack Obama might have had in mind when he told

A California solar panel complex that officials say will be the largest of its kind in the world after its completion broke ground today in a ceremony that