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If there was any question that Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) was enjoying his newfound celebrity, he was back on Sean Hannity’s syndicated radio show today -- his

The Washington Post, this a.m.: President Obama, convening his fifth war council meeting in as many weeks, pressed his senior national security advisers

Following up on my photos earlier, here’s some video from today’s tea party in our nation’s capital. It was a patriotic ceremony all around, and it kicked off

Sunday’s inaugural same-sex marriages in New York were met by thousands of protesters blasting the New York Legislature’s passage of the Marriage Equality

Sen. Ted Stevens, who was found guilty Monday on seven felony charges related to his failure to disclose gifts from an oil services firm, told the Fairbanks

For fourteen years, FAIR has sponsored a mass lobbying campaign they call Hold Their Feet to the Fire. This year’s event, days after the 9/12 taxpayer march on Washington, was the biggest yet.

If you weren’t watching MSNBC at around 7 a.m. EST today, you missed some great television. TWI’s Spencer Ackerman appeared on Morning Joe alongside NBC chief

A measure that would override city and county ordinances that help workers cheated out of wages by their employers cleared another hurdle in the state legislature this week. # The Senate Community Affairs committee on Monday approved a bill sponsored by Sen

As Colorado’s state legislature is set to take up the issue of legalizing civil unions , Barbara Bush, daughter of former president George W.

Though Republicans control the U.S. House and Democrats’ hold on the Senate took a hit in the 2010 election, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is trying once more to

Last week’s speech from President Obama outlining his plan to withdraw from Iraq made a point to emphasize sustained diplomacy as a pillar of his strategy.

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the white firefighters in the Ricci v. DeStefano case, overturning a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling

In his press briefing yesterday, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly took a beating over the fact that department bureaucrats didn’t revoke Umar Farouk

In the how-dare-you-question-my-virtue category of political certitude, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) had a somehow refreshingly honest response

Meet Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the only man in Washington who’s actively working to undermine legislation he’s in the process of writing. Graham’s

Anti-abortion activists recall Clinton-era consequences to rise in abortion clinic violence.

Just announced by committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.): “I very much regret the fact that the Republican side of the Intelligence Committee has

UPDATED: March 28, 11:54 a.m. As The American Independent reported earlier this week, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns’ proposed Informed Choice Act

The White House just released a statement touting a provision in the financial reform bill, which President Obama signed into law Wednesday, that requires

Mother Jones is running a series of infographics in its most recent issue that follow income trends in the U.S. Among other findings, they show that the top .01

This evening, 57 senators said they supported the jobs bill, also known as the extenders package or H.R. 4213, which would extend unemployment benefits and