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LANSING — Democratic U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow is better known than her Republican rivals but is fighting a negative job rating as she heads into her 2012 re-election bid, according to a poll released Monday. The EPIC-MRA poll shows 40 percent of...

Meet Rick Perry, lifelong hunter. He's floundered on the debate stage. He's stumbled on immigration. But the Perry who showed up for a pheasant hunt on a chilly Iowa Saturday was perfectly, naturally at ease -- and not afraid to talk about it. "As...

By Alan Guebert  The mid-June Congressional action on ag programs seems to confirm why Washington, D.C.’s streets feature roundabout upon roundabout: moving left or right – a big deal on Capitol Hill now – usually lands you back where...

I pride myself on taking bold, uninformed stands, but I confess that I don't have a lot of strong feelings about national health care one way or the other. To me, it's in the same category as Social Security, Medicare and the prescription drug act. I...

For such a short month, a lot happened in February. Without further ado, here's the month at a glance: Arab revolution: Egyptians continued to protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square as we sat on the edge of our seats wondering what......

Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. The Marcellus Shale Commission, chaired by Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley, holds its first Naturalgaswell meeting from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at DEP HQ on Market Street in Harrisburg today. The five-hour marathon is supposed...

The debate over torturing detainees for information is back, much to the dismay of Slate's Dahlia Lithwick, who writes: [T]he only reason we are having this discussion at all is because we have tortured people. That's the problem with doing......

Republicans and Democrats teamed up in the Senate to defeat the Dream Act this weekend. Ironically, bipartisanship worked liked a charm here. The following is a New York Times story on the bill's defeat. By JULIA PRESTON New York Times News Service The...

The Dream Act failed short of five votes in the Senate, and President Obama hasn't kept his promise to broker a deal on immigration reform. The tone in Washington is anti immigrant, so what's next? By SUZANNE GAMBOA, WASHINGTON (AP) — The end of the...

By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — South Florida Congressman Allen West, who won election to the House with strong support from the tea party movement, has decided to join the new Tea Party Caucus in Congress. Some other...

The Iowa House and Senate have overwhelmingly approved new maps of legislative and congressional districts. The Legislature approved the maps Thursday, send them to Gov. Terry Branstad. He hasn't taken a position on the redistricting plan. Under the...

by Mark Silva and updated at 2:05 pm EDT President Barack Obama has been called a number of things. Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina called him a liar, then apologized. FOX News Channel's Glenn Beck called him "racist,'' and......