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Republican state legislators who held a day-long “trial” of Planned Parenthood three weeks ago have been largely silent about last Friday’s shooting, at a...
A ballot measure submitted for the 2016 election to set up a bipartisan commission to redraw boundaries for both congressional and legislative districts would weaken...
Colorado lawmakers are looking at introducing legislation to fund a tested and proven program to reduce unwanted teen pregnancy in Colorado that Republican lawmakers...
Blood payment
Facing prison time for a court-ordered fine you can't afford to pay? An Alabama judge says there's a way out: "Give blood or go to jail."...
Bipartisan issue
Sure, the GOP seems perilously split. But Matt Yglesias at Vox argues the Dems are in crisis too.
Time machine
Republicans and Democrats have one thing in common,...
Game over
Focus groups be damned, the Republican commentariat seems to have conceded the Democratic race to Hillary Clinton. Charles Krauthammer says in The Washington...
President Obama faces a long weekend while he tries to persuade Democrats one more time to get on the bandwagon for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
House...