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The Justice Department sued on Wednesday to block AT&T’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile, a deal that would create the largest carrier in the country and reshape the …

It is now day 11 of the protests in Washington, DC, against the Keystone XL pipeline, and according to Tar Sands Action, 595 people have been arrested so far …

The confusing crisis Last Friday came the alarming news from Japan’s nuclear agency that the amount of radioactive cesium that has so-far leaked from the tsunami ravaged …

In the wake of Hurricane Irene, which caused billions of dollars in damages up and down the U.S.’s eastern seaboard, House Republicans are callously claiming that any aid to …

Vice President Dick Cheney in a June 20, 2007 file photo. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) It is axiomatic by now: when someone leaves …

Since his first race for office more than a quarter-century ago, Gov. Rick Perry has emphasized his roots as a rural farmer. Yet Perry's bank account no …

Like so many Republican officials of the tea party persuasion, Rick Perry despises the Environmental Protection Agency — a feeling he has expressed repeatedly in speeches, lawsuits, legislation and …

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California), during a hearing on Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, February 10, 2011. (Photo: Drew Angerer / The New York Times) …

(Photo: allensima; Edited: JR / Truthout) As the Super Congress eyes trillions in budget cuts that will undermine the quality of life for most Americans, here's a …

Washington - Rick Perry is no George W. Bush. This is not a compliment. Perry's 2010 tea party-steeped manifesto, “Fed Up!,” makes George Bush look …