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Waukesha County, Wisconsin's County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus was already known, for some time, to be among the nation's worst elections official. And that's saying quite a bit. But new …

(Photo: Angela Sevin / Flickr) In Washington, the environment is under attack. The cost-cutting deal that the House passed yesterday stripped the Environmental Protection Agency of $1.6 …

(Photo: Pete Souza / White House) Paul Ryan says his budget plan will cut $4.4 trillion over ten years. The President says his new plan will cut …

Reaper drone. (Photo: US Air Force) Within weeks and possibly days, President Obama is likely to sign into law a bill that will bring unmanned aerial vehicles …

Though the budget deal struck by lawmakers over the weekend averted a shutdown of the federal government, it still has open-government advocates worried about a shutdown of another sort: …

(Photo: John Orrell / Flickr) "Our community colleges can serve as 21st-century job training centers, working with local businesses to help workers learn the skills to fill …

Yuka Kobayashi, 14, stands in front of what's left of her home in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture, Japan, March 31, 2011. Tokyo - Since the horrific Mar. 11 …

Washington - The House of Representatives, on a largely party line vote, Friday approved a Republican vision of America's future that would change how seniors and lower income people …

Kabul, Afghanistan - For the second time in as many days, a suicide bomber used an Afghan National Security uniform to elude early detection and approach his target, killing …

(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Nilton Kodama / Flickr) Weeks of highly publicized debates - some in Congress, more in the mass media - brought Republicans …