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The Alabama GOP marked a successful week in regressive legislation. Gov. Robert Bentley (R) signed the nation’s toughest immigration bill into law yesterday, requiring local police to detain suspected …

(Photo: dignidadrebelde / Flickr) If you think that “double Irish” and “Dutch sandwich” are schoolyard jump rope games girls play, think again. These are the nefarious, but …

(Photo: dogsthatchasecars / Flickr) I heard a remarkable thing on the radio the other day and it had nothing to do with a congressman’s nether regions. …

National Security Agency Whistleblower Thomas Drake Reaches Plea Deal Thomas Drake has reached a plea deal that will put an end to his highly criticized and public …

Atlanta - Alabama set a new national standard for get-tough immigration policy Thursday with Gov. Robert J. Bentley's signing of a law that surpasses Arizona's SB 1070, with provisions …

Sen. Jim Webb (D-Virginia) listens to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speak during a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 12, 2007. (Photo: Doug …

Cairo - Egypt’s economy, whose inequities and lack of opportunities helped topple a government, has now ground to a virtual halt, further wounded by the revolution itself. …

Brussels - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates bluntly criticized NATO nations on Friday for what he said were shortages in military spending and political will, warning of “a dim …

(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Terry Feuerborn, Gregory Hauenstein) Modern Republicans have a simple approach to politics when they are not in the White House: Make …