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The president supports state innovation in health care, but vigilance is required to ensure state reforms improve health as we continue to call for national reform.

 

Rep. Peter King (R-New York) is a tough guy - the kind of man you call on to do distasteful, but necessary things. In his first hearing since regaining …

Rep. Peter T. King (R-New York), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 29, 2010. (Photo: Drew Angerer / …

Protesters dance and celebrate being allowed to stay another night in the rotunda at the State Capitol building, in Madison, Wisconsin, on February 27, 2011. (Photo: Nicole Bengiveno / …

Outside the Fairmont Hotel, where hundreds of homeowners protest outside the spring meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General. The demand: Hold the big banks accountable for their …

Progressive groups threw a one-two punch at the nation's richest banks on Monday. A coalition of watchdogs and activists released a new report revealing how the wealthiest bailed-out banks …

Is the U.S. Army stooping to Mafia-style tactics in seeking to imprison 23-year-old Private Bradley Manning for the rest of his life, essentially making him an example for other …

Here, in the Pacific Northwest, the latest in a long line of First Amendment abuses by local police has fanned concerns about government spying. Domestic surveillance of peaceful activism …

Public sector worker sitting in a bar: “They’re trying to take away our pensions.” Private sector worker: “What’s a pension?” — Cartoon …