In a political climate where the most mundane of tasks often appear mired in complex partisan strategies designed to show one party or the other holding a strategic advantage, a U.S. Senate committee has managed something quite unusual. It has managed to come to agreement on the first authorization bill More…
DENVER– Veterans, state lawmakers and Democratic Party officials gathered on the capitol steps here Monday to celebrate the end of the policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which for the last 18 years barred gay Americans from serving openly in the military. The Pentagon on Tuesday is officially lifting More…
In his campaign for the GOP nomination in the race to unseat Sen. Bill Nelson, Adam Hasner has been positioning himself as a tea party favorite on a slew of issues, but none seem as close to his heart as his More…
A failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to strike a $1.5 trillion budget cut deal, or a later decision by Congress to reject the plan, could lead to automatic and devastating consequences for the nation’s military and the defense industrial base, a Pentagon spokesman warned.
If either More…
CEDAR RAPIDS — Quite a crowd was gathered at Veterans Memorial Stadium, but there were definitely no games being played.
When President Barack Obama addresses the nation and a joint session of Congress to unveil steps for job creation and the economy, there’s only one thing he needs to remember: go big. That’s the advice of U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin and former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich.
The primary beneficiary of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is a company that wants to refine tar sands oil into diesel and ship it to Europe while avoiding taxes, according to a new report by Oil Change International.
TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline would move More…
The Iowa 175 bridge over the Missouri River remains in peril due to flooding as state officials continue to monitor and do what they can behind the scenes to limit further damage.
Support for the review of deportation cases announced last week by the Department of Homeland Security has earned the support of progressive organizations, and even some conservatives. #
On Tuesday, The American Independent reported that the Board of Immigration Appeals, a body that is part of the U.S. Justice Department, made a decision on Aug. 11 arguing that federal regulations do not require that immigrants arrested without a warrant have to be notified of their rights before being More…
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