We've got another big chance to end Patriot Act abuses but we have to act fast. That's why we must do everything we can to ensure that the House of Representatives passes a strong bill. One that can lead to genuine reform of the deeply-flawed Patriot Act.

"...it was acknowledging what veterans have long claimed: in addition to 13 ailments already traced to exposure to the chemical, it was also responsible for three more dread diseases -- Parkinson's, ischemic hedart disease, and hairy-cell leukemia."

"Lobbyists won't find a job in my White House." President Obama assured us with this claim upon inauguration. And yet he just nominated to two key posts "Big Ag" industry power brokers, who come straight from the chemical pesticide and biotechnology

Barack Obama made his first presidential visit to New Orleans seeking to reassure residents of his commitment to the city's recovery four years after the Bush administration's botched response to Hurricane Katrina

The sapling being planted at a Surrey school for United Nations Peace Day is the latest of about 600 trees grown worldwide all derived from the same original plant - and each offering an inspiring symbol of hope and survival.

you don't get the Swine Flu vaccine, you can be ordered into quarantine. If you refuse the quarantine, you can face a fine of $1,000 per day that you resist. This is the same Swine Flu vaccine that the government itself is unsure of the vaccine's

'Liberal Lion' of the Senate Led Storied Political Family After Deaths of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.Sen. Ted Kennedy died shortly before midnight Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 77.

Democratic lawmakers called for states to ban texting while driving or face cuts in highway funds, citing the need to reduce driver distraction and potential highway deaths and injuries.

President Obama just signed an agreement with Russia's leaders to begin reducing both countries' stockpiles of nuclear arms by as much as a third. But the new treaty will need to be ratified by the Senate before it can begin making our world safer.

Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives have put major environmental legislation on a fast-track, boosting chances a climate change bill will pass this month or next...