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Wiretap: Obama apologizes for two Western hostages killed in drone strikes

Droning On President Obama has relied on the clean, subtle technique of killing with drones. But independent investigations have found that his administration is underestimating the...

Friends like these: Focus on the Family pounces on waffling Pence

Indiana Governor Mike Pence has been shaken by the storm of protest the state's new religious freedom bill has generated over the last few...

Indiana Gov. Pence squishy on protecting against LGBT discrimination because he...

As the predictable backlash to Indiana's new "super mini-religious freedom law" has crushed in on Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, he has defended it by...

Wiretap: Productive or no? Mike Coffman pokes at new VA head,...

Colorado Congressman Mike Coffman goes head to head with VA Secretary Robert McDonald in a heated exchange. In the Washington Post's telling, McDonald comes...

Denver Post endorses Gardner in U.S. Senate race

  The Denver Post, Colorado's paper of record, endorsed Republican Congressman Cory Gardner on Friday in his race to unseat incumbent U.S. Democratic Senator Mark...

Wiretap: Back to the (1950s) future for women

The nine-member U.S. Supreme court includes three women. It has been good on gay rights. So why has it been so terrible on women's rights?

Denver, Boulder clerks battle attorney general on proposed halt to action...

The movement to bring gay marriage to Colorado has proceeded at breakneck pace, building great momentum that critics of Attorney General John Suthers fear he is attempting a in recent legal maneuver to derail.

Wiretap: House Republicans determined to keep losing and losing on gay...

How will they react to a rule set to come today from the labor department stating that any employee can take leave from work to care for a same-sex spouse no matter whether or not they "live in a state that recognizes their marital status"?

Littwin: Just answer the question, Mr. Gardner

Cory Gardner's proclaimed movement on 'personhood' is not evolution. What he's doing is much closer to creationism.

Wiretap: Fracking bans are contagious

Waiting on state legislatures or Congress to stiffen oil-and-gas drilling rules is like waiting for Godot. Nothing happens.