May 23, 2011 – (CNSNews.com) – Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and head of the Obama administration’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools since July 2009, is leaving his post to lead a non-profit coalition-building organization. Jennings, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, is slated to...

May 23, 2011 – Washington (CNN) - Several of the leading Republicans who are the focus of speculation about whether they will enter the 2012 presidential sweepstakes insist they will not run for the GOP presidential nomination. At the top of some Republicans' wish list is former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who is now...

May 23, 2011 – Vice President Joe Biden surprised a gathering of donors in Cincinnati last week when he floated the prospect of his succeeding President Barack Obama in the White House. Biden, who started in the Senate young and would be just 70 in 2012, raised the possibility unprompted during a wide-ranging conversation...

May 23, 2011 – Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) has performed a complete 180 within the past two weeks, pivoting from praising the Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) plan to phase out Medicare to penning a Politico op-ed voicing his disapproval for the plan, according to Talking Points Memo. Brown, who is up for re-election in...

May 23, 2011 – (Newser) – Despite the fact that Chris Christie has joked that committing suicide might be the only way to convince supporters he's not running in 2012, President Obama's campaign is still trying to get the dirt on the New Jersey governor. Sources tell the New York Post that Obama operatives...

May 23, 2011 – Radio/TV talker Glenn Beck and his company, Mercury Radio Arts, have unveiled a new e-commerce business venture called Markdown. The site will promote both unknown and known products and offer discounts. Special deals also will give additional discounts to consumers who share the offers with friends who make purchases. "For...

May 23, 2011 – With the GOP 2012 pack losing several big names following no-go announcements for Mitch Daniels, Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took a bold step toward a possible presidential bid this week. Palin has sent out some 400,000 direct-mail fundraising letters targeting voters in several early...

May 23, 2011 – With the withdrawal of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels from the Republican presidential race during the weekend, some establishment Republicans hoped that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush might reconsider his decision not to run next year. But Bush dashed those hopes in a statement Sunday. "While I am flattered by everyone's...

May 23, 2011 – In a contentious interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, freshman Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) expressed frustration at the slow pace of the U.S. Senate, saying that given how little the deliberative body actually accomplishes, he feels sometimes, "like I should return my check". “We go up week to week, and there's...

May 23, 2011 – CLARENCE, N.Y. — Jane Corwin slipped off her shoes Sunday afternoon as she made calls from the phone bank at her campaign headquarters. The Republican’s feet have blistered as she’s stepped up her campaigning in the homestretch of an unexpectedly competitive special House race. Democrat Kathy Hochul was confident ahead...

May 23, 2011 – The race for the Republican presidential nomination gained some long-awaited clarity Sunday when Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels ended months of speculation with an early-morning email alerting supporters that he won't run. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, meanwhile, announced his candidacy in a video Sunday night and said he plans to...

May 23, 2011 – Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Monday that Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan should run for president. The Virginia Republican, asked Monday if Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, should run, Cantor said “sure,” adding that Ryan shows “real leadership.” It’s a striking statement from the No. 2 House Republican, who is the...

May 23, 2011 – (Newser) – Be careful how you act in Utah: If you get too “sexy,” you could find yourself arrested under a new law. The law broadens the definition of solicitation—agreeing to trade sex for money—to include “lewd acts” that imply you want to trade sex for money, like exposing or...

May 23, 2011 – (Newser) – In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has upheld a panel’s order that California release 46,000 inmates over the next two years to reduce overcrowding in state prisons. In 2009, a three-judge panel called on the state to reduce its prison population to 137% of capacity; overcrowding was...

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May 23, 2011 – (AP) – An Ohio husband and wife pleaded guilty today to charges that they plotted to help finance a Mideast terrorist group, under a deal that spares them from potential life sentences. Hor and Amera Akl, dual citizens of the US and Lebanon, were arrested in June 2010 after authorities...

May 23, 2011 – (Newser) - Chrysler will announce with some fanfare tomorrow the repayment of $7.5 billion in bailout loans from the US and Canadian governments. CEO Sergio Machionne will announce the milestone tomorrow alongside White House manufacturing adviser Ron Bloom at Chrysler’s Sterling Heights, Michigan, plant, the Wall Street Journal reports. Chrysler...

May 22, 2011 – This post was written by Kyle Olson, founder and CEO of Education Action Group Foundation. Last week, I told you about an Indiana teacher who compared the state’s new education reform initiatives to the Holocaust. My organization, the Education Action Group, responded to this teacher’s email, and told him...

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May 21, 2011 – In his recent address at the National Summit of the American Federation for Children in Washington D.C., Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett made an important point about the state of public education. “For years, we’ve talked about failing schools,” Corbett said. “Now, in addition to talking about failing schools, we find ourselves...

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Jun 9, 2011 – Jon Huntsman’s decision to skip the first New Hampshire presidential debate on Monday has Republicans in the state confused — and predicting that he’ll suffer politically for it. “As a guy who has said publicly he’s going to skip Iowa, it seems like he’d want to be here...