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Holder: State Attorneys General Don’t Have to Defend Same-Sex Marriage Bans
U.S. Attorney General stands up for six state attorneys general who didn’t defend their states’ gay marriage bans from challenges
Holder: Same-Sex Couples To Get Equal Legal Rights
New rights for couples include inmate visitation and joint bankruptcy filing, among others
Holder Says Legal Marijuana Won’t Make Kids Toke Up
Promises the feds are still working to keep the drug out of young hands, even in states where it’s been legalized
Holder: Banks Should Be Able To Handle Pot Money
The biggest problem for the booming legal marijuana industry today is where to put its piles of cash. The nation’s top law enforcement official is now encouraging a solution
Snowden Wants to Come Home
But only stronger whistle-blower protection laws will allow that to happen, he says
Holder: I’m Open to ‘Conversation’ With Snowden
But the attorney general says clemency is out of the question
Public Schools Urged To Weed Out Discriminatory Disciplinary Policies
Federal government’s new guidelines issue advice to teachers and administrators
Political Pictures of the Week, June 15-22
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
House Republicans Cite Holder for Contempt, Seek to Link Obama to ‘Fast and Furious’
In an escalating partisan showdown sparked by a Congressional investigation into a botched gun-trafficking sting, House Republicans voted to hold U.S. Attorney Eric Holder in contempt Wednesday for failing to comply with a …
Texas Trifecta: Control of Presidency, Congress and Courts May Be at Stake in Redistricting Fight
For Republicans concerned that a lengthy primary could hurt their chances against President Barack Obama in 2012, the biggest worry right now may not be Iowa or New Hampshire. In Texas, a fight between Democrats and Republicans …
Forget Jobs, War and a Government Shutdown: The U.S. Senate Focuses On Porn
I have been to a lot of U.S. Senate hearings, and I can tell you without a doubt that the best U.S. Senate hearings are the ones where U.S. Senators talk about masturbation. Better than war. Better than taxation. Better than Supreme Court confirmation fights. Senate hearings about masturbation easily top the rest.
Back in 2005, …
Oil, Tar and Feathers
Washington has entered that wacky hyperbolic season again: OMG! The world is falling! The magic is gone! His credibility is shot! And, it turns out, President Obama’s not even competent!
Yes, the oil spill sucks. And yes, it’s a giant headache not only for Obama (gee, ya think that offshore drilling expansion was tragically …