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Bisbee, Ariz., tried to legalize same-sex civil unions but was shot down by the state. Now it has tweaked the measure to get it on the books, joining other cities in red states that are passing ordinances to promote gay rights.

New Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz doesn't want to spend his tenure battling over climate science. Let me make it very clear that there is no ambiguity in terms of the scientific basis calling for a prudent response on climate change," Moniz told Ener...

Much to my surprise, I find myself sympathizing with the Internal Revenue Service. Tenderness toward that agency isn't my default position. I'm a British expat living in the U.S., with retirement savings locked up in the U.K. and other cross-border e...

An atheist state lawmaker tasked with delivering the opening prayer for this afternoon's session of the House of...

Electric car maker Tesla Motors has shifted into a good place: CEO Elon Musk intends to use the potential $1 billion from a new stock...

The House Agriculture Committee on Wednesday approved a sweeping farm bill that would trim the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program. The panel rebuffed Democratic efforts to keep the program whole, as debate on the farm bill turned into a theologica...

WASHINGTON - Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey.