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More than 600 troops set for deployment to Afghanistan were served a Thanksgiving meal first in Indiana.

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As the Senate gets ready to vote on their healthcare plan a downtown rally to sway Indiana lawmakers.

The unions are coming! Earlier this year, Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock gained national headlines by trying to block Chrysler's emergence from bankruptcy.

The next election in Indiana takes place in May of 2010 but a pair of campaign ads already hit the air this week.

Purdue University officials are looking for long-term ways to save money because the school could be $70 million short over the next two-year budget cycle.

Administration reports that more than 640,000 jobs were created or saved by the government's $787 billion stimulus program are inaccurate due to flawed reporting from recipients of the money, a report from the Government Accountability Office shows.

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A group opposed to current health care legislation in Congress will rally Saturday in downtown Indianapolis.

The reports on jobs created or saved by the $787 billion stimulus package are "riddled with inaccuracies and contradictions," the federal watchdog overseeing the spending acknowledged Thursday.

The head of the government panel charged with tracking the use of stimulus funds told lawmakers Thursday that he's not surprised to see mistakes like phantom congressional districts showing up on a Web site devoted to reporting the data.

After a heated debate over gay rights and extending benefits in an economic downturn, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday passed 23 to 12 legislation that would provide health care and other employment benefits to the domestic partners of gay and lesbian federal employees.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 State GOP Chairman Murray Clark has a little fun with the discovery that Indiana has been awarded $5 million in stimulus spending for congressional districts that don't even exist.

Hillary Clinton didn't win her race against Barack Obama , but she did land atop a class of women dominating the political landscape.

Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:53 p.m. Read more: Politics , Politico , Politics , Acorn , Acorn Defunded , Unconstitutional , Lawsuit , Acorn Lawsuit , Congress A non-profit organization filed a lawsuit against the federal government Thursday morning, seeking to overturn a law stopping the flow of federal funds to ACORN.

The House has acted. Now it's up to the Senate to hash out health care legislation .

The vote on the health care bill may not take place this weekend as originally planned.

Congress' decision to extend the credit for first-time homebuyers is expected to be good news for the local real estate market.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat met with Democratic and Republican Congress members in Washington on Friday, and was pleased to find wall-to-wall support of the need to keep Jerusalem united.

Just in time for the holidays, the Senate voted to extend unemployment benefits for more than a million jobless Americans expected to lose benefits by the end of the year.