WASHINGTON—The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says intelligence gathering in Iran is difficult and spotty. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., also says she doesn't think U.S. spies have meddled in the disputed Iranian presidential election that has drawn thousands to the ...Read More
WASHINGTON — The Senate ethics committee on Friday issued a sternly worded rebuke to Senator Roland W. Burris, Democrat of Illinois, saying he had made misleading and inaccurate statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment by Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich. ...Read More
Sarah Palin kicked off her book tour in Michigan this week, and thousands gathered outside a Barnes & Noble chanting her name, giving the event the feel of a political pep rally. The Army wants Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg ...Read More
The group, led by Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, wants a congressional review of the Federal Reserve system. They want to allow congressional audits of the Fed as part of financial rules being debated by the House Financial Services ...Read More
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. regulators would have the powerto dismantle healthy, well-capitalized financial firms whosesize threatens the U.S. economy under a measure proposed todayby Representative Paul Kanjorski.
The amendment to regulatory overhaul legislation would letregulators break up a firm, limit ...Read More
TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Parliament speaker Ali Larijani Sunday condemned Saudi interference in the conflict in northern Yemen, the satellite Press TV reported. During a Sunday session, the lawmakers called on Islamic states to take action against "the killing ...Read More
Anze Kopitar scored the lone shootout goal as the Kings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Saturday night.
Drew Doughty scored in regulation for the Kings, who won for the second time in five games. Jonathan Quick stopped 28 shots.
The ...Read More
U.S. Republicans say the country's health care costs could be loweredby cutting down on lawsuits and allowing people to buy health insuranceplans across state lines.
Giving the Republican Party's weeklySaturday radio and Internet address, Illinois Congressman Mark Kirksaid his party's suggested ...Read More
NEWARK, N.J. - New Jersey's next governor and the man he'll replace in January will meet for the first time since the election. Gov.-elect Chris Christie and Gov. Jon Corzine are scheduled to attend a Mass for law enforcement officers. The ...Read More
Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Single-focus, litmus-test socialconservatives took a hit last week after they chased a moderateRepublican out of a special U.S. House election in upstate NewYork and backed a right-wing independent instead. Their guylost, handing a Democrat a district ...Read More
If Democrats were not worried by losing the New Jersey and Virginia governorships this month, Gallup has some data today that should put a deep chill in their bones. For the first time in years, the GOP has the lead in ...Read More
Fresh off major Election Day victories in Virginia and New Jersey, Republicans got another boost Wednesday with a new Gallup poll that shows registered voters favoring the GOP over Democrats if the 2010 congressional election were held today.
The Gallup survey, ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- Love her or hate her, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is at the peak of her political power, and she seems to be reveling in the high drama of the moment. Last week, as she searched for the 218 votes ...Read More
WASHINGTON - With a historic floor vote looming on their healthcare bill, House Democratic leaders worked into the night Friday to round up rank and file Democratswho still had not committed to support the legislation despite weeks of cajoling and ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- Democrats worked late into the night Friday trying to secure support for a planned Saturday vote on health care reform amid last-minute concerns over abortion funding and insurance for illegal immigrants. "We're moving, we're working on it," said U.S. ...Read More
TAMPA - Republicans say it's not a problem that they lost a New York special congressional election this week that was widely compared to Florida's U.S. Senate race. But Democrats, and even some GOP moderates, suggest it's a sign of divisiveness ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer said on Friday "we're very close" to securing the 218 votes needed for passing a broad healthcare reform bill but Democrats still needed to win over some reluctant members.
One day before ...Read More
We're getting this out of the way now: Motorola's Droid is the best Google phone on the market. Maybe that's not saying a whole lot. The Droid's only competitors in the U.S. are T-Mobile's 1-year-old G1, its chubby younger brother the ...Read More
Shannon Dedrick has been placed in protective custody
Police in the US state of Florida have charged the mother of a baby, reported missing six days ago, with desertion of a child.
Earlier on Wednesday, seven-month-old Shannon Dedrick was found alive ...Read More
Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- New Jersey Governor Jon Corzineordered $400 million cut from the state’s $29 billion budget byDec. 1 and asked lawmakers to suspend new spending measuresuntil he leaves office.
The reduction is needed to keep the budget balanced untilRepublican ...Read More
(WASHINGTON) — The second-ranking House Democrat predicted that historic health care legislation will be passed Saturday as the AARP, the nation's premier lobbying group for the elderly, announced it was signing on to the bill. Rep. Steny Hoyer said House leaders ...Read More
