Who's Who In Senate-CIA Report Showdown
The world could soon get its first official look at the CIA's post-Sept. 11 interrogation and detention activities now that the Senate Intelligence Committee has voted to make public a blockbuster...
View ArticleCongressman's Lament: $174,000 Isn't Enough To Make Ends Meet
In what world does an annual salary of $174,000 meet the definition of underpaid?That would be in the nation's capital, where soon-to-be-retired Rep.
View ArticleBacklash Over State Party's Progressive Agenda May Hobble Udall
Colorado Democrat Mark Udall's bid for a second term has become the most unexpectedly competitive U.S.
View ArticleBloomberg Seeks To Alter Gun Debate With $50 Million, And Moms
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg's plan to invest $50 million in what he describes as a mom-driven grass-roots effort to support pro-gun-safety candidates grabbed headlines Wednesday, and energized gun...
View ArticleObama Seeks Wider Authority To Release Drug Offenders
Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that the Obama administration is formulating new rules that would give it, and the president, far more latitude to pardon or reduce the sentences of...
View ArticleRand Paul Bids To Loosen Democratic Hold On African-American Vote
For more than a year, GOP Sen. Rand Paul has been staking out positions on issues that resonate in the black community, including school choice and prison sentencing reform.
View ArticleA Path Out Of Prison For Low-Level, Nonviolent Drug Offenders
Thousands of nonviolent drug offenders serving time in federal prison could be eligible to apply for early release under new clemency guidelines announced Wednesday by the Justice Department.Details of...
View ArticleBack From Recess, Congress Opens With Scandal
A former FBI agent turned congressman from New York gets indicted on charges ranging from evading taxes and employing undocumented workers to lying under oath while a member of the U.S. House.A married...
View ArticleThis Could Be The Year Iowa Sends Its First Woman To Congress
In its 168 years, Iowa has never elected a woman to Congress or picked one as its governor.For many residents who pride themselves on a progressive civil rights history that predates statehood, that...
View ArticleShe's A Doctor, Mom, and Republican - But Conservative Enough?
Monica Wehby is the Senate candidate Republicans have been waiting for: a camera-ready pediatric neurosurgeon, mother of four, in a party that desperately needs to elect more women.Make that a...
View ArticleThe Congresswoman Whose Husband Called Her Home
Fifty-six years ago this weekend, newspapers across the nation told a sad tale of a family seemingly imploding.At the center of the story was Coya Knutson, the opera-singing daughter of a Norwegian...
View ArticleIn Caustic Nebraska Senate Race, GOP Battle Lines Are Blurred
Conservative money has poured into Nebraska's Republican Senate primary race.Big GOP names like Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are on opposite sides.And the attack ads...
View ArticleIn Idaho, A Debate Like You've Never Seen Before
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View ArticleHigh On Tea Party Hit List, Idaho Congressman Looks To Hold On
Mike Simpson has been atop the Tea Party hit list for much of this election year.And Tuesday's primary contest between the Idaho Republican congressman and Tea Party challenger Bryan Smith had been...
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