Frank James

by Frank James For all those who like to read about the minutiae of Washington policy proposals the way others like to read about Lindsay Lohan's latest doings, we offer...

by Frank James A quick guided tour of some of the morning's most important, most interesting, or both, Washington-related stories. The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep....

by Frank James In his column today, syndicated columnist David Broder, the dean of Washington reporters, tried to buck up Sen. Barack Obama's supporters, especially those in Chicago, who may...

A man plays poker on an Internet gaming site. (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images) by Gabrielle Russon In a room full of suit-wearing, tailored-looking politicians on Capitol Hill, Barry Greenstein stood out,...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is confronted by CODEPINK member Desiree Fairooz, her hands painted red, as Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., House Foreign Relations Committee Chairman tries to separate them...

by Frank James When I first saw this CNN footage of Vice President Cheney nodding off during yesterday's White House Cabinet meeting where the California wildfires were Topic A, I...

by Frank James A quick guided tour of some of the morning's most important or interesting, or both, Washington-related stories. As the Santa Ana winds began to slow, firefighters began...

by Frank James Who said our counterterrorism officials at the Central Intelligence Agency don't have a sense of humor? As others have reported, the CIA has a terrorist-busters logo inspired...

by Frank James Sen. John McCain got a funny attack line off at the recent Republican presidential debate in which he mocked Sen. Hillary Clinton's support of an earmark of...

by Frank James Sen. Richard Durbin's legislation called the DREAM Act failed to gain the needed 60 votes in the Senate to move forward today and thus gets shelved. The...