Frank James

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., outlines her plan to help finance Americans' retirements, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, in Webster City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) by Frank James Reporters on the...

by Frank James A quick guided tour of some of the morning's most important or interesting, or both, Washington-related stories. Congressional Democrats, fearing they might otherwise be painted by Republicans...

by Frank James The criticisms of Sen. Hillary Clinton by Sen. Barack Obama and John Edwards, as they try to slow her frontrunner's momentum towards the Democratic presidential nomination, get...

by Frank James A quick guided tour of some of the morning's most important or interesting, or both, Washington-related stories. U.S. officials have restarted their efforts to get the Afghan...

Unidentified security convoy in Baghdad, September 2007. Photo: Ali Yussef-AFP/Getty Images. by Frank James The State Department determined the Blackwater USA private bodyguards it has hired to protect its diplomats...

by Frank James, updated at 11:15 am EST In his new book about the Bush presidency entitled Dead Certain author Robert Draper chronicles, among other things, President Bush's rather intriguing...

by Frank James A quick guided tour of some of the morning's most important or interesting, or both, Washington-related stories. The House passed, with near unanimity, legislation to make private...

by Rick Pearson Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani assailed Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton's proposal to give a $5,000 bond to the nation's newborns and suggested it could add to...

by Frank James A quick guided tour of some of the morning's most important or interesting, or both, Washington-related stories. President Bush vetoed legislation that would have expanded a popular...

Sen. John Warner. Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP Photo by David Lerman Virginia Sen. John Warner was treated Wednesday for an irregular heartbeat but planned to return to work in the Senate...