Frank James

by Frank James How's this for a reaction to a newspaper investigation? Actually, it's probably more accurate to call it pre-action. Even before the Tribune could run a scheduled investigative...

by Frank James A quick guided tour of some of the morning's most important, most interesting (or both) Washington-related stories. Thousands of protesters from across the nation marched in Jena,...

by Frank James The Senate approved, by a 72 to 25 vote, a symbolic, Republican-initiated resolution condemning the recent MoveOn.org ad that called Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander...

by Matthew Hay Brown With congressional Democrats unable to muster the veto-proof margins needed to change the direction of U.S. policy in Iraq, and Republicans increasingly concerned about the impact...

by Frank James Congress's free fall in public approval has apparently stopped, for now. Gallup reported today that Congress has recovered from a low of 18 percent public approval to...

by David Nitkin Next week's Republican presidential debate in Baltimore, which has been shunned by the party's leading contenders, is getting an added starter: Alan Keyes. Keyes, the former Maryland...

by Frank James A quick guided tour of some of the morning's most important or most interesting (or both) Washington-related stories. The Senate rejected, for the second time, legislation pushed...

Dan Rather being interviewed on Fox News Channel, June 12, 2007. Seth Wenig/AP Photo. by Frank James Some stories, like comets, have really long tails, and keep returning from oblivion....

Defense Sec. Robert Gates works on speech about realism in foreign policy aboard a Blackhawk helicopter, Sept. 17, 2007. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby by Frank James It's...

by Frank James Some have questioned Sen. John Kerry's actions during the now infamous incident at the University of Florida in which student Andrew Meyer was eventually Tasered by a...