Michael Tackett

The Democrats and Republicans are heading into the 1996 presidential election campaign with potential political land mines that threaten the hopes of each party. For the Republicans, uncertainty comes over...

With his health plan facing rough times and the likely loss of Rep. Dan Rostenkowski's leadership, President Clinton on Wednesday urged Democratic members of Congress to fight for his proposal....

Bobby Ray Inman, nominated Thursday to replace Les Aspin as defense secretary, is so bright he was once called America's "smartest spy." People who have dealt with the retired Navy...

If, as Lincoln said, a house divided against itself cannot stand, the House of Representatives seemed close to collapse on Wednesday over the North American Free Trade Agreement. All day...

Atty. Gen. Janet Reno, in the first major indication of her Justice Department's approach to fighting illegal drugs, proposed Thursday a controversial realignment of policing agencies that would vest broad...

The segment of Pennsylvania Avenue directly in front of the White House was blocked off Sunday afternoon, but not as a security measure in anticipation of the arrival of foreign...

About 1:40 a.m. on Oct. 6, 1992, Wilma Dial was walking out of the Pantry convenience store where she worked when she was hit by a cinderblock with a thundering...

Rep. Dan Rostenkowski has spent at least $358,000 in campaign funds to pay the legal bills for himself, his political committees and aides in the ongoing federal probe of the...

With the nation threatened by terrorism and a seemingly unstoppable flow of illegal immigrants, the attorney general said Monday that the Immigration and Naturalization Service needs to be reorganized and...