Loyalty is key in choice of Miers
WASHINGTON // When it comes to President Bush's latest Supreme Court pick, think Condi, not Cheney. Bush's surprise choice of Harriet E. Miers prompted commentators to note that she got...
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Recent series of political scandals could hurt GOP
WASHINGTON // With Republican fortunes in Washington already in decline, the indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas could hardly come at a worse time for his party....
A cool nominee sidesteps hot issues
WASHINGTON - Under intense pressure at his nationally televised Senate hearing yesterday, Judge John G. Roberts Jr. never lost his cool and never gave an inch. He was soft-spoken, even-tempered...
Decades later, ‘Deep Throat’ unmasked
WASHINGTON - The mystery surrounding one of America's most durable journalistic secrets was solved yesterday with the unmasking of an aging, retired FBI official as the anonymous Watergate-era source known...
Attacks haunt the nation
WASHINGTON - It is President Bush's most reliable applause line as he campaigns for re-election. "I had a choice," he says of the decision to invade Iraq and force Saddam...
Bush tries to quell Muslim uproar
WASHINGTON - In an attempt to quell the uproar in the Muslim world over American mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners, President Bush assured an Arabic language television network yesterday that "people...
Analysis: Back-to-back wins spell momentum
WASHINGTON - Have a seat. This could take awhile. Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry is now his party's undisputed front-runner, with back-to-back victories in the opening tests of the '04 campaign....
Kerry rolls, Dean falters
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Sen. John Kerry, who entered the Democratic presidential contest as the favorite, then faded in recent months, bounced back with an electrifying victory in the Iowa...
GOP sweeps back into power in Congress
Republicans regained control of Congress in yesterday's election, preserving their majority in the House of Representatives and sweeping back to power in the Senate. It was a strong showing for...
Effects of Sept. 11 attacks fade for many Americans, poll finds
WASHINGTON-Americans are turning inward and putting less faith in government as the aftershocks of last Sept. 11 fade, a new national poll has found. Half the country reports that everyday...