Hostage situation at Clinton campaign office ends (News) 14 discussions Police took into custody a man they say walked into Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, New Hampshire, and took several people hostage Friday. Tags: Elections Voting, New Hampshire, Lettie Tzizik, U.S. Presidential Election, Democratic National Committee, Michael Hambrook, Barack Obama, Washington, John Edwards (Politician), Politics, U.S. Politics, Political Parties, Hillary Clinton, New Hampshire
	Records: Southwest Airlines flew 'unsafe' planes (News) 10 discussions Discount air carrier Southwest Airlines flew thousands of passengers on aircraft that federal inspectors said were "unsafe" as recently as last March, according to detailed congressional doc.. Tags: Jim Oberstar, Burbank, Boeing Company, Federal Aviation Administration, California, Nicholas Sabatini, Wall Street Journal, Aloha Airlines Inc., UAL Corporation, Air Travel, U.S. House Committee Transportation & Infrastructure, Air Disasters, Pittsbur
	Clinton Supporter Thrown Out of Rules Committee Meeting (Video) 8 discussions http://firedoglake.com Clinton supporter Harriet Christian angry after Rules & Bylaws committee meeting on Florida and Michigan. Tags: Harriet Christian Hillary Clinton Rules Committee Meeting
	American killed at Games was coach's father-in-law (News) 7 discussions A Chinese man wielding a knife stabbed an American couple in central Beijing on Saturday, killing the man and seriously wounding the woman before jumping to his death from an ancient tower, said U.S. .. Tags: Politics, United States Olympic Committee, Hangzhou, Beijing, Indoor Volleyball, George W. Bush, U.S. Politics, United States, Tourism, Relationships, Sports, Culture Lifestyle, Todd Bachman, Barbara Bachman, U.S. Government, Dale Bachman, China, Olympi
	Obama introduces Biden as running mate (News) 6 discussions Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama introduced Sen. Joe Biden to the nation as his running mate Saturday, telling supporters that he is "a leader who is ready to step in and .. Tags: Joseph Biden, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate Committee Foreign Relations, Politics, United States, Foreign Policy, Political Parties, Springfield (Illinois), Scranton (Pennsylvania), U.S. Democratic Party Politics, U.S. Congressional News, U.S. Politics, Int
	Florida, Michigan seek exit from Democratic penalty box (News) 4 discussions Will the recount state become the re-primary state? Will voters in Michigan have their say in picking a Democratic candidate for president? Tags: U.S. Democratic Party, Democratic National Committee, Barack Obama, U.S. Politics, U.S. Democratic Party Politics, Bill Nelson, U.S. Republican Party Politics, Florida, U.S. State Government, Steve Geller, U.S. Presidential Election, Elections Voting, M
	Report: Security on U.S.-Canada border fails terror test (News) 3 discussions A terrorist wanting to smuggle radioactive material from Canada into the United States probably would find it easy to do, a new report from congressional investigators said. Tags: Domestic Security Policy, U.S. Government, Border Control Customs, Canada, Max Baucus, Mexico, Domestic Policy, Political Policy, Ronald Colburn, U.S. Senate Committee Finance, Law Enforcement, Greg Kutz, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Politic
	Georgia's first black police officers may take pension battle to court (News) 3 discussions A "whites only" sign was still hanging on the precinct house water fountain in 1964 when James Booker joined the suburban College Park police force. Tags: Atlanta, Social Issues, Business, U.S. State Government, Retirement Planning, Ronald Hampton, College Park, Law, U.S. Government, Police, Financial Planning, James Booker, Civil Rights, Retirement Committee, Constitutional Law, Special Interest Groups, Af
	Army, Marines give waivers to more felons (News) 3 discussions The Army and Marine Corps are allowing convicted felons to serve in increasing numbers, newly released Department of Defense statistics show. Tags: U.S. House Committee Oversight Government Reform, Politics, U.S. Department Defense, Armed Forces, Political Policy, U.S. Marine Corps, Pentagon, Military Defense Policy, Army Public Affairs, Iraq, U.S. Marines Activities, U.S. Armed Forces Acti
	Young women drink, party, post (News) 2 discussions On a Facebook group that celebrates young women getting drunk, there's no such thing as going too far. Tags: Addiction Recovery, Social Software Tagging, Science Technology, Mental Health, National Institute Alcohol Abuse Alcoholism\s Committee Campus Drinking, University Rhode Island, Facebook Inc., Health Fitness, Technology, Alcoholism, Robert
	Republican Law and Disorder (Video) 1 discussions In the House of Representatives, the people are represented by two separate and fundamentally different parties. The Democrats -- with a New Direction for America -- and the Republicans -- whose bus.. Tags: law order disorder delay gonzales miller renzi corruption dccc democratic congressional campiagn committee
	Official: Greek fires inch closer to Olympic cradle (News) 1 discussions The wildfires that have scorched southern Greece, killing dozens of people, reached the ancient city of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games, an official said Sunday. Tags: Athens, Wildfires, Greece, Olympic Games, Kostas Karamanlis, Olympia, Accidents Disasters, British Columbia, Weather, Sports, International Olympic Committee, Areopolis, Natural Disasters, Janis Stamoulis
	FBI seeks two men behaving oddly on Washington ferry (News) 1 discussions The FBI wants to question two men who were described as behaving oddly on a Washington state ferry earlier this summer. Tags: Robbie Burroughs, Al Qaeda, War Conflict, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Seattle, Naseem Tuffaha, Terrorism, Federal Bureau Investigation, Larry Carr, Law Enforcement, Washington State Department Transportation, United States, Washingt
	Gonzales' testimony before Senate panel probed (News) 1 discussions The Justice Department inspector general said Thursday he is looking into whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales may have intentionally misled Congress in sworn testimony. Tags: George W. Bush, U.S. Department Justice, Politics, U.S. Government, U.S. Senate Committee Judiciary, Alberto Gonzales, Patrick Leahy, United States, Vermont, U.S. Congressional News, Glenn Fine, OIG, Espionage Intelligence
	Craig to announce resignation Saturday (News) 1 discussions Embattled Republican Sen. Larry Craig will announce his resignation from the Senate Saturday, a GOP source in Idaho said Friday. Tags: U.S. Republican Party, White House, Republican National Committee, Criminal Trials, Elections Voting, Butch Otter, Politics, Larry Craig, Media, Political Parties, U.S. Politics, Television, U.S. Republican Party Politics, Idaho, Mitt Romney, Talk Sho
	Report: Blackwater 'impeded' probe into contractor deaths (News) 1 discussions Private military contractor Blackwater USA "delayed and impeded" a congressional probe into the 2004 killings of four of its employees in Falluja, Iraq, the House Oversight Committee said Th.. Tags: International Relations, Iraq, War Conflict, Politics, Federal Budget, U.S. House Committee Oversight Government Reform, Terrorism, Iraqi Politics, Blackwater USA, Fallujah, North Carolina, Pentagon, Political Policy, Military Weapons, Diplomacy,
	Huge U.S. Embassy compound delayed (News) 1 discussions The opening of a mammoth, $600 million U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, which had been planned for last month, has now been delayed well into next year, U.S. officials said Thursday. Tags: Political Policy, Henry Waxman, U.S. Department State, Iraq, United States, Baghdad, Politics, Diplomacy, U.S. House Committee International Relations, Tom Lantos, Baghdad Green Zone, U.S. Embassy Baghdad, John Negroponte, Tom Casey, Oversight Gov
	Police: Nothing suspicious in congressman's death (News) 1 discussions Police said on Thursday they have no reason to be suspicious of Ohio Rep. Paul Gillmor's death a day earlier. Tags: U.S. State Government, Virginia, U.S. Congressional News, U.S. Air Force, John Boehner, Vietnam, John Lisle, Paul Gillmor, Ohio, U.S. House Committee Financial Services, Armed Forces, U.S. Government, Law Enforcement, U.S. Air Force Activities, U.S. Arm
	Homeland Security, New York agree on new driver's licenses (News) 1 discussions The Bush administration and New York cut a deal Saturday to create a new generation of super-secure driver's licenses for U.S. citizens, but also allow illegal immigrants to get a version. Tags: Political Policy, Jeanine L\Ecuyer, Immigration, Eliot Spitzer, United States, Domestic Security Policy, Domestic Policy, Canada, U.S. House Committee Homeland Security, U.S. State Government, Janet Napolitano, Peter T. King, U.S. Department Homeland
	Thousands mistakenly allowed past U.S. border, source says (News) 1 discussions Government watchdogs have found that thousands of people who shouldn't have been admitted to the United States were mistakenly allowed in last year because of security lapses at legal border crossings.. Tags: Mississippi, U.S. House Committee Homeland Security, Border Control Customs, Domestic Policy, National Treasury Employees Union, Domestic Security Policy, Politics, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Political Policy, Richard Stana, United States,
	Senate panel approves Bush's attorney general nominee (News) 1 discussions The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination of Michael Mukasey for attorney general to the Senate floor Tuesday, virtually ensuring his confirmation before Thanksgiving Day. Tags: Herb Kohl, U.S. Congressional News, New York Times Company, Diane Feinsten, Charles Schumer, Patrick Leahy, United States, U.S. Department Justice, White House, U.S. Government, Michael Mukasey, U.S. Senate Committee Judiciary, Torture
	TPMtv: Watch the Cookie Crumble (Video) 1 discussions As in the courtroom, there aren't many real Perry Mason moments in congressional investigations. But Henry Waxman had one yesterday when he was trying to get to the bottom of why the State Department'.. Tags: inspector general howard cookie krongard oversight committee hearing iraq blackwater military contractor
	Wounded warriors face home-front battle with VA (News) 1 discussions Ty Ziegel peers from beneath his Marine Corps baseball cap, his once boyish face burned beyond recognition by a suicide bomber's attack in Iraq just three days before Christmas 2004. Tags: U.S. Senate Committee Veterans\ Affairs, Illinois, Texas, Iraq War, Brooke Army Medical Center, L. Tammy Duckworth, Ty Ziegel, Tyler Ziegel, U.S. Marine Corps, UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter, Illinois National Guard, Garrett Anderson, Illinois Department ,
	Wounded warriors face home-front battle with VA (News) 1 discussions Ty Ziegel peers from beneath his Marine Corps baseball cap, his once boyish face burned beyond recognition by a suicide bomber's attack in Iraq just three days before Christmas 2004. Tags: U.S. Senate Committee Veterans\ Affairs, Illinois, Texas, Iraq War, Brooke Army Medical Center, L. Tammy Duckworth, Ty Ziegel, Tyler Ziegel, U.S. Marine Corps, UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter, Illinois National Guard, Garrett Anderson, Illinois Department ,
	Idaho senator denies new sex allegations (News) 1 discussions Embattled Idaho Sen. Larry Craig emphatically denied new allegations of homosexual encounters published in his home state's largest newspaper Sunday, calling the statements of four new accusers ".. Tags: Trials, Idaho, Larry Craig, U.S. Senate Select Committee Ethics, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Boise, Minnesota, Idaho Statesman

Next Page >>