Yet, as the Sun will rise again tomorrow, you can expect skyrocketing crude prices, if not next year, then, surely, sometime within this coming decade.
AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — To Barack Obama, from Congress on behalf of the American people: One hand-cut, crystal bowl with an etching of his new home in Wash...
AP | KEVIN McGILL | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
NEW ORLEANS — When Anh "Joseph" Cao was 8 and Saigon was about to fall, his mother asked if he wanted to take a trip to the beach. Despite his ...
Harut Sassounian | Posted 02.06.2009 | World
It is high time that both Arabs and Israelis realize that Turkey is a friend of neither side. When a ceasefire is finally established in Gaza, Turkey could end up as a major political loser.
The Hill | Mike Soraghan | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics
House Democratic leaders have decided to lengthen the congressional workweek next year as they try to implement President-elect Obama's agenda and cle...
Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics
Iraq remains a powder keg. "The Surge" has done little to increase security, a state of civil war remains and regional conflict threatens greater problems for the future.
ClimateProgress | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green
Do the 535 elected leaders in the United States Congress have what it takes to help America solve its energy and climate crises? Apparently not. Cong...
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.27.2008 | Business
For decades, conservatives have vilified the word regulation. This has brought us corporate slavery approved by the U.S. government and panic lines of depositors outside banks.
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have as much as $196 million collectively invested in companies doing business with the Defense Department, ear...
AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The House on Friday approved a Democratic bill that would set rules for the government's eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails i...
AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Fortunately for members of Congress, their pay isn't tied to their approval ratings. Lawmakers in 2008 will receive salaries of $169,300, a boost of $...
Indianapolis Star | Mary Beth Schneider | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
U.S. Rep. Julia Carson died at home this morning following a battle with lung cancer. She was 69. Carson's death comes just weeks after she announced...
Patrick Takahashi | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics