McCain says Palin to play leadership role as ex-Governor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator John McCain expressed support for his former presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, on Saturday as Washington speculated about why the Alaska governor abruptly announced her resignation.
Book Review: ‘The Waxman Report’ by Henry Waxman
“The Waxman Report” explains, at least, how Congress can work, and it is fun to read. You finish it with gratitude to the voters of Beverly Hills and nearby areas who keep returning this ornery fellow to the House to challenge entrenched special interests.
Post Publisher Says Rushed Planning Led to Inaccurate Flier on Policy Dinners
Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth said yesterday that a hasty time frame, haphazard planning and miscommunication led to the release of a promotional flier that inaccurately described the newspaper’s plans for a series of sponsored “salons” with influential insiders.
Russia Presents New Test for Obama on Overseas Trip
President Obama is scheduled to leave Washington tonight on a week-long trip that will help determine whether his personal popularity and fresh policy approaches can yield concrete results on difficult issues including arms control, missile defense and nuclear nonproliferation.
Wife’s Guilty Plea to Bribery Raises Question of What Rep. Conyers Knew
In the snow-covered parking lot of a McDonald’s in Detroit two years ago, City Council member Monica Conyers met with a waste-management consultant who slipped her an envelope stuffed with as much as $3,000 in cash.
Palin Opens Herself Up to Criticism
Does Sarah Palin have a political future? Until she declares otherwise, the assumption will be that she remains interested at least in exploring a presidential campaign for 2012. But after announcing that she intends to resign as governor of Alaska, that future comes with bigger question marks than…
Concerns About Spotlight’s Glare, Effect on Family, Prompted Palin’s Decision
Why did Sarah Palin step down? Theories abound. But some of the people closest to the Alaska governor say she wanted to regain control of a political script that slipped out of her hands the moment she burst onto the national stage. She also wanted to shield herself and her family from the attacks…
Wife’s Guilty Plea to Bribery Raises Question of What Rep. Conyers Knew
In the snow-covered parking lot of a McDonald’s in Detroit two years ago, City Council member Monica Conyers met with a waste-management consultant who slipped her an envelope stuffed with as much as $3,000 in cash.