GOP threatens to slow appropriations process

Republicans this week are prepared to use parliamentary procedures in a coordinated attack to try and thwart changes in the way the House adds earmarks to appropriations bills, according to GOP sources.

At Journal, Slim Margins Open Door to Murdoch

Lagging profit margins and a poor financial outlook may have made The Wall Street Journal an attractive target.

Fired After 16 Years of Serving his Country for Dodging a Non-Existing Draft

Chris Freking, a technician at San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center who has served military veterans for the past 16 years, is about to be fired for a technical violation that even his bosses can't comprehend -- shirking his duty to the military. Freking, 39, is a draft …

Hamas: we will never recognise Israel

The Palestinian prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, today said his Hamas-led government will never recognise Israel and will continue to fight for the liberation of Jerusalem."We will never recognise the usurper Zionist government and will continue our jihad-like movement until the l …

Holiday in Cambodia, tough kid, but life.

Chou Sa-Ngoun was desperate. Her teenage son was skipping school for weeks at a time, using drugs, getting arrested, staying out all night, hanging out with the wrong kids. Nothing she did seemed to make any difference. Grounding didn't work.

Problem at home: Panel criticizes political rhetoric, deep divisions

Of the many grim messages in the Iraq Study Group's report, one of the most unexpected was the panel's suggestion that the United States has to address not a single crisis but two -- one in Iraq and another at home.

Media responsible for change in world climate

Media climate     Sen. James M. Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican and chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, will hold a full committee hearing tomorrow on "Climate Change and the Media."

What Does Putin Want?

Putin, who became President of Russia in 2000, seemed to embody the hope of combining liberty and order, democracy and prosperity.

Rumsfeld Memo on Iraq Proposed 'Major' Change

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 — Two days before he resigned as defense secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld submitted a classified memo to the White House that acknowledged that the Bush administration's strategy in Iraq was not working and called for a major course correction.

Surprise: Oil Woes In Iran

Few countries can match Iran in its ability to generate angst among Westerners. It appears determined to become a nuclear power. Tehran's Islamic leaders aid radical groups across the Middle East. And as the U.S.

The Last 20th-Century Election?

Back in February 2002, some colleagues and I sat down to lunch with Tom Daschle, who was then the Democratic majority leader of the United States Senate.

Oh Say, Can You Swear on a Koran?

The U.S. Constitution is a multiculturalist document. Not in all senses, of course: It tries to forge a common national culture as well as tolerating other cultures. But it is indeed multiculturalist in important ways.

In Following His Own Script, Webb May Test Senate's Limits

At a recent White House reception for freshman members of Congress, Virginia's newest senator tried to avoid President Bush.

Saudi's Ready to Step Into Iraq

Over the past year, a chorus of voices has called for Saudi Arabia to protect the Sunni community in Iraq and thwart Iranian influence there.

U.S. Retreat from Iraq?

First, James Baker told one of Saddam Hussein's lawyers that Tariq Aziz, former deputy prime minister, would be released from detention by the end of this year, in hope that he will negotiate with the US on behalf of the Baath Party leadership. The discussion recently took place …

Outgoing GOP Leader: Party Must Reform

We have to recommit ourselves to being the party of reform. We have to push things like earmarks. We have to focus aggressively to reduce spending in Washington. Tax reform is another one. Immigration reform.

Can Social and Fiscal Conservatives get along?

After a nasty campaign season in which both sides traded insults and accusations, can they work together in the future? It is a question sure to be directed at Republicans and Democrats, but it might be profitably be asked of feuding libertarians and social conservatives as well.

End of the Affair: Losing Rumsfeld

Two months ago, Kenneth Adelman, the former director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, received a call from the Pentagon: Donald Rumsfeld would like to see him as soon as possible. Adelman said he knew then that this meeting might be their last.

Schwarzenegger Implores GOP To Follow Script of His Sequel

In his victory speech Tuesday night to a confetti-swamped crowd at the Beverly Hilton, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had a message for the rest of the Republican Party after its worst defeat in decades.

Pelosi Keeps the Peace

House Democratic leaders moved swiftly this week to avert a fractious battle between Reps.

Off With Their Heads–Republicans Look to New Leaders in Congress

The lean, ascetic, ideological purity of the Gingrich Republicans of 1994 had yielded to the corrupt, feather-your-own-nest psychology of the current Republican congressional leadership.

Boy did they get it wrong: Predictions from National Review

I figure a Republican majority in the House of three-to-five seats, and the Senate not so different from what it is now, except for the loss of Lincoln Chafee's seat.

Keeping Score on Tuesday

The election actually began four weeks ago with early voting. Passion drives turnout; anger is a passion; contentment is not.

Liberal Agenda: Nancy Pelosi's tough new rules

Here are some of the new rules Pelosi wants: No House member may accept any gift of any value from lobbyists, or any firm or association that hires lobbyists. No free travel, which means an end to the corporate jet line every Friday at Reagan National Airport.

Red State Babylon

The red states may be more churchgoing than the blue states, but they're no strangers to Peyton Place.

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