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For the first time since 1968, a party will command a filibuster proof majority in the Senate.
After several months of recounts and court battles, Democratic challenger Al Franklen finally secured his victory against Republican incumbent Norm...
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Dan Barber, a pioneer of the so-called farm-to-table restaurant movement, was named the nation’s top chef Monday by the James Beard Foundation.
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Israel’s prime minister on Monday outlined a “triple track” approach to peace with the Palestinians, a strategy that emphasizes political, economic...
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Democrats in Congress are taking a page from the drug war playbook to see if they could apply it to new financial regulation.
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Congressional Democratic leaders say Sen. Arlen Specter’s party switch is a sign that Republicans should become more like, well, Democrats.
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The Obama administration is being pressured by liberal Democrats to start a criminal investigation by a special counsel into harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects.
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Veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania switched parties Tuesday with a suddenness that stunned the Senate, a moderate’s defection that left...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid during a news conference about the Obama administration first 100 days on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, in Washington.
