Sizing up the Kennedy dynasty's next generation

Senate Roll Call: Health Care

The 60-39 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to advance a measure overhauling health care to a full debate.

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Senate vote under way on 1st test of health care

The Senate has begun voting on whether to move ahead on a sweeping health care bill.

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Obama has low-key evening out after long week

President Barack Obama and his family spent a low-key night out at the home of a senior White House adviser after a whirlwind week spent on a presidential trip to Asia.

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Comparison of Democratic health care bills

A comparison of the health care bills before Congress:

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Terror trials differ in civilian, military courts

The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee.

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Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy

President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of jobs and open new markets for American goods in the future.

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Senate Democrats at odds over health care bill

Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation's troubled health care system, the moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren't met and the more liberal members warning their party leaders not to bend.

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Prosecutors plan commission case in Cole bombing

Military prosecutors said Friday they plan to seek new charges against the alleged mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole.

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FAA says equipment outage caused 819 flight delays

The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights.

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GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care

Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.

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Guests for the Sunday TV news shows

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

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Levin: More e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect possible

WASHINGTON — The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.

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US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

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Reid health bill helps chiropractors, drugmakers

Chiropractors get a lift in the Senate health care bill, thanks to a senator from the state practitioners consider the birthplace of their profession — Iowa.

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Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote

Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.

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Vehicle fuel efficiency up in 2008 model year

The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday.

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New questions arise in Pequot trading probe

A new development related to the government's investigation of possible insider trading at a major hedge fund has raised questions in the case and caught the attention of two key senators.

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The Twelve Days of Palin

With Sarah Palin's new book tour allowing her to slither back onto the media scene, she has once again availed herself of another opportunity to wax eloquent (?) on her most favoritist topic-- Sarah Palin.

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"At the end of this decade what we call "politics" has devolved into a kind of ongoing, brainless soap opera about dueling cultural resentments and the really cool thing about it, if you're a TV news producer or a talk radio host, is that you can build the next day's news …

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Didn't he just criticize Anita Dunn for thinking like the Chinese?

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Poll: Are You A Slave To Corporate America? Are You A Vassal To A Corporate Lord?

We might think we live in modern times. We might have even convinced ourselves of it, with our fancy gadgets and computer equipment. But as far as economic models go, I contend we are still pretty medieval.

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You're a sensible, principled conservative. You want America to be a land of boundless opportunity and freedom, where people are treated as individuals and judged on their merits. But let someone mention "illegal immigrants,'' and your principles fly out the window.

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Via Oprah, Facebook and a bus trip that resembled a campaign swing more than a book tour, Sarah Palin reappeared on the national stage last week, minus her governorship and running-mate status, but with a new role as principled "rogue" to add to her previous credits as plain- …

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Any Social Security reform package is likely to contain some or all of these ideas. And it had better happen soon. Experts agree that the longer we wait, the more difficult it will be to solve the system's financial ills. David M.

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"The real problem may be Obama's friends — or rather, those among his formerly most enthusiastic supporters who are now having second thoughts." When even John Conyers and the CBC start voicing complaints against to Obama, who's going to be next?

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Lithuania is currently embroiled in a bizarre and deeply confusing political controversy which reveals what happens when a country becomes gripped by extremist ideologies.

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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-running political dynasty is over.

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It's not the first time. Periodically, we have shed the burden of bravery, reason, civilization, laws. Always, it happens in moments of national stress, moments of overwhelming confusion, anger or fear, moments that make us prey to demons of expedience and moral compromise.

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The ball has dropped. No matter what is cooked up after the sham "official debate" begins (after cloture is invoked) the basic framework of Obamacare is not waiting to be debated. Insurers are now going to be more rigorously regulated than ever before.

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Mr. David Beamer, the father of Todd Beamer, who died on United Airlines Flight 93 on 9/11 described Holder's bewilderment during his response to inquiries at the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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