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Rush to judgment: Vilsack ignored facts in Sherrod debacle
Former Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod pleaded with officials to hear her out after she was ousted from the USDA during a racial firestorm in July, internal e-mails show. Sherrod’s…
Foreclosure fury: Obama sends bill back to Congress
President Barack Obama killed proposed legislation on Thursday that struck at the heart of growing political rage over how banks have moved to evict struggling borrowers from their homes. The…
New media? Everything new is old again
Washington Post media writer Howard Kurtz shocked his colleagues and even his critics this week when he announced he was leaving the Post after 29 years to join The Daily…
Working-class whites say ‘no way’ to Democrats
Desperate for jobs and cool toward President Barack Obama, working-class whites are flocking to Republicans, turning a group long wary of Democrats into an even bigger impediment to the party’s…
It’s go-for-broke time in Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan enters its 10th year Thursday with key players hedging their bets, uncertain whether the Obama administration is prepared to stay for the long haul, move quickly…
Midterm election campaigns get down and dirty
Leaked audio in Nevada reveals a Republican Senate candidate trashing her party. Video of a Democratic Senate hopeful wrongly claiming he served in Vietnam becomes a TV ad in Connecticut.…
BP’s oil spill compensation program plagued with problems
In the rush to get compensation from BP after its massive oil spill, the $20 billion fund that the company created has been inundated with questionable documentation, inflated claims and…
‘Naked cowboy’ announces run for President
Watch out, Sarah Palin. There’s a new conservative in town, and he’s (nearly) naked and gunning for the White House. The Naked Cowboy, a strapping guitar player and Times Square…
Is change simply for change’s sake worth the risk?
With just under a month to go before pivotal midterm elections, the campaign landscape is as muddled as any I’ve witnessed in 45 years of either covering politics as a…
Rahm must reintroduce himself to Chicago
Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said he plans to hit Chicago’s grocery stores, train stops, “bowling alleys and hot dog stands” as he prepares to run for…
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