Articles: Politics

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, of Virginia at the receiving line in the Blue Room as he hosts the State Dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House November 24, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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Could the White House Party Crashers Go To Jail?

Tuesday, Dec. 01, 2009

Experts say Tareq and Michaele Salahi could face felony criminal charges if they lied to get into the White House for last month's state dinner

Senator Dodd's Bipartisan Push on Financial Reform
Friday, Nov. 27, 2009

Senate Banking chairman Chris Dodd has reached across the aisle to the GOP to create bipartisan working groups to tackle the four hardest questions in financial regulatory reform
Obama's 'Mistakes': Way Too Early to Judge
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009

The media are giving Obama grief for just about everything. But it's far too soon to judge his policies
Gate-Crashing Couple to Testify in Congress
Monday, Nov. 30, 2009

The top Democrat on the House Homeland Security committee is calling the Secret Service director and the couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner to testify on the incident
Senate Report: Bin Laden was 'Within Grasp'
Monday, Nov. 30, 2009

Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force
Admin. Plans New Efforts on Foreclosures
Monday, Nov. 30, 2009

With the foreclosure crisis showing no signs of relenting, the Obama administration plans to expand a program aimed at helping people remain in their homes
Can a Pro-Life Dem Bridge the Health Care Divide?
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009

Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, the son of the man often called the father of pro-life Democrats, faces the biggest issue of his three years in the Senate: a debate over federal funding of abortions that threatens to bring down health care reform
Obama to Announce Afghanistan Plan Tues.
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009

President Barack Obama will announce his plan to bolster the war in Afghanistan in a speech Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, his spokesman said
Republicans Plot Their Health Care Attack Strategy
Monday, Nov. 23, 2009

The Senate's first day of debate on health reform gave a clear picture of the Republican attack strategy as the legislation moves forward
Senator's Affair Revealed in Text Message
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009

A Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he discovered the relationship after intercepting a text message around Christmas in 2007
A Health-Care Pep Talk for Senate Dems
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

With health reform's first test vote on the Senate floor less than 72 hours away, the White House dispatched a platoon of top strategists
Sanford Impeachment Hearings to Begin
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009

Legislators irked for months over Gov. Mark Sanford's summertime vanishing act and his tearful revelation that he was in Argentina for a rendezvous with his lover plan to start debating a measure