Politics

Last week, the House ethics panel voted to expand its investigation into Charlie Rangel’s finances for the third time since the probe began. The Harlem congressman has been plagued by numerous ethics problems, to the point that he even asked the ethics committee to look into behavior last year in an attempt to save face—this…

President Obama has not made significant progress in his plan to infuse federal courts with a new cadre of judges, and liberal activists are beginning to blame his administration for moving too tentatively on what they consider a key priority. During his first nine months in office, Obama has won confirmation in the Democratic-controlled Senate…

Four US troops and two civilians were killed in a roadside bomb today in the country’s southern region. More civilian deaths were recorded in the ghazni region on Friday as well. From CNN: n Ghazni province Friday, a woman and a school-age girl were killed in crossfire during a raid by security forces against militants,…

President Obama’s visit to New Orleans Thursday was 47 days late and a few hundred million dollars short. His presence was expected on Aug. 29, 2009, the fourth anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ravishing the Gulf Coast with wind and floods. The post-Katrina recovery has had a number of false starts, hiccups and clog-ups.…

We’re a couple of weeks into the fall television season, and if you’re like me, you can’t focus on one show long enough to get with the program. Missed the first few episodes of what is supposed to be a cool show? Step into the world of television via the Internet. But before you explore…

After five months of congressional debate and five hours of tense discussion, the Senate Finance Committee passed the makings of significant health care reform. Backed by 13 Democrats and Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe, the wide-ranging bill introduced by committee chairman Max Baucus will cover needed reforms on which there is almost no partisan disagreement—comparative effectiveness…

FoxNews.com’s Kelley Beaucar Vlahos reports on the opportunities for black Republicans in the Obama era: “When former President Jimmy Carter said racism was an underlying factor in attacks on President Obama, it’s safe to say he had no intention of boosting Allen West’s campaign for Congress in Florida’s Broward County.” “But according to West, a…

The Washington Post’s Ann Scott Tyson reports: “President Obama announced in March that he would be sending 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. But in an unannounced move, the White House has also authorized — and the Pentagon is deploying — at least 13,000 troops beyond that number, according to defense officials. “The additional troops are…

It only took nine months, but the Obama Administration has finally gotten the memo that Fox News Network is in fact, not their friend. “We’re going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent,” Anita Dunn, the White House communications director, told the New York Times Sunday. “As they are undertaking a war…