Staff / TruthdigDec 21, 2010
Members of the House and Senate may be in for a longer week than they'd hoped for if they don't get some serious legislating done -- and fast. The height of the holiday season may be at hand, but it's also the lame-duck season, which could lead to last-ditch-effort time. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 2, 2010
After a brief moment of bipartisan-themed grandstanding the day before, things got back to normal on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, with Senate Republicans plotting to make the most of the next few weeks by doing their darndest to derail any Democratic-backed legislation in the works. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigNov 15, 2010
The lame-duck session of Congress that kicks off this week will test whether Democrats have spines made of Play-Doh, and whether President Obama has decided to pretend that capitulation is conciliation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 21, 2008
As President Bush shuffled through the reception line before a photo op last Saturday at the G-20 summit in Washington, visiting heads of state seemed to give him the cold shoulder, even as they greeted other attendees with a handshake. What gives? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 19, 2006
President Bush has been hemorrhaging allies recently, with Republicans upset over the loss of Congress and the neoconservative architects of the war scrambling to point fingers as Iraq spirals further and further into chaos.
UPDATE: Even Henry Kissinger says Iraq can't be won militarily. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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