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In Senate Farewell, Kerry Speaks of Need to Listen

His voice quavering, Secretary of State-designate John Kerry bid farewell to the Senate after 28 years with a plea for comity and cooperation.

2013/01/30

Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

Alex Pelosi’s Sundance Debut Has Political Angle

Alexandra Pelosi was beaming: She had just made her Sundance Film Festival debut with the HBO documentary “Fall to Grace,” about former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey; her mother, Rep. Nancy Pelosi was on hand to witness it; and Sundance’s founder and Pelosi’s hero, Robert Redford, made it a point to stop by to witness the event.

2013/01/20

File photo of Sen. Joe Manchin. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Sen. Manchin: Politicians Face ‘Guilt By Conversation’

There’s a lot of political currency these days in being labeled a “problem-solver,” a title that has become highly sought-after following a polarizing election and protracted fight in Congress over raising taxes and curbing spending.

2013/01/14

Venise Sinvil gathers with other protesters who are hoping that the government will not cut Medicare/social security benefits and will agree to raise taxes on the top 2% of earners in the country. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Budget Struggle Raising Anxiety For Health Care

Confused about the federal budget struggle? So are doctors, hospital administrators and other medical professionals who serve the 100 million Americans covered by Medicare and Medicaid.

2012/12/29

Barack Obama (credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Has Long Work List To Tackle When He Returns

It’s hardly a secret that Barack Obama, like every president no doubt, muses about his ultimate legacy and spot in the presidential pantheon. He approaches his second term confronting tough and shifting challenges that will play big roles in shaping the rest of his presidency and his eventual place in history.

2012/12/24

ormer Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork (C) smiles prior to a panel discussion about the U.S. Senate's role on judicial nomination process September 1, 2005 in Washington, DC. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Bork, Whose Failed Nomination Made History, Dies

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Robert H. Bork, who stepped in to fire the Watergate prosecutor at Richard Nixon’s behest and whose failed 1980s nomination to the Supreme Court helped draw the modern boundaries of cultural […]

2012/12/19

President Barack Obama is flanked by his daughters Sasha, center, Malia and National Turkey Federation Chairman Richard Huisinga as he pardons "Liberty," a 19-week old, 45-pound turkey at the North Portico of the White House on Nov. 23, 2011 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Voting For Obama Keeps Families Away From Each Other For Thanksgiving

Ah, Thanksgiving. A little turkey, some cranberry mold, maybe apple pie with ice cream, some football on TV. Getting together with the cousins. Catching up beside the fire. Togetherness.

2012/11/21

File photo of a union worker demonstrating (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Unions Flexed Muscles In State Campaigns

From California to Maine, unions used their political muscle in the recent elections to help install Democratic governors, build labor-friendly majorities in state legislatures and defeat ballot initiatives against them.

2012/11/20

File photo of a campaign rally. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Storm Could Upend Campaign Travel Plans

President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney’s meticulously arranged travel schedules, a crucial element of their final-stretch strategies, could be upended in the last full week before Election Day by a super storm barreling toward some battleground states.

2012/10/26