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Posted by Frank James at 6:45 am CDT A quick guided tour of some of the morning's most important or interesting (or both) Washington-related stories. Federal authorities identified the man...

Good morning. Here are a few Washington events of note for Friday, June 1, 2007 as collected by the Associated Press. The Labor Department is releasing the unemployment report for...

Posted by Mark Silva at 2:30 pm CDT Several mothers who have lost children at war in Iraq took part in a new talk show today on National Public Radio....

Posted by Mark Silva at 1:15 pm CDT President Bush, who long has refused to commit the United States to specific limits on air pollution blamed for contributing to global...

Posted by William Neikirk at 1:15 p.m. CDT The story from the White House at first appeared to be dramatic. President Bush announced that he has changed his position on...

Posted by David Lightman of the Hartford Courant at 1:05 pm CDT Chris Dodd goes for the heart in his new ad, debuting today. The ad, the third of his...

Posted by Aamer Madhani at 12:30 p.m. CDT With this last month marking one of the deadliest periods for U.S. troops since the start of the war, the second-ranking U.S....

Posted by Frank James at 11:10 am CDT In its issue that goes on sale tomorrow, Time magazine has an interview with the stars of the new film "Oceans 13,"...

Posted by Frank James at 10:49 am CDT Environmentalists have argued that reducing meat consumption would be one way of creating a more environmentally friendly world since it takes so...

Posted by Frank James at 10:03 am CDT Here's yet another reason why the immigration-reform legislation being debated in the Senate (when it's not in recess as it is now)...