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Posted by Frank James at 7:20 am CDT A quick guided tour of some the day's most important or interesting (or both) Washington-related news stories. Immigration-asylum seekers are likely to...

Posted by Mark Silva at 6:50 am CDT If Americans had a direct say in the Oval Office, most would tell President Bush to focus on an exit strategy that...

Posted by Mark Silva at 6:15 am CDT President Bush, who this week ordered economic sanctions against the government of Sudan for aiding and abetting "genocide'' in Darfur, and who...

Posted by Christi Parsons at 6:10 am CDT They aren't going to Florida for the sunshine. The move by Florida and other large states such as Illinois, California and New...

Posted by Antonio Olivo at 6:05 am CDT The suggestions of Rep. Tom Tancredo, a fifth-term Denver congressman seeking the GOP's presidential nomination, that Muslim holy sites be military targets...

Good morning. These are some events of interest for Thursday, May 31, 2007, as provided by the Associated Press. ALL DAY May 29 - 31. POVERTY-ECONOMIC SECURITY — The Community...

Posted by Mark Silva at 4:20 pm CDT What was Tony Snow, the White House press secretary, getting at today when he likened the role that the U.S. military might...

Posted by Frank James at 2:10 pm CDT Fred Thompson, the "Law and Order" star and former senator from Tennessee, appears to be getting much closer to entering the presidential...

Posted by Frank James at 1:33 pm CDT Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut independent, is visiting Iraq during the Memorial Day recess and he likes what he sees. "Overall, I...

Posted by Frank James at 11:43 am CDT There'll no doubt be some violent debates over a new peace index just released today. In a new global ranking of the...