Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:37:50 GMT

Liz Cheney, shown with her father, has criticized lawyers who represented terrorism suspects. Liz Cheney criticized lawyers who represented terrorism suspects. A group of right-leaning legal scholars objected.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:38:23 GMT

Christopher J. Dodd, left, Bob Corker, center, and Richard C. Shelby are key banking legislators.Senator Bob Corker wants a proposed bank agency to be more lenient, but critics say consumers would be hurt.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:40:34 GMT

Karl Franklin Delano Riley II, left, and Alex Hartzler, two of the hundreds of people who applied for position of lieutenant governor of Illinois. After scandal forced the nominee for lieutenant governor out, Democrats in Illinois are letting citizens apply online to run.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:57:03 GMT

Former Representative Eric J. Massa, under investigation by a Congressional ethics panel, said he “did nothing sexual.”

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:10:16 GMT

Steve Levy, the Suffolk County executive and a registered Democrat, met with New York Republican leaders about a potential run for governor on their ticket.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:21 GMT

Senator Max Baucus, a key figure in the health care debate, talked Tuesday with members of an Alzheimers' group during a break in a Senate session.As Democrats considered potential maneuvers, business groups announced plans for a campaign to stop the legislation.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:27:36 GMT

President Obama held a bipartisan meeting last month to try to find agreement on health care. President Obama’s health reform plan is a mixed bag for those who care about keeping down medical costs.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:10:20 GMT

In San Francisco, electoral activists proposed a ballot measure that would add a second day to cast ballots.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:21 GMT

Some fear a proposed change to a film incentive program would discriminate against productions with gay characters.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:50:20 GMT

After months of delay and discord, negotiators are making a fresh effort to wrap up a long-delayed arms control treaty.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:40:26 GMT

With a petition to the F.C.C. and a letter to Congressional leaders, cable and satellite providers said the current rules were “broken and in need of repair.”

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:20:40 GMT

Charles L. Evans, head of the Chicago Fed, spoke Tuesday at a conference of the National Association for Business Economics. The Federal Reserve has ended nearly all of the lending programs it created in 2007 to combat the credit crisis, but in the coming months it must decide when and how to tighten monetary policy.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:50:17 GMT

A Senate panel learned that more students in more countries graduate from high school and college and score higher on achievement tests than students in the United States.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:23:30 GMT

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said Tuesday that the scene at President Obama’s State of the Union address was “very troubling” and that the speech had “degenerated to a political pep rally.”

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:50:14 GMT

David Kimche, in 1983.Mr. Kimche was involved in some of the country’s most delicate foreign escapades, including the Iran-contra affair.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:56:38 GMT

Dr. Wayburn was a five-term president of the Sierra Club.The physician became a major figure in the conservation movement, leading campaigns that preserved more than 100 million wild acres.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:30:22 GMT

President Barack Obama told a crowd of students at Arcadia University, in Glenside, Pa. on Monday that there should be an “up or down vote on health care.”In an appearance that harked back to his 2008 campaign, President Obama made an emotional pitch for public support.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:58:41 GMT

Experts said state officials might be left to worry about the solvency of insurers, the ultimate consumer protection.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:58 GMT

Former national security officials say eliminating civilian trials for foreign terrorism suspects would tie the government’s hands.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:53:34 GMT

Representative Eric J. Massa, accused of harassing an aide.Eric J. Massa from New York, accused of sexual harassment, said that party leaders had orchestrated a campaign against him.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:30:12 GMT

President Obama plans to appoint a former senior Army official with a career in intelligence to lead the Transportation Security Administration, according to an administration official.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:20:23 GMT

The investigation will focus on Select Medical, which runs more long-term care facilities than any other company.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:09:25 GMT

The president planned to spell out his vision for the future of American astronauts in space at a conference next month.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:40:28 GMT

Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his wife, Jill, were greeted Monday after landing near Tel Aviv.The vice president will also try to keep Israel focused on relying on sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program rather than on unilateral military action.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:10:11 GMT

Justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg have each offered a number of oral dissents from the bench. The practice of Supreme Court justices reading a dissent from the bench to note their unhappiness is on the rise.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:42:19 GMT

A motorcyclist supporting the family of Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder drove by protesters at his funeral in Westminster, Md., in 2006.The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether the father of a fallen Marine may sue protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church who picketed the funeral.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:43:21 GMT

Four state lawmakers trying to regulate marijuana dispensaries sent a request to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Monday to stop raids on medical marijuana operations.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:48:25 GMT

He was chosen as White House chief of staff because he could make things happen. What happened?

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:58:32 GMT

While “Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers” offers a cogent, informative peek into a historic chapter in 20th-century journalism, as an evening of theater it is static.