Why I Was Fired  —  WITH this week's release of more than 3,000 Justice Department e-mail messages about the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors, it seems clear that politics played a role in the ousters.  —  Of course, as one of the eight, I've felt this way for some time.

Blogs - Blogs  —  Filter by:  —  Al Gore Continues to Demand Special Treatment  —  From behind the scenes on Capitol Hill: Former Vice President Al Gore, despite being given major preferential treatment, has violated the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee's (EPW) hearing rules.

Schwarzenegger: Rush Limbaugh is 'irrelevant' … SACRAMENTO, California (CNN) — Rush Limbaugh likes to call himself "The Most Dangerous Man in America" because critics have long worried about how his powerful radio show shapes the political landscape.  —  And then came California …

FBI Violations May Number 3,000, Official Says  —  The Justice Department's inspector general told a committee of angry House members yesterday that the FBI may have violated the law or government policies as many as 3,000 times since 2003 as agents secretly collected the telephone …

Democrats Split on Iraq Bill  —  Even Vote Counters Aren't Lined Up Behind Spending Measure  —  One of the Democrats' chief designated vote counters, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), is actively working against the Iraq war spending bill.  The leadership's senior chief deputy whip …

Aid to Palestinians Rose in '06 Despite an Embargo  —  Despite the international embargo on aid to the Palestinian Authority since Hamas came to power a year ago, significantly more aid was delivered to the Palestinians in 2006 than in 2005, according to official figures from the United Nations …

Obama Rebuffs Soros  —  Billionaire's Comments on Aipac Are Scored  —  WASHINGTON — Leading Democrats, including Senator Obama of Illinois, are distancing themselves from an essay published this week by one of their party's leading financiers that called for the Democratic Party to …

Clinton Says She's Not Worried About "1984" Ad Impact  —  In an interview with NY1 Tuesday, Senator Hillary Clinton addressed the controversial new video that's attacking her credibility and promoting the presidential campaign of chief rival, Barack Obama.  —  After talking about Senate …

Hounding Fox News coverage  —  Journalists strive to report the news, not to be the news.  So Fox News should have been a bit embarrassed to headline a story that ended with the Nevada Democratic Party canceling Fox's sponsorship of a pre-caucus debate.  —  Then again, Fox is not a typical news organization.

The White House and Congress Seem Headed Toward a Familiar Collision  —  "Once executive privilege is asserted," Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority in a 2004 Supreme Court decision, "coequal branches of the government are set on a collision course."

Hollywood's Climate Follies  —  "My fellow Americans, people all over the world, we need to solve the climate crisis.  It's not a political issue.  It's a moral issue.  We have everything we need to get started, with the possible exception of the will to act.  That's a renewable resource.

Doctors' Ties to Drug Makers Are Put on Close View  —  Dr. Allan Collins may be the most influential kidney specialist in the country.  He is president of the National Kidney Foundation and director of a government-financed research center on kidney disease.