Two Men Charged in Alleged Plot to Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States  —  WASHINGTON - Two individuals have been charged in New York for their alleged participation in a plot directed by elements of the Iranian government to murder the Saudi Ambassador to the United States …

Would Iran Really Want to Blow Up the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S.?  —  The alleged Iranian plot would make great material for a spy novel, but it would go against Iran's own interests and past behavior  —  Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel al-Jubeir speaks in Annapolis / Reuters

U.S. Accuses Iranians of Plotting to Kill Saudi Envoy  —  Federal authorities foiled a plot by men linked to the Iranian government to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States and to bomb the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a news conference on Tuesday.

GOP senators vote to defeat Obama's jobs bill  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — United against Barack Obama, Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package the president had spent weeks campaigning for across the country, a stinging loss at the hands of lawmakers opposed to stimulus-style spending …

We Need a New System  —  In the Spring of 2000, my friend and former colleague Zack Exley arrived in Washington, DC, to observe the protests that had engulfed the city during the World Bank's annual meeting.  Driving into Washington from the airport, out the window of his taxi he saw …

About those ‘53 percent’  —  Republicans have been preoccupied for much of the year with those Americans who don't make enough money to qualify for a federal income tax burden.  Some are working-class families who fall below the tax threshold; some are unemployed; some are students; and some are retired.