Expect Palin chatter, as well as a preview of the upcoming week in Congress on health care reform and of the president's trip overseas.
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Expect Palin chatter, as well as a preview of the upcoming week in Congress on health care reform and of the president's trip overseas.
Reaction keeps pouring in from the news of the Alaska governor's decision to quit her day job.
Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska announced Friday that she would step down by the end of the month and not seek a second term as governor, allowing her to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012.
The meeting between Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki produces few public statements.
Gov. Sarah Palin’s move shocked Republicans and fueled renewed speculation about her presidential ambitions and criticism of her political competence.
For White House aides, the demands of working for the president have made work-family balance elusive.
The 10th Congressional District of California is up for grabs after the resignation of its Democratic representative.
Environmental groups lost all five of their cases before the Supreme Court last term, a trend scholars see continuing as the court moves to the right.
The move is one of the most concrete achievements in the effort to rebuild strained U.S.-Russian relations.
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said that the United States would not remain engaged in Iraq if the country reverts to sectarian violence.
Michèle A. Flournoy, the undersecretary of defense for policy, is considered the “brains” of the Pentagon building.
An interactive timeline of Barack Obama’s life and career.
Katharine Q. Seelye narrates a look back at the two-year campaign, including its coda.
An interactive timeline of Sarah Palin’s life and career.
David Kirkpatrick discusses the latest news out of Washington with Supreme Court correspondent Adam Liptak and deputy Washington editor Dick Stevenson.
Budget shortfalls, perennial legislative gridlock and endless voter initiatives — who would want the job?
An interactive timeline of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s political path, tarnished by an affair.
As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama promised to post bills online for five days after they passed Congress and to give the public a chance to comment on them. He hasn't. Why has the pledge been so hard to keep?
A look at the big issues that will dominate the health-care debate in the months ahead.
As a part of materials recently submitted to Congress, Sonia Sotomayor handed over video sources dating back 25 years.
Files from 2002 and 2005 released by the Justice Department detailing interrogation techniques used by C.I.A. operatives.
A detailed look at the final package passed by Congress.