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As midterm elections approached last November, federal investigators in Arizona faced unexpected obstacles in getting needed Justice Department approvals to advance a corruption investigation of Republican Rep. Rick Renzi, people close to the case said.
The delays, which postponed key approvals in the case until after the election, raise new questions about whether Attorney General Alberto [...]

The top two Democratic presidential contenders rebuked Republican rival Rudy Giuliani Wednesday for suggesting the United States could face another major terrorist attack if a Democrat is elected in 2008.
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama said the man who served as New York mayor’s during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks should not be making the serious [...]

Sen. John Kerry on Saturday blamed Republicans for squelching Senate debate on the Iraq war and warned that President Bush’s plan for more troops in Iraq is a mistake.
“Another 21,000 troops sent into Iraq, with no visible end or strategy, ignores the best advice from our own generals and isn’t the best way to [...]

The judge and attorneys in the Lewis “Scooter” Libby case slogged through more potential jurors Thursday to reach 30 qualified out of a necessary 36, prompting the judge to hope for better results when jury selection resumes Monday.
In three days of interviews, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton and the trial attorneys have disqualified 19 potential [...]

The Democrats are actually working, and working hard, at doing something good for the country after years of policies backed by Bush and his cronies were passed without so much as a thought by the Republican controlled Congress. First the anti-war resolution was passed, with some support from moderate Republicans and now the [...]

This is a great video from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart discussing the bill to block online gambling.

Here’s some more backwards thinking by Republicans. Didn’t they try to pass off as the party of inclusion in the last election?
A state legislator said black people “should get over�? slavery and questioned whether Jews should apologize “for killing Christ,�? drawing denunciations Tuesday from stunned colleagues.
Del. Frank D. Hargrove, 79, made his remarks in [...]

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill backing embryonic stem cell research, marking a major challenge to President George W Bush.
The stem cell bill was among the top priorities for the Democrats, who took control of Congress last week, but Mr Bush has vowed to veto it.
Advocates of stem cell research say it [...]