Aside from health-care reform, probably the most divisive issue in Washington today is the $787 billion economic stimulus program. ...more

December 12, 2009

Under immense pressure from the liberal wing of his caucus, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has told colleagues that he may include a government-run health insurance plan in a health care bill he will soon take to the Senate floor, Democratic senators said on Thursday. ...more

October 23, 2009

A Russian air force chief said Saturday the country could base some strategic bombers in Cuba or on an island offered by Venezuela, the Interfax news agency reported, but a Kremlin official said the military had been speaking hypothetically. ...more

March 15, 2009

Forget religious preferences or racial divides. What you consider safe for your child is the single-most divisive issue facing parents. ...more

February 24, 2009

So the great nationwide analog cutoff has been delayed. ...more

February 6, 2009

CHICAGO (AP) - It was a Wednesday night ritual for Barack Obama: After a day of debating taxes, the death penalty or some other divisive issue, he'd head to a meeting of "The Committee." Lawmakers and lobbyists, Democrats and Republicans alike, would put their politics on hold and gather for ... their weekly poker game. ...more

December 29, 2007

The Federal Communications Commission, overturning a 32-year-old ban, voted Tuesday to allow broadcasters in the nation's 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper. ...more

December 19, 2007

Electronic message signs are nixed by county commissioners on 3-2 vote ...more

December 5, 2007