It's unbelievable that members of the U.S. Senate on both sides of the aisle are receiving so much resistance to make low cost prescription drugs from other countries available to Americans. The same worn-out arguments still are stopping this process and all it really comes down to are pharmaceutical manufacturers not wanting lose the billions in profits. ...more

December 11, 2009

Unless the White House comes to its senses, pilots at MacDill Air Force Base and other bases will have to continue flying Cold War-era refueling tankers for five years. ...more

March 17, 2009

How bad is it for John McCain? Some of his supporters keep suggesting he would have a better shot at the White House if he promised to serve only one term. ...more

June 29, 2008

with the total disintegration of the once all-powerful religious right. ...more

January 2, 2008

They could compete for strangest bedfellows of 2008. Rudy Giuliani is a supporter of gay and abortion rights who is building his Republican primary campaign around his response to the Sept. 11 attacks. ...more

November 8, 2007

Republican Sam Brownback abandoned his 2008 presidential bid Friday, his White House aspirations dashed by a lack of support and money. ...more

October 20, 2007

The son and heir apparent of Iraq's top Shiite politician came out strongly Saturday in favor of autonomy for Iraq's religiously and ethnically divided regions, a potentially explosive issue on Iraq's already highly polarized political landscape. ...more

October 14, 2007

The House will vote by year's end on legislation that would shield reporters from being forced to reveal their sources in some cases in federal court, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. ...more

October 5, 2007

TAMPA - A new poll of likely Republican voters in Florida shows late-entry candidate Fred Thompson within one point of frontrunner Rudy Giuliani in the race for the GOP presidential nomination. ...more

September 20, 2007