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Democrats vote against forcing Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman from homeland security committee...

Democrats in Congress today voted against a punishment for Joe Lieberman, their onetime vice-presidential nominee, who alienated many in the party by campaigning for John McCain during the election. Rather than remove Lieberman...

Obama job offer to Clinton annoys his supporters

Barack Obama's decision to offer Senator Hillary Clinton the prize cabinet job of Secretary of State has angered supporters of the US President-Elect. By Alex Spillius in Washington Advisers to the incoming president, Left-wing...

Happy Birthday, Ted Stevens!

The longest-serving Republican loses his Alaska Senate seat THE seemingly endless race for Alaska's Senate seat is finally over. Last week, when Alaskan election workers started counting early and absentee ballots, the picture...

Pujols and Pedroia win MVP awards

Pujols joins a select band who have won multiple MVP awards Albert Pujols and Dustin Pedroia have been named as Major League Baseball's Most Valuable Players for 2008. St Louis Cardinals slugger Pujols, 28, picked up the...

Baseball: MVP awards announced

Neither Pujols nor Pedroia were able to help their teams to the World Series Albert Pujols and Dustin Pedroia have been named as Major League Baseball's Most Valuable Players for 2008. St Louis Cardinals slugger Pujols, 28,...

James Crabtree: President-elect Obama is modeling his presidency after Abraham Lincoln

This morning's papers are full of the Clinton saga - the one which will never die - reborn. Beneath it, though, is a more interesting story, of Obama's reading habits, the renewed influence of authors in the Oval Office, and...

Guardian Weekly podcast: Latin America gets ready for President Obama

How will Latin America react to the US' first black president? Plus, America's plans to withdraw from Iraq by 2011. And, the first anniversary of the Guardian's Katine project. With Jim Falzarano Only a few weeks ago, the...

McConnell to Detroit: drop dead

Unless the Democrats get aggressive Are leaders in Congress balking at a bailout for Detroit carmakers? Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, is trying his best to stop it.Top Senate Republicans said Tuesday...

Lawmakers choose GOP, Dem leaders for '09

Closed-door sessions sets the stage for the 111th Congress Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., his wife Victoria Reggie Kennedy, and their dogs Sunny and Splash, arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday. The next Congress took...

Lieberman decision pits Dean against liberal blogosphere

It's no secret that most of the liberal blogosphere loves Howard Dean and loathes Joe Lieberman. So it's interesting to see how progressive bloggers have responded to the news that Dean supports Senate Democrats' decision to...

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