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U.S. attorney firings political, Senate judiciary says

The Senate Judiciary Committee has released its findings in the firing of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006, including former U.S. Attorney Todd Graves of the Western District of Missouri. The committee concluded that the firings...

Mint promoting dollar coins as change we can believe in

New effort to get rid of the $1 bill makes environmental pitch By BARBARA HAGENBAUGH • USA Today • November 18, 2008 WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Mint is spending about $12 million on a pilot project to promote the presidential...

NEWS -- What course for McCain, now back in the Senate?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- His hopes for the presidency dashed yet again, John McCain returns to the Senate as the Republican iconoclast his GOP colleagues find hard to embrace and one his Democratic peers would love to win over.

George H.W. Bush receives award, answers questions at Lied Center

The former president visited the University to receive the Robert J. Dole Leadership Prize, the first former president to do so. Some tense and comical moments highlighted former President George H.W. Bush’s visit to the Lied...

First in Line No Guarantee for Inaugural Tickets

Tickets to Obama's oath-taking available to some before the first in line By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON November 16, 2008 (AP) So your member of Congress has declared a first-come, first-served policy on...

McCain returns to the Senate as a still-critical vote

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press John Bazemore AP John McCain speaks during a rally for Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss Thursday in Atlanta. WASHINGTON — His hopes for the presidency dashed yet again, John McCain returns to the...

McCain may face support, opposition from both parties

His hopes for the presidency dashed yet again, John McCain returns to the Senate as the Republican iconoclast his GOP colleagues find hard to embrace and one his Democratic peers would love to win over.

What course for McCain, now back in the Senate?

WASHINGTON -- His hopes for the presidency dashed yet again, John McCain returns to the Senate as the Republican iconoclast his GOP colleagues find hard to embrace and one his Democratic peers would love to win over.

Democrats show little interest in state treasurer role

A member of one of the state’s most prominent political families isn’t interested in being state treasurer, nor is a legislator whose name also surfaced as a potential candidate. Jill Docking, a Wichita stockbroker and...

Senate Dems Look Ahead to 2010 (RealClearPolitics.com)

RealClearPolitics.com - Even before Democrats know how many seats they will actually control in the Senate this year, with the possibility of a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority on the horizon, the party is already looking...

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