Topic - Maxine Waters

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  Six House members recuse themselves from Waters' case

  Six members of the House Ethics Committee including its chairman have recused themselves from any matter involving Rep. Maxine Waters, including an internal investigation looking into whether the panel mishandled a two-year conflict-of-interest case against the California Democrat.

• Aretha Franklin to headline Essence Fest

  Newly engaged queen of soul Aretha Franklin is headlining this summer's Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, and its other top performers include Mary J. Blige, Fantasia, Stephanie Mills, Charlie Wilson and Keyshia Cole.

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  Parties see protests as two sides of coin

  In 2009, where Democrats saw an unruly mob, Republicans saw patriotism. In 2011, where Republicans see an unruly mob, Democrats see patriotism. That was the "tea party." This is the "Occupy" movement.

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: President's ethics problem dates way back

  President Obama recently admitted to some schoolchildren he was not the best of students when he was child. Specifically, he told them when he was in the eighth grade, basketball rather than an ethics class occupied most of his waking moments. How prophetic.

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  LAMBRO: Obama spikes his base

  A rattled tone of desperation has taken hold of President Obama's once-self-confident rhetoric as he struggles to rally his party's dispirited political base.

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  GREEN: Grading the Tea Party

  It's tough for Tea Party supporters these days. The movement's members find themselves under increasing attack as their challenge to the status quo grows stronger. Democrats, still sour from losing the House, have lost their cool. "As far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell," proclaimed ethics-challenged Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat, at an Aug. 20 community meeting.

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  Promises of green jobs withering on vine

  Despite billions of dollars in federal investment and cheerleading from President Obama, even the most ardent supporters of an energy sector based largely on wind, solar and other renewable sources acknowledge that their dreams have not translated into reality.

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  PRUDEN: When good news is mostly bad for Obama

  Americans are always impatient with presidential candidates who speak only ideology, and that's good news for Barack Obama. But they're even more impatient with incompetence. That's bad news for the president.

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  KUHNER: Obama and the lunatic left

  President Obama is politically insane. This is the real meaning of his speech Thursday night in front of a joint session of Congress. Albert Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over, expecting

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  EDITORIAL: Give 'em hell, Barry

  "Now is not the time for the people you sent to Washington to worry about their jobs," President Obama said at a Labor Day rally in Detroit. "Now is the time for them to worry about your jobs." In all honesty, the real job Mr. Obama will be speaking about this week is his own.

• Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

  Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

• HURT: Madoff could admire Hill's Great Con

  In a cramped 8-by-10 federal prison cell in Butner, N.C., Bernie Madoff is laughing.

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  House ethics panel hires outside lawyer for Waters case

  The House Ethics Committee has hired outside counsel to review claims by Rep. Maxine Waters that the panel mishandled an investigation into allegations that she improperly tried to obtain a federal bailout for a minority-owned bank where her husband was a stockholder.

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  Waters demands dismissal of House ethics complaint

  Rep. Maxine Waters on Tuesday sought dismissal of House Ethics Committee allegations that she tried to obtain a federal bailout for a bank where her husband is an investor. Her attorney said misconduct and partisanship in the committee made a fair ethics proceeding impossible.

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  Inside Politics

  Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, moved swiftly Tuesday to address questions about her history of severe headaches, saying they wouldn't affect her ability to serve as president.

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