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  • Conservatives decry pro-gay moves

    As the Obama administration hustles to fulfill the president's campaign promises to create equality for LGBT Americans, conservative groups are crying foul.


  • ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS
Former Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich waves to a well-wisher as he leaves the federal court building after the first week of his federal corruption trial in Chicago. Since his corruption trial began this month, the impeached Illinois governor has drawn on his skill as a politician to work the federal courthouse, from the sidewalk outside to hallways and the cafeteria to his courtroom, glad-handing bystanders and talking to reporters.

    Blagojevich wanted more than 'appreciation' for Senate pick

    A spellbinding soundtrack of Chicago-style politicking is getting its world premiere as jurors at the trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich hear FBI tapes in which Mr. Blagojevich grows increasingly frustrated over efforts to make a deal for the Senate seat Barack Obama vacated after being elected president.


  • Political Scene

    A legal defense fund set up for Sarah Palin when she was Alaska governor was illegal, an investigator for the state Personnel Board said Thursday.


  • Senate hopefuls take turns sabotaging own campaigns

    From the outside, it's shaping up as a race neither candidate wants to win.


  • Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John O. Brennan says of U.S.-born recruits to terrorist groups: "There are, in my mind, dozens of U.S. persons who are in different parts of the world, and they are very concerning to us." J.M. EDDINS JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES

    Dozens of Americans believed to have joined terrorists

    The president's most senior adviser on counterterrorism and homeland security says in an exclusive interview that citizens who pose a threat to the country are being tracked.


  • Associated Press
President Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev leave a news conference at the White House on Thursday. Mr. Obama said he succeeded in "resetting" the U.S.-Russia relationship.

    Obama encourages Russia's entry into WTO

    President Obama on Thursday declared he had succeeded in "resetting" the U.S.-Russia relationship.


  • FDR

    PRUDEN: Sacking the general doesn't change much

    President Obama rids himself of a particularly clueless general, but his fundamental problem remains.


  • Illustration: Intellectual property by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    PHELPS: Slamming the door on idea thieves

    At the current dizzying pace of technological progress and scientific discovery, the nation that fosters a strong knowledge-driven economy will lead the world in economic expansion. There is no doubt that technological innovation is a central driver of economic growth, as it directly supports more than 18 million jobs across the U.S. economy and accounts for approximately 60 percent of our exports.


  • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan meets with Sen. Tom Udall, New Mexico Democrat, on Capitol Hill. Newly released e-mails from Elena Kagan's time as an aide to President Clinton portray the Supreme Court nominee as a driven and highly opinionated person with a flair for political tactics and little tolerance for high-flying rhetoric.

    EDITORIAL: The case against Kagan

    Solicitor General Elena Kagan is too political, too leftist, too inexperienced and too disrespectful towards existing law to be confirmed for the U.S. Supreme Court. As Ms. Kagan's nomination hearings begin on Monday, what we now know about her should disturb fair-minded Americans, and should embolden moderate senators of both parties to avoid rubber-stamping her for a lifetime appointment.


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