Stephen Dinan

Primary voters buck establishment

The Washington order suffered big losses Tuesday, with establishment-backed candidates losing or facing a fight for their political survival in all three marquee Senate primaries on both the Republican and Democratic sides.

May 19, 2010

Ariz. official dares L.A. to stage boycott

The spat over Arizona's new immigration law expanded Tuesday as a state official dared Los Angeles to follow through on its new boycott by agreeing to give up the 25 percent of electricity the city gets from Arizona sources.

May 19, 2010

Primary voters buck establishment

The Washington order suffered big losses Tuesday, with establishment-backed candidates losing or facing a fight for their political survival in all three marquee Senate primaries on both the Republican and Democratic sides.

May 18, 2010

Official dares L.A. to go through with boycott

The spat over Arizona's new immigration law expanded Tuesday as a state official dared Los Angeles to follow through on its new boycott by agreeing to give up the 25 percent of electricity the city gets from Arizona sources.

May 18, 2010

Arizona dares L.A. to carry out boycott

The spat over Arizona's new immigration expanded Tuesday as a state official dared the city of Los Angeles to follow through on its new boycott by agreeing to give up the 25 percent of electricity that city gets from Arizona sources.

May 18, 2010

Arizona dares L.A. to carry out boycott

The spat over Arizona's new immigration expanded Tuesday as a state official dared the city of Los Angeles to follow through on its new boycott by agreeing to give up the 25 percent of electricity that city gets from Arizona sources.

May 18, 2010

Class-action suit filed against Ariz. law

The Obama administration is still weighing its options on Arizona's new immigration law, but the ACLU and a host of immigrant rights groups went ahead Monday with the broadest challenge yet, a class-action lawsuit that could become the main vehicle for the brewing legal battle.

May 18, 2010

Class action filed against Arizona’s new statute

The Obama administration is still weighing its options on Arizona's new immigration law but the ACLU and a host of immigrant rights groups went ahead Monday with the broadest challenge yet.

May 18, 2010

Primaries to send message to both parties

All politics may be local, but the results of Tuesday's primaries will answer some of the biggest national questions this year about the deep anger of "tea party" activists on the right, perturbed progressives on the left, and how much they'll shake up the established Washington order.

May 17, 2010

Primary voters send message about balance of power

All politics may be local, but the results of Tuesday's primaries will answer some of the biggest national questions this year about the deep anger of "tea party" activists on the right, perturbed progressives on the left, and how much they'll shake up the established Washington order.

May 17, 2010

Holder balks at blaming ‘radical Islam’

The attorney general balked at questions from the House Judiciary Committee about whether "radical Islam" was behind the Times Square bomb attempt, last year's "underpants bomber" or the Fort Hood killings.

May 14, 2010

Holder balks at blaming ‘radical Islam’

Despite crediting the Pakistani Taliban with fostering the recent failed car bombing in Times Square, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was reluctant Thursday to say radical Islam was part of the cause of that and other recent attacks.

May 14, 2010

Holder hasn’t read Arizona law he criticized

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who has been critical of Arizona's new immigration law, said Thursday he hasn't yet read the law and is going by what he's read in newspapers or seen on television.

May 13, 2010

Congress seeks potty parity for women

Add equal bathroom access to life, liberty, happiness and the other things the government wants to make sure American citizens enjoy.

May 13, 2010

Group wants equal restroom access for women

Add equal bathroom access to life, liberty, happiness and the other things the government wants to make sure American citizens enjoy.

May 13, 2010

Senate calls for audit of three years of Fed deals

Senators demanded Tuesday to be let in on what they called the most secretive, powerful federal agency in existence, voting overwhelmingly to audit the loans and deals the Federal Reserve made over the past three years but stopping short of demanding a full review of the Fed's future monetary policy.

May 12, 2010

Senate calls for audit of three years of Fed deals

Senators demanded Tuesday to be let in on what they called the most secretive, powerful federal agency in existence, voting overwhelmingly to audit the loans and deals the Federal Reserve made over the past three years but stopping short of demanding a full review of the Fed's future monetary policy.

May 12, 2010

Senate demands one-time audit of the Fed

Senators demanded on Tuesday to be let in on what they called the most secretive, powerful federal agency in existence, voting overwhelmingly to force the Federal Reserve to undergo an audit of the loans and deals it made during the financial turmoil of the past several years.

May 11, 2010

Senators focusing on candor, recruiting

The fate of Solicitor General Elena Kagans nomination to the Supreme Court depends on how she defends her decision to restrict military recruiters at Harvard Law School and whether she's prepared to answer the kinds of questions she declined to answer the last time she came before the Senate.

May 11, 2010

Coburn wants to certify bills are read

Sen. Tom Coburn wants his colleagues to prove that reading is fundamental — at least when it comes to the dozens of bills that pass over their desks, often with nary a glance from lawmakers.

May 11, 2010