Analysis — A prize for simply doing what's right

By Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter is honored for speaking truth to power, but hopes such prizes won't always be necessary

Another victory for the status quo: Boehner and Pelosi backed for House posts

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

A day after Senate Democrats and Republicans voted to keep their leadership in place for the third straight Congress, House Democrats and Re

John Boehner unapologetic about pro-business agenda

By Aaron Mehta

“I am the business community.” So declared John Boehner in a September interview with CNN, and his campaign contribution track record bears
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Harry Reid: In the clearing stands a boxer

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Caitlin Ginley

Senate Majority Leader Reid

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John Boehner: A pro-business agenda

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Caitlin Ginley

A pro-business agenda

Mitch McConnell: Fueled by tobacco and whiskey

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Caitlin Ginley

Mitch McConnell
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Are things any different in Denver?

By G.W. Schulz

The state of Colorado had its own fusion center. But authorities there refused a public-records request for documents showing what role the

Outsourcing Big Brother

By Adam Mayle and Alex Knott

WASHINGTON, December 17, 2002 — The Total Information Awareness System, the controversial Pentagon research program that aims to gather and

New GOP chiefs of appropriations, energy panels may not be settled until after Thanksgiving

By Peter H. Stone

With Republicans expected to have an excellent shot at winning back the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, talk is rampant about whic

The more things stay the same: Senate Democratic, Republican leaders re-elected

By Josh Israel

Both parties in the U.S. Senate voted today to preserve the status quo in leadership, keeping Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell at the helm. As

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