Slideshow: The First Women in the Senate
After winning the Democratic primary to fill the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is poised to become the Bay State’s first female senator. It's a bit late. Indeed, many Northeastern states only recently entered the female-senate-representation club, while the first women senators were from the South and Midwest. READ MORE >>
Slideshow: You're On The CIA Payroll Too?
Slideshow: Politicians Go On "Oprah"
Slideshow: (Political) Spoiler Alert!
Slideshow: Jihadis Killed By The Drones
Slideshow: Polanski's Celebrity Defenders
Slideshow: Call The Wise Men!
Yesterday, facing public discontent over the war in Afghanistan, President Obama held a private meeting with one of Washington's venerable "wise men"--former Secretary of State Colin Powell. In doing so, Obama was participating in an age-old tradition. Click through this slideshow to see some notable "wise men" who have been summoned to the Oval Office. READ MORE >>
Slideshow: I'm Sorry, Mr. President
Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina is in hot water. Last night, during President Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress, he interrupted to shout, "You lie!" Wilson soon found himself calling the White House to apologize, and issuing a written statement describing his own comments as "inappropriate and regrettable." READ MORE >>
