Archive for November, 2011

Lawyers for Rod Blagojevich asked a federal judge to impose “a compassionate and proportionate sentence” on the former governor, in sharp contrast to the 15- to 20-year prison sentence sought by prosecutors earlier in the day.

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Illinois had more volunteers pitch in to help decorate the White House for the holidays than any other state.

The White House released its Christmas 2011 theme of “Shine, Give, Share” on Wednesday. More than 130 people from 37 states helped as holiday…

A year after Congress voluntarily agreed to give up earmarks — pork barrel spending projects critics say cost too much and may have an outsized influence on some lawmakers — the special-interest provisions have crept slowly back into legislation, two senators warned on Wednesday.

A federal judge will begin a week and half of hearings on whether John Hinckley eventually should be released from the mental hospital where he has been a patient since his 1982 trial ended in a jury verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.

Newt Gingrich didn’t know when he would take office if he wins the presidency. Rick Perry got the voting age and the date of Election Day wrong. Herman Cain didn’t realize the president does not sign amendments to the Constitution.

In ways large and…

Police in Los Angeles and Philadelphia dismantled tents and arrested Occupy protesters who refused to leave city property early Wednesday.

Rod Blagojevich deserves a sentence of 15 to 20 years in prison on his multiple corruption convictions for misusing the power of his office “from the very moment he became governor,” federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

His attorneys argued for leniency,…

The anybody-but-Romney segment of the Republican party is the main reason one alternative candidate after another keeps rising to the fore, the latest being Newt Gingrich. This faction dislikes and distrusts Mitt because he has abandoned so many liberal…