by Josh Lederman | Nov 4, 2010 | Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON – A record number of openly gay candidates was elected nationwide Tuesday, but the Democratic walloping on Capitol Hill is likely to shift the focus of the gay rights movement from congressional legislation to administrative, judicial, and state and local...
by Josh Lederman | Nov 3, 2010 | Politics
Josh Lederman/(MNS) Pres. Barack Obama tells reporters Wednesday in the East Room he takes responsibility for Democratic losses in Tuesday’s midterm election. WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama struck a conciliatory tone Wednesday, taking responsibility for the...
by Josh Lederman | Nov 1, 2010 | National Security, Politics
Josh Lederman/(MNS)Cpl. Chantelle Bateman of the Marine Corps Reserves pays tribute to injured soldiers at an Oct. 7 ceremony outside Walter Reed Army Medical Center. NORFOLK, Va. — Just days after returning from Iraq, Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher Ahn ordered a beer...
by Josh Lederman | Nov 1, 2010 | Politics
WASHINGTON – It can command endless hours of cable news, draw crowds in the hundreds of thousands and launch candidates from obscurity to the steps of Capitol Hill. What it can’t do is attract young voters. The tea party has become the de facto lightning rod of this...
by Josh Lederman | Oct 30, 2010 | Politics
Get the Flash Player to see this content. From all over the country, people arrived in Washington on Saturday for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. More than 230,000 Facebook users said they were coming. (Josh Lederman/for...
