Obama's speech in Tucson last Wednesay was honorable and expected from the commander in chief of our nation and I applaud him for consoling the victims' families. (I hope for the sake of the affected families the trial will be swift, i.e., completed within one month or less). However, as he did not control the crowd by stating this is a memorial service for the victims and their families, not a pep rally, Obama lost some credibility. Also, for a memorial occassion like this, the speech was way too long and verbose. Obama showed little if any of expressional/inflection of grief for the people murdered and their families. A pro forma speech at times. Like being on the debate team at Harvard.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Roland Burris cleared a key hurdle Thursday on his way to filling President-elect Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat, testifying under oath that he didn't strike any deals with Gov. Rod Blagojevich to get the plum appointment.

WASHINGTON - President Bush called anew Wednesday for Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration bill as Democrats and Republicans jockeyed for positioning on what to do about the millions of illegal immigrants.

WASHINGTON - The 14 centrists who averted a Senate breakdown over judicial nominees last spring are showing signs of splintering on President Bush's latest nominee for the Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON - Homeowners threatened with foreclosure would in some instances get a 30-day reprieve under an initiative the Bush administration announced Tuesday. Critics attacked the proposal as far short of what is needed to resolve a serious financial crisis that is threatening millions of families with the loss of their homes.

WASHINGTON – Immigration officials announced that they deported nearly 400,000 undocumented immigrants in fiscal 2011, setting a record for a third consecutive year under the Obama administration.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Roland Burris seems to have weathered the storm. Fellow Democrats are no longer demanding his resignation. The new Illinois governor has stopped calling for a special election to replace him. And party leaders who control the Senate and Illinois Legislature are reluctant to risk losing his seat to Republicans.

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama received a rude welcome to Washington on Sunday as congressional Democrats dashed his hopes for a speedy response to the worst economic crisis in decades.

WASHINGTON - Chief Justice-nominee John Roberts, his confirmation secure, picked up support from fractured Senate Democrats Wednesday as President Bush met lawmakers to discuss a second, probably more contentious, vacancy on the Supreme Court.

A law proposed by a San Tan Valley father to let airport security and other agencies access a national database of children abducted by a parent is slowly gaining momentum.

WASHINGTON - The White House is nearing an agreement with Congress on legislation that would write President Bush's warrantless surveillance program into law, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said Sunday.

Even for Washington, D.C., the speed with which the two sides swapped positions on failed Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers and the newest nominee, Samuel Alito, was neck-snapping.

WASHINGTON — Swine flu could shine a glaring light on the best and worst about American-style health care.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - If there's such a thing as a "normal" impeachment trial, the one that starts Monday in Illinois doesn't qualify.

CHICAGO - AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, anticipating plans by the Teamsters and the service-workers affiliate he used to head to bolt, charged Monday that such a move would be a "grievous insult" to working people and their unions.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - President Bush on Thursday credited the Patriot Act with helping to convict more than 200 terrorists and dismissed accusations that the law has violated civil liberties.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - President Bush on Thursday credited the Patriot Act with helping to convict more than 200 terrorists and dismissed accusations that the law has violated civil liberties.

April 5, 2005

WASHINGTON - Congress voted its final approval Monday for $87.5 billion for U.S. military operations and aid in Iraq and Afghanistan, a day after Americans in Iraq endured their worst casualties since March.

WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito takes his first step toward the high court with a preordained Senate Judiciary Committee victory Tuesday, but the strength of opposition among panel Democrats may forecast his margin of victory in the full Senate.

A San Tan Valley father who has not seen his daughter in three years is continuing to press forward through political red tape and his frustration with the hopes of working out a custody agreement with the girl's mother who took the child to Brazil.