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Sexual-harassment allegations still dog Cain

The Herman Cain sexual harassment imbroglio is getting more complicated. The other Republican White House hopefuls are becoming ensnared in the controversy, which has dogged the surprise Republican presidential front-runner all week. | 11/03/11 15:44:00 By - David Goldstein

Cain's stumbles raise questions about his past, competence

While Cain has denied the allegations, his less-than-nimble series of responses could threaten his recent rise to the top of the Republican presidential primary race. Also raising questions about his executive management skills is a report that his campaign may have violated campaign-finance laws in borrowing $40,000 from a Wisconsin nonprofit organization set up by his aides. | 11/01/11 18:53:00 By - David Goldstein

Cain refutes sexual harassment allegations

Suddenly beset by allegations of sexual harassment, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain on Monday labeled the accusations a "witch hunt" and insisted that they were "totally false." | 10/31/11 18:19:00 By - David Goldstein

McCaskill finally sells private plane at a loss

Sen. Claire McCaskill sold the private plane that caused her so much political heartburn last spring and could come back to haunt her re-election campaign. | 10/25/11 18:50:52 By - David Goldstein

Vets say the VA fails to give former warriors preference in contracting

Rodney Marshall just wanted to sell a few electric griddles to VA hospitals. Instead, the 40-year-old former Marine ended up in a battle with the Department of Veterans Affairs over whether they're following a law designed to help companies owned by service-disabled veterans. | 10/21/11 15:58:00 By - David Goldstein

As rage at Wall Street rises, its moneymen shower cash on candidates

Even as protests over its political influence grow louder, Wall Street is one of the leading sources of money so far in the 2012 race for the White House. Not surprisingly, the biggest beneficiary has been Republican hopeful Mitt Romney, according to a new analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan campaign-finance watchdog group. | 10/17/11 18:19:35 By - David Goldstein

With so much email deluging Congress, is any of it taken seriously?

They still hand-deliver mail three times a day in the Russell Senate Office Building. The hand-written letter is not yet dead. Email traffic, however, has swollen so fast that it's become a headache in the halls of Congress. | 10/10/11 15:25:00 By - David Goldstein

Study: A fifth of war veterans have mental health issues

Nearly 20 percent of the more than 2 million troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from mental health conditions, according to a new report. | 10/04/11 17:27:00 By - David Goldstein

Super PACS channel flood of money into 2012 elections

Relaxed campaign spending rules unleashed a torrent of cash in the 2010 elections. In 2012, it could be a deluge. Court rulings and revised regulations have made it easier for donors to give as much money to campaigns as they want — and keep it secret. That could shape next year's race for the White House, and very likely the battle to control Congress. | 09/30/11 14:39:00 By - David Goldstein

Bachmann's in a tailspin, but the GOP race is volatile

Michele Bachmann's presidential hopes have lately taken a nosedive. Her poll numbers remain in single digits, and her former campaign manager has been lobbing critiques of her stumbling performance from the sidelines. Despite all that, the Republican presidential race remains in flux, and the results of Florida's straw poll could serve as a check on viewing anything or anyone in the race as a sure thing. | 09/26/11 18:26:00 By - David Goldstein and Steven Thomma

Obama conjures 'Give 'em hell Harry'

Has President Barack Obama been channeling Harry Truman? No one would ever confuse the cerebral and given-to-compromise former law school lecturer who now occupies the White House with "Give 'em hell Harry."But Obama, whose approval rating hit an all-time low this month just as his re-election campaign gears up, has borrowed a page from his feisty predecessor's playbook. | 09/22/11 17:17:00 By - David Goldstein

Black caucus head treads line between criticizing, supporting Obama

As the debate over jobs turns into the latest political tug-of-war, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri walks a careful but candid line. As chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, he has been at odds with President Barack Obama over his administration's response to the soaring unemployment rate in the African-American community. | 09/18/11 12:50:00 By - David Goldstein

Kansas, Oklahoma lawmakers want rejected health funds to go toward deficit

Rep. Mike Pompeo had no problem with his state sending back a $31.5 million federal grant that would have helped put the new federal health care law in place. | 09/15/11 16:57:00 By - David Goldstein

New York marks 9/11 anniversary while moving on

As President Barack Obama and other dignitaries gathered in lower Manhattan early Sunday morning to commemorate the dead, for others throughout the city, it was pretty much business as usual, though many also recognized the importance of remembering. | 09/11/11 18:02:00 By - David Goldstein

Sept. 11 has made an indelible impact on the American psyche

The day began in crystalline sunlight and endlessly blue skies, but soon whipsawed into a decade of war, economic meltdown and deep political division. Ten years after Islamic terrorists hijacked passenger jets and crashed them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, the America that emerged from the smoke and rubble was in some ways a very different country. How different? | 08/29/11 08:00:00 By - David Goldstein

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