With Senate and Gonzales, Familiarity Breeds Contempt
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White House officials are vying to be the first person held in "contempt of Congress" for refusing to cooperate with probes of the Bush administration.
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President Bush&#39;s move to renominate 20 judicial candidates whose confirmations have been blocked by Senate Democrats sets the stage for a bitter procedural battle that
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ItÃ¢ÂÂs not easy being a presidential lame duck. A senator wants to slug you. The leader of your own client state snubs you. Even Air Force One causes trouble, blowing out six tires while you are on an overseas trip.
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy said Sunday that finding out whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales lied or otherwise misled Congress will help senators pick a worthy successor.
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A leading Senate Democrat asked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Wednesday to clear up apparent conflicts in testimony from Gonzales and former top Justice Department officials about the firing of federal prosecutors and other matters.
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When Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee appear before Congress, their reputations, and others', will be on the line
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With Attorney General John Ashcroft, the country often got more bark than bite from its Justice Department chief. Usually willing, often eager to get on television to announce a development in the legal war
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Up to two-thirds of the 44 Democrats  in the Republican-led U.S. Senate prepared on Tuesday to oppose  Alberto Gonzales as the next U.S. attorney general because of  his role in helping craft policies they blame for contributing  to the abuse of foreign detainees.
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WEIGHING OPTIONS: Politicians and pundits disagree over whether President Bush should pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
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The world is upside down. A posse of Republican lawmakers who, when opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants, like to talk about how rules must be followed and how we shouldn't reward lawbreakers. They're now demanding that a pair of convicted felons be rewarded with a presidential pardon.
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Only in the arcane world of the U.S. Senate could a quirky gambit known as a "clay pigeon" make the difference between passage of an important immigration measure and its death at the hands of opponents.
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One of the most important things to remember about Attorney General-designate Alberto Gonzales is obvious: He&#39;s not John Ashcroft.
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In Arizona, one House candidate called party officials idiots. In Rhode Island, ad-makers turned a Senate hopeful into a political pinata.
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When a state Senate race just north of New York City wound up too close to call, each side accused the other of mischief &#151; like intimidating old ladies at the polls or importing voters from the Bronx &#151; and went to court. Three months later, it's still there.
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Alberto Gonzales was a case study in cronyism, a nice guy and presidential pal who became attorney general on the strength of those two credentials.
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Some Democrats seemed ready to fight to keep one of President Bush's judicial nominees off the bench
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The Supreme Court session starting Monday features many of the same wrenching issues that splintered the justices during the last term and led to some unusually acrimonious dissents.