Sen. Fumes Over Jewish Debate Question
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By BOB LEWIS  RICHMOND, Va. - A day after being asked in a debate about his immigrant mother's heritage, Sen. George Allen fired back in a written statement Tuesday confirming his Jewish ancestry.
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Â· Dershowitz says Israel petition is immoral Â· Top lawyer accuses union of double standards
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A slip of the tongue by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert about Israel's nuclear policy ballooned into a domestic crisis Tuesday for the Israeli leader, who came under criticism from across the political spectrum.
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Editor&#39;s Note: Both Democrats and Republicans show their discomfort with homosexuality -- and their willingness to use anything for political gain -- in the firestorm of debate surrounding comments about Vice President Dick Cheney&#39;s lesbian daughter.
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Presidential politics and partisan resentments reached a boil in the Senate Wednesday night, as a heated exchange between Sens. Barack Obama and Lindsey Graham erupted on the chamber floor and continued in a nearby corridor.
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(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer faced off against his two long-shot challengers in a debate Sunday, defending his record and refusing to rule out a run for another office if he wins a second Senate term.
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Quotes from the debate in Israel&#39;s Knesset on the Israeli plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and four small West Bank settlements.
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South Carolina Democratic US Senate candidate Inez Tenenbaum accused Republican opponent Rep. Jim DeMint of patronizing her by saying she doesn&#39;t understand key national issues during a fiery televised debate Sunday.
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New Jersey's two Senate hopefuls faced off Saturday in an hourlong exchange characterized more by a lack of civility than the dialogue on issues they had said they wanted.
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Sen. Joe Lieberman bemoaned the nasty tone of Ned Lamont's campaign &#151; even as he swiped at his Democratic rival, accusing him of waffling on the Iraq war.
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Democrat senators sharply criticise the Secretary of State nominee in a debate in Congress.
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A Jewish organization is demanding an apology from a Georgia legislator for a memo that says the teaching of evolution should be banned because it is a myth propagated by an ancient Jewish sect.
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A faculty panel has been appointed to investigate claims of intimidation of Jewish students by pro-Palestinian professors.
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The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, is set to begin debate on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s controversial plan to withdraw Jewish settlements from all of Gaza and parts of the West Bank.
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One of the 10 people accused of an anti-Semitic attack on a New York subway train disputes it began after a passenger said "Happy Hanukkah," the suspect's lawyer said Friday.
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At issue: whether a Pentagon analyst passed secrets to an Israeli lobby group, and whether that group passed the material to Israel.
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Sen. Barbara Boxer has always spoken up, but the California Democrat seems to have gotten a lot louder lately. Her opposition to Condoleezza Rice's secretary of state nomination was so combative that it was parodied on Saturday Night Live. That came on the heels of her decision to sign onto a House member's complaint about Ohio voting problems, forcing Congress to debate them before certifying President Bush's re-election victory.