DEMS PUSH HILL, CHUCK ON DIALLO
WASHINGTON – Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer are again on the hot seat over their refusal to support immigration help for the family of NYPD shooting victim Amadou...
View ArticleHILLARY STICKS TO HER GUNS IN FEUD
WASHINGTON – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday stood by stinging comments she made about Iraq’s likely new leader and his close ties to Iran. Clinton, who visited Iraq earlier this...
View ArticleHILLARY STICKS TO GUNS IN FEUD
WASHINGTON – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday stood by stinging comments she made about Iraq’s likely new leader and his close ties to Iran. Clinton dug in the day after...
View ArticleGOLD METTLE – CONGRESS HONORS BASEBALL PIONEER ROBINSON
WASHINGTON – Jackie Robinson, who shattered baseball’s color barrier nearly 60 years ago, was honored yesterday in a tearful ceremony where he was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal....
View ArticleBEGGING BUSH’S PARDON; DUBYA CLEARS QNS. VET
President Bush yesterday handed out eight pardons – including one for a Queens man who went on a drunken rampage 20 years ago while he was serving in the military....
View ArticleSENATOR: HELP SOC. SEC. BY HIKING RETIRE AGE TO 68
WASHINGTON – An influential Republican senator wants to up the retirement age from 67 to 68, with a plan he says would help keep the Social Security system from going...
View ArticleTV CRITIC HILLARY A GOP ALLY – PUSHES ANTI-SMUT BILL
WASHINGTON – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton teamed up yesterday with two of the Senate’s most conservative Republicans to warn Americans about the impact of televised sex and violence on young...
View ArticleALL CLEAR AFTER D.C. ANTHRAX SCARE
WASHINGTON – A Pentagon official said last night tests found no anthrax at three military mail facilities that had been shut down after initial detection of the deadly poison. Hundreds...
View ArticleCHUCK NOW A D.C. PLAYER – QUIETLY BECOMES POWERBROKER
WASHINGTON – In just a few months since taking a key leadership post in the Democratic Party, Sen. Charles Schumer has quietly but forcefully emerged as one of the most...
View ArticleHILLARY: STICK WITH IRAQ TROOPS DESPITE VIOLENT OCCUPATION
WASHINGTON – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton made an unusual appeal yesterday – urging Americans to rally behind the increasingly violent war in Iraq while also rejecting calls by Democrats to...
View ArticlePREZ GURU PROMOTED
WASHINGTON – President Bush’s political adviser, Karl Rove – who already enjoys near-mythic influence in the White House – is taking on even more power. Spokesman Scott McClellan announced yesterday...
View ArticlePREZ SCORES A BIG W ; SENATE PASSES BILL CURBING CLASS-ACTIONS
WASHINGTON – President Bush yesterday notched the first big victory of his second term, winning strong new limits on class-action lawsuits and dealing a setback to state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer....
View ArticleHILL & CHUCK NIX DIALLO BILL
For the second year in a row, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer have slammed the door on helping the family of police-shooting victim Amadou Diallo remain in the country, The Post has...
View ArticleEUROPE STILL LIKES US: CONDI
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday told lawmakers she found an “open door” in Europe, with leaders in Germany and France ready to work together with the United States despite...
View ArticleHILL’S BILL WOULD GIVE EX-CONS THE VOTE
WASHINGTON – With one eye on her 2008 White House campaign, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday introduced a wide-ranging election-reform bill that would boost turnout among Democratic voters – and...
View ArticleBUSH WINS WAR TO CURB BIG LAWSUITS
WASHINGTON – President Bush, savoring his first big legislative win since his re-election, yesterday signed a bill he says will end the “lawsuit culture” in America. Bush said the class-action-reform...
View ArticleHILL AND MCCAIN VISIT TROOPS TOGETHER
WASHINGTON – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Iraq yesterday to pump up troops from New York and meet with military and political leaders in the wake of that country’s historic election last...
View ArticleBUSH HOPING WARMTH WILL SPROUT IN BRUSSELS
WASHINGTON – President Bush left the White House and arrived in Belgium yesterday for a week of meetings with foreign leaders during which he’ll push for more European involvement in Afghanistan and...
View ArticleBUSH IN BRUSSELS HOPING UNITY SPROUTS
WASHINGTON – Saying “no power on earth will ever divide us,” President Bush arrived in Belgium last night for a week of meetings with foreign leaders during which he’ll try to shore up relations with...
View ArticleW. BARES POT DAYS ON TAPE
WASHINGTON – The author who taped President Bush admitting he’s smoked pot said yesterday that Bush often talked about drug use during nearly 12 hours of chats. Doug Wead said Bush was focused on his...
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