Stephen Dinan

Arizona dares L.A. to carry out boycott

The spat over Arizona's new immigration expanded Tuesday as a state official dared the city of Los Angeles to follow through on its new boycott by agreeing to give up the 25 percent of electricity that city gets from Arizona sources. Published May 18, 2010

Class-action suit filed against Ariz. law

The Obama administration is still weighing its options on Arizona's new immigration law, but the ACLU and a host of immigrant rights groups went ahead Monday with the broadest challenge yet, a class-action lawsuit that could become the main vehicle for the brewing legal battle. Published May 18, 2010

Class action filed against Arizona’s new statute

The Obama administration is still weighing its options on Arizona's new immigration law but the ACLU and a host of immigrant rights groups went ahead Monday with the broadest challenge yet. Published May 18, 2010

Primaries to send message to both parties

All politics may be local, but the results of Tuesday's primaries will answer some of the biggest national questions this year about the deep anger of "tea party" activists on the right, perturbed progressives on the left, and how much they'll shake up the established Washington order. Published May 17, 2010

Primary voters send message about balance of power

All politics may be local, but the results of Tuesday's primaries will answer some of the biggest national questions this year about the deep anger of "tea party" activists on the right, perturbed progressives on the left, and how much they'll shake up the established Washington order. Published May 17, 2010

Holder balks at blaming ‘radical Islam’

The attorney general balked at questions from the House Judiciary Committee about whether "radical Islam" was behind the Times Square bomb attempt, last year's "underpants bomber" or the Fort Hood killings. Published May 14, 2010

Holder balks at blaming ‘radical Islam’

Despite crediting the Pakistani Taliban with fostering the recent failed car bombing in Times Square, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was reluctant Thursday to say radical Islam was part of the cause of that and other recent attacks. Published May 14, 2010

Holder hasn’t read Arizona law he criticized

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who has been critical of Arizona's new immigration law, said Thursday he hasn't yet read the law and is going by what he's read in newspapers or seen on television. Published May 13, 2010

Congress seeks potty parity for women

Add equal bathroom access to life, liberty, happiness and the other things the government wants to make sure American citizens enjoy. Published May 13, 2010

Group wants equal restroom access for women

Add equal bathroom access to life, liberty, happiness and the other things the government wants to make sure American citizens enjoy. Published May 13, 2010

Senate calls for audit of three years of Fed deals

Senators demanded Tuesday to be let in on what they called the most secretive, powerful federal agency in existence, voting overwhelmingly to audit the loans and deals the Federal Reserve made over the past three years but stopping short of demanding a full review of the Fed's future monetary policy. Published May 12, 2010

Senate calls for audit of three years of Fed deals

Senators demanded Tuesday to be let in on what they called the most secretive, powerful federal agency in existence, voting overwhelmingly to audit the loans and deals the Federal Reserve made over the past three years but stopping short of demanding a full review of the Fed's future monetary policy. Published May 12, 2010

Senate demands one-time audit of the Fed

Senators demanded on Tuesday to be let in on what they called the most secretive, powerful federal agency in existence, voting overwhelmingly to force the Federal Reserve to undergo an audit of the loans and deals it made during the financial turmoil of the past several years. Published May 11, 2010

Senators focusing on candor, recruiting

The fate of Solicitor General Elena Kagans nomination to the Supreme Court depends on how she defends her decision to restrict military recruiters at Harvard Law School and whether she's prepared to answer the kinds of questions she declined to answer the last time she came before the Senate. Published May 11, 2010

Coburn wants to certify bills are read

Sen. Tom Coburn wants his colleagues to prove that reading is fundamental — at least when it comes to the dozens of bills that pass over their desks, often with nary a glance from lawmakers. Published May 11, 2010

Lieberman: Strip terrorists of citizenship

Saying that citizens who become terrorists are at war with the U.S., lawmakers on Capitol Hill introduced a bill to let the government rescind their citizenship - and stirred up a debate over what tools should be used to fight the war on terrorism. Published May 7, 2010

Bill will strip terrorists of citizenship

Saying American citizens who turn to terrorism against the U.S. have renounced their country, lawmakers on Capitol Hill announced a bill Thursday to let the government actually strip them of their citizenship. Published May 6, 2010

Obey to leave House after 4 decades

Rep. David R. Obey, the author of last year's $862 billion economic stimulus law, won't seek re-election this year - and on the way out he took shots at the Senate, the press, the country's mood and even former President George W. Bush. Published May 6, 2010

Senate nixes liquidation fund for firms

The Senate on Wednesday jettisoned Democrats' contentious $50 billion liquidation fund for failing financial service companies and instead overwhelmingly embraced an alternative that would try to shield taxpayers even as the government tries to impose "orderly liquidation" on big failed firms. Published May 6, 2010

House chairman Obey to retire at end of term

Taking shots at the Senate, the press, the country's mood and former President George W. Bush, Rep. David R. Obey said he will retire from the House at the end of this term, ending a four-decade congressional career that oversaw record spending and historic expansion of government aid. Published May 5, 2010