Politics
Latest Stories
Massachusetts_Governo_Live.jpg
**FILE** Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick speaks Dec. 22, 2009, during an interview in his office at the Statehouse in Boston. (Associated Press)
20110728-201205-pic-256418810.jpg
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, shakes hands with Molly Graybill while marching in a July Fourth parade in Amherst, N.H. (AP Photo)
PARKMOBILE_300_07281510.jpg
Mayor Vincent C. Gray speaks in front of a Parkmobile sign after an announcement of the completion of pay-by-phone parking across the District. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
PARKMOBILE_283_07281503.jpg
Mayor Vincent C. Gray speaks with students and supervisers working with the District Department of Transportation during an announcement of the completion of pay-by-phone parking across the District. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
PARKMOBILE_039_07281458.jpg
Parkmobile USA Inc CEO Albert Bogaard shows Mayor Vincent C. Gray how to use the Parkmobile app on the iPad just before Mayor Gray announced the completion of pay-by-phone parking across the District. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
PARKMOBILE_004_07281456.jpg
Parking enforcement officers ride their bikes and segways just before Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced the completion of pay-by-phone parking across the District, in Chinatown on Thursday, July 28, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
Smurf KremlinRGB.jpg
Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
debt_0236
House Speaker John Boehner and GOP leadership hold a press conference to discuss the debt bill that the House is expected to vote on tonight, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 28, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
debt_0235
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi discusses the House debt bill during her weekly press conference, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 28, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
debt_0234
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi discusses the House debt bill during her weekly press conference, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 28, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
debt_0233
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi makes her way to her weekly press conference, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 28, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
debt_0232
Led by Freshman Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., speaking at right, Freshmen GOP lawmakers voice their support for the House debt bill, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 28, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
debt_0231
Calling themselves an "Interfaith Coalition," a group of religious leaders leads prayer and protest against Congressional leaders in the Capitol Rotunda, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 28, 2011. The group said they were against "immoral budget cuts" and said they felt poor people were not being protected by new budget decisions. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
debt_0230
Calling themselves an "Interfaith Coalition," a group of religious leaders leads prayer and protest against Congressional leaders in the Capitol Rotunda, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 28, 2011. The group said they were against "immoral budget cuts" and said they felt poor people were not being protected by new budget decisions. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
debt_0229
House Speaker John Boehner and GOP leadership leave a press conference after discussing the debt bill in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 28, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
debt_0228
House Speaker John Boehner and GOP leadership hold a press conference to discuss the debt bill that the House is expected to vote on tonight, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 28, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
Debt Showdown GOP Fre_Live.jpg
** FILE ** Rep. Adam Kinzinger (at podium), Illinois Republican, speaks during a July 28, 2011, news conference on Capitol Hill to announce he will vote yes on the GOP plan to raise the debt limit. He is joined by Reps. Blake Farenthold (second from left), Texas Republican; Cory Gardner (second from right), Colorado Republican; and Sean Duffy (right), Wisconsin Republican. (Associated Press)
Oil Pipeline Protest_Live.jpg
**FILE** Protesters opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline hold signs outside the office of Rep. Lee Terry, Nebraska Republican, in Omaha, Neb., on July 26, 2011. (Associated Press)
Obama_Live.jpg
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney speaks to reporters during a press briefing at the White House on July 27, 2011. (Associated Press)
Debt Showdown_Live.jpg
House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, walks through a basement corridor in the Capitol in Washington on July 27, 2011, after an afternoon caucus with House Republicans seeking an agreement on legislation to raise the nation's debt limit. (Associated Press)
