Politics
Latest Stories
Pakistan NATO_Thir.jpg
Afghanistan-bound NATO trucks carrying supplies for NATO forces make their way through the Pakistani border town of Chaman on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. Pakistan blocked a vital supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Thursday in apparent retaliation for a purported cross-border helicopter strike by the coalition that killed three Pakistani frontier troops. (AP Photo/Shah Khalid)
![LameDucky1[10].jpg](https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2010/09/30/LameDucky110_s151x170.jpg?776c6f650809f42ba03cb64f42cf0b85e3d80321)
LameDucky1[10].jpg
A former Republican candidate is calling for rubber ducks to be sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, after the midterm elections. (Photograph courtesy of Danny Tarkanian)
GOLDSTONE.jpg
South African Judge Richard Goldstone's U.N. report on the Gaza conflict drew widespread criticism from the U.S. Jewish community. (Associated Press)
LEVIN.jpg
** FILE ** Rep. Sander M. Levin, Michigan Democrat, is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. (AP Photo)
Gays Military_Star(2).jpg
ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. prior to the Senate vote on the defense authorization bill.
20100929-204542-pic-513515729.jpg
** FILE ** Education Secretary Arne Duncan visited Friendship Collegiate Academy in Northeast on Wednesday to tout the federally funded Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. (Associated Press)
20100929-200312-pic-7994048.jpg
Freshman Rep. Alan Grayson, Florida Democrat, is one of the top targets of the Republicans this election cycle. (Associated Press)
20100929-180922-pic-153521233.jpg
** FILE ** Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, speaks in September 2010 with Afghan military personnel during a tour of the U.S. run-Parwan detention facility north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo)
California Governor_Thir.jpg
California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman discusses her campaign with workers at Altergy Systems after touring their fuel-cell manufacturing plant in Folsom, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
CONN..jpg
Democratic candidate for governor Dan Malloy, top left, Independent candidate Tom Marsh, top center, and Republican candidate Tom Foley, top right, debate in Middletown, Conn., on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Plane.jpg
** FILE ** Workers assemble regional jets at a Bombardier plant in Montreal in 2003. (Canadian Press Photo/Ryan Remiorz)
US Iran_Thir.jpg
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, talks about human rights abuses in Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
strike_6847
Riot police hit out at demonstrators during protests in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Spanish workers staged a general strike Wednesday to protest austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession.(AP Photo/David Ramos)
strike_6845
Riot police confront demonstrators during riots in Barcelona, on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Spanish workers staged a general strike Wednesday to protest austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession.(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
strike_6843
A man observes the riots from his closed shop in Barcelona, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Spanish workers staged a general strike Wednesday to protest austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession. (AP Photo/David Ramos)
strike_6842
Protesters vandalize a police car during riots in Barcelona on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Shortly after, the car was set on fire. Spanish workers staged a general strike Wednesday to protest austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession. (AP Photo/Paula Fernandez)
strike_6839
A protestor sprays paint on a public bus driving along Madrid's Gran Via, on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Spanish workers staged a general strike Wednesday to protest austerity measures imposed by a government struggling to slash its budget deficit and overcome recession. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
strike_6838
Workers burn tires in front of "Mercabarna (General Market) " during a general strike in Barcelona, Spain, early Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010 to protest the budget-slashing plans and austerity measures of governments seeking to control debt. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
strike_6837
Demonstrators march down a main boulevard in Brussels on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Labor unions organized the march of nearly 100,000 workers of the European Union institutions to protest the budget-slashing plans and austerity measures of governments seeking to control spiraling debt. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
strike_6834
A protester is detained by plain clothes policemen, during a demonstration in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Labor unions organized a march of nearly 100,000 workers of the European Union institutions to protest the budget slashing plans and austerity measures of governments seeking to control spiraling debt. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
