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This month, on the Tuesday evening of the 15th, my grandfather George Elk died at 92. My grandfather was born in 1918 on the Lower East side of New …

More than two years after the collapse of Bear Stearns, the House and Senate finally ironed out their differences on Wall Street reform in the wee, small hours of …

Chicago - Gun-rights advocates say that a US Supreme Court ruling today will embolden them to challenge gun-control laws in cities across the country.

Yes, all politics is indeed local — at the same time it is national and international. The interconnections are more numerous and important these days. This is true for …

In the conservative paradise, a nation of strong, hard-working individuals borrow responsibly and save for future needs. They don't need government telling them how to manage their money. If …

Washington - “End of an era” is an overused trope, but in this case it's appropriate: The last of the old Southern Democrats is gone.

Over the past year, BP's office of the ombudsman has been presented with dozens of safety concerns and evidence that would appear to support claims of widespread retaliation against …

Photographically, the setup for Solicitor General Elena Kagan's confirmation hearing was identical to that of Justice Sonia Sotomayor's: a spare table with water, the blue-suited nominee facing a semi-circle …

During Saturday’s nonviolent protest of about 5,000 activists outside the conference center in downtown Toronto, where leaders of the G20 were meeting, several hundred masked figures dressed in black …

Martin D. Ginsburg, husband of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has died at 78, according to the New York Times. —————————