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Geez, Senator Lott is really unhappy with "talk radio" and some of his colleagues: The Republican whip, Trent Lott of Mississippi, who supports the bill, said: “Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.” At some point, Mr. Lott said, Senate Republican leaders may try to rein in “younger guys who are huffing and puffing against the bill.” I think that this is a complaint that the old days were more fun for senators, and that the senators especially don't like the new media's ability to inform, inspire and direct public opinion. The end result of...

WASHINGTON, March 10 — In the months before announcing his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts contributed tens of thousands of dollars of his personal fortune to several conservative groups in a position to influence his image on the right. Last December, a foundation controlled by Mr. Romney made contributions of $10,000 to $15,000 to each of three Massachusetts organizations associated with major national conservative groups: the antiabortion Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Massachusetts Citizens for Limited Taxation and the Christian conservative Massachusetts Family Institute. Mr. Romney and a group of his supporters also contributed...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - John Kerry (news - web sites)'s Democratic election campaign accused Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) of making money from the Iraq (news - web sites) war through his links to the Halliburton company, in a new television advertisement. The spot, which will be shown in states where Kerry is in the tightest race with President George W. Bush (news - web sites), shows Cheney saying in 2003: "I have no financial interest in Halliburton of any kind and haven't had now for over three years." Cheney gave up his job running the Texas-based oil...

<p>Democrats are prepared to filibuster a Republican plan to spend $13 million to give up to 2000 children in Washington, D.C., a $7,500 school voucher. But Democrats are not planning to filibuster President Bush's plan to spend a fresh $87 billion in Iraq without rescinding some tax cuts for the wealthy to pay for it.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It is already too late for the United States to lead the world in the fight against global warming. President Bush saw to that last year, when he abandoned his promise to make power plants reduce the amount of carbon dioxide they send into the air.</p>