John Conyers, Jr.

Tribune Correspondent James Oliphant spent last week in Georgia, covering the U.S. Senate runoff between Republican Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin. The race could determine the success of the Democratic legislative agenda. Here is his report:...

by Mark Silva Sanjay Gupta may have one more House call to make. Before he heads to Capitol Hill for confirmation as surgeon general -- though the problem that the well-known tele-doctor has may not be so much in the......

by James Oliphant Senate leaders will announce Thursday an agreement with Citigroup in which the financial giant will throw its support behind legislation that allows homeowners in bankruptcy to modify the terms of their mortgages. The provision has...

by Frank James If Karl Rove thought congressional Democrats were going to let bygones be bygones, just because one of their own now occupies the White House, he was mistaken. Rep. John Conyers, the House Judiciary Committee chairman, has subpoenaed......

by Mark Silva Dr. Sanjay Gupta won't be making any White House calls. The television medical reporter and surgeon whose name was floated as a candidate for surgeon general in the Obama administration, has withdrawn from consideration -- says the......

By Rebecca Cole Even as members of Congress suss out the best way to investigate the detainee interrogation program adopted under former President Bush, some liberal activists are clamoring for quicker action: impeach Judge Jay Bybee for his signing of......

Today, Lomonaco and York evaluate calls for removing Bush from office. Previously, they assessed Bush's relationship with Congress and discussed his remaining agenda. They'll conclude their debate tomorrow with an exchange on the president's legacy. Dems...

TELEVISION COVERAGE: The network news channels (ABC, CBS, NBC) will offer nightly prime-time coverage of the convention from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The cable news channels (MSNBC, CNN, Fox) will broadcast live from Denver and offer round-the-clock coverage....

The Bush administration seems to be trying to run out the clock on its resistance to Congress' legitimate request to have present and former officials testify about White House involvement in the still murky firing of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006. A...

Under pointed questioning from Democratic House members who decried the lack of federal intervention in the racially charged Jena 6 case, U.S. Justice Department officials revealed Tuesday that they are weighing an investigation into allegations of...

Washington // Taken together, the stories of the 2,000 American soldiers who have died in Iraq in the past two years tell a poignant tale about who is bearing the largest burden. The victims are disproportionately working-class young men, most in their...

HOLLYWOOD ALREADY CONTROLS most of what Americans see on TV. Now a pair of representatives in Washington want to help Hollywood control how Americans see it -- whether on their TV or some other new device. As a matter of both law and marketing, it's a bad...