On Wedesnday Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senator Dick Durbin from Illinois, and the man chosen to fill the remaining two years of Barack Obama’s Senate term, Roland Burris, exchanged niceties one day after the infamous showdown on the Hill.

It's been clear for decades what the outlines of a just peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians might and perhaps should look like and what hard choices each side would have to make in order for it to happen.

Can Israel and Palestinians really believe a peace can be achieved when both parties repeat the same counter-productive behavior continuously and expect different results?

In the ultimate photo op, President George W. Bush joined with former President George H. Bush, former President Jimmy Carter and former President Bill Clinton to welcome President-elect Barack Obama to the elite fraternity of United States Presidents.

As the 111th Congress was officially sworn-in yesterday, the members of the Congressional Black Caucus participated in a ceremony to mark the new session. The event was held in the Congressional Auditorium of the recently opened Capitol Visitors Center.

In a scene reminiscent of a 1950’s western, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate designee Roland Burris squared off at noon yesterday and neither moved fundamentally away from their positions.

Today the 111th Congress convenes and the lingering question is whether Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will make good on his threat to block Roland W. Burris from being sworn-in as the replacement for Barack Obama representing the state of Illinois.

Call it a New Year's miracle or just good luck. All is well with 7-month old baby girl Mi-Asia Anderson after a stray bullet was found in her diaper on New Year's.

Governor Bill Richardson has withdrawn his name from consideration for Secretary of Commerce due to an ongoing investigation into political contributions he received from a major donor with state contracts in New Mexico.

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Republican candidate John McCain endured a lot of criticism from some of his Republican supporters angry that McCain had refused to air ads with Jeremiah Wright's inflammatory sermons.

Say what you may about Chicago politics but for one thing, there is never a dull moment. First, there was the improbable ascent of a Black, first term United States Senator inside the Beltway and his amazing victory in the November presidential election.

In a bold and defiant move, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich named former state Attorney General Roland W. Burris the replacement for President-elect Barack Obama in the United States Senate.

Vice President-elect Joe Biden was mocked during the Presidential campaign when he said as President, Barack Obama was going to face a generated crisis to test his mettle. Could he have guessed it would be generated by a supposed allay?

The lineup of President-elect Barack Obama's and Vice President-elect Joseph Biden's Inauguration Ceremonies has been announced. The program participants were based on requests from the President-elect and the Vice President-elect.

In the midst of the current recession and reports of layoffs and corporate bankruptcies, little attention has been given the plight of unemployed young adults.

After the shellacking John McCain and Sarah Palin endured at the polls on November 4, some say Republicans should be working in earnest to recast their party. Instead, individuals such as Chip Saltsman still prefer the Lee Atwater playbook of the 1980’s

President-elect Barack Obama announced Friday afternoon that he has named former Dallas, Texas Mayor Ron Kirk his U.S. Trade Representative. Kirk cut his teeth politically as a legislative assistant to Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen in the early 1980’s.

A month away from becoming the nation’s 44th President Barack Obama raised the stakes of his economic recovery package, increasing the goal for job creation from 2.5 to 3 million over two years.

The United States is supposed to be a representative Democracy, but in more and more cases we are seeing more cases of nepotism and legacy in our government. What's going on in the U.S. Senate? Is it turning into the House of Lords?

Just three weeks ago U.S. auto executives first came to Washington begging for financial assistance for the industry and were met with skepticism and derision.