Democrats And Republicans

Pinera sworn in as new quake hits

Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 6.9-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.

Greeks stage fresh general strike

Greek public and transport services grind to a halt and clashes break out during a third strike over austerity measures.

Web censure 'curbs human rights'

Freedom of expression on the web has been curtailed in 2009, the US state department says in its annual human rights report.

College Democrats, Republicans square off at debate | Daily Trojan

The fourth such policy debate between the USC College Republicans and USC College Democrats, the event was sponsored by the Trojan Debate Squad, the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of ...

Health Bill Deal 'Close' Though Some Democrats - And All ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, is scrambling to hit that number in coming weeks and will likely have to rely solely on fellow House Democrats, who have 253 of the 431 seats. All 178 Republicans seem lined up against the effort" ...

If Democrats stumble on health care, Republicans win - Opinion ...

It's crunch time for President Barack Obama and the congressional Democrats. The political stakes are clear. If they want to ensure that they will be slaughtered in the November congressional elections, all they need to do in the weeks ...