WASHINGTON — President Obama warned Republicans on Capitol Hill today that they need to quit listening to radio king Rush Limbaugh if they want to get along with Democrats and the new administration. “You can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done,” he told top GOP leaders, whom he had invited to the [...]

 Columnist – John SammonShould Obama investigate Bush for wrongdoing? The great thing about history is that it repeats itself. Oh sure, the trappings and circumstances are different, but the basic premise returns. For example, the United States fought a nasty guerrilla conflict in the Philippines in 1900 that was much like Vietnam would be sixty [...]

“Pope Benedict Saturday rehabilitated a traditionalist bishop who denies the Holocaust, despite warnings from Jewish leaders that it would seriously harm Catholic-Jewish relations and foment anti-Semitism. The Vatican said the pope issued a decree lifting the excommunication of four traditionalist bishops who were thrown out of the Roman Catholic Church in 1988 for being ordained [...]

“The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that former GOP vice presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has ‘apparently’ retained Robert Barnett, a well-known D.C.-based attorney who brokered book deals for President Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton. Barnett also helped put together television deals for Brian Williams, Lesley Stahl, Neil Cavuto, Christiane Amanpour, Dr. Sanjay [...]

Republicans have put new obstacles in the path of Eric H. Holder Jr.’s quest to become attorney general, raising concerns that he would prosecute intelligence agents who engaged in potentially illegal interrogation techniques and have postponed consideration of his nomination. Led by the ranking Republican on the committee, Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.), GOP lawmakers also [...]