http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | "Politics should never get in the way of national security," wrote John Brennan, the White House's shockingly political deputy national security advisor.

Filed under: Senate, House, Democrats, Abortion, Health Care, Obama Administration, C

New York politics, which has consumed more than a dozen elected officials or top staffers in the past two years, has become a kind of bizarre "Survivor" show. And although careers have been ruined

Filed under: Senate, Polls, Poll Watch, 2010 Elections

pWhite House Senior Adviser David Axelrod warned on Sunday that health care industry lobbyists were descending on skeptical Democratic lawmakers "like locusts" in an effort to scuttle the final vote on a reform bill./p

pAppearing on ABC's "This Week," Axelrod rationalized the difficulties of getting a majority vote behind a final health care package by pointing to the pressures these lawmakers face. /p

p"It has been a long and arduous debate," he said. "It is a tough issue for members of congress because there is an enormous lobbying campaign going on, on the other side.

NEW YORK (AP) ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles. The network's handling of a Feb. 22 "World News" story about potential problems with computer systems in Toyotas has created ethical questions and intensified bitter feelings the besieged automaker already had toward ABC.

Antigay policies can be attributed to populist, even democratic, politics, but that does not absolve their perpetrators of bigotry.

South by Southwest means crowds, entertainment and money for Austin

Filed under: George W. Bush, Iraq

Heavy rain and melting snow have caused severe floods across a region neighboring China, flooding villages and killing about two dozen people, officials said on Friday.