Charles B. Rangel

What is it about Democratic Ways and Means Committee chairmen? The current ethics fix Charles Rangel finds himself in recalls the downfall of Chicago's Dan Rostenkowski, who in 1996 was sentenced to 17 months in prison on various corruption counts...

In the politics of terrorism, fatal anthrax mailings that followed the 2001 Al Qaeda airplane attacks came to illustrate government agencies' frustrated failure to catch and nab an important criminal or criminals. Now the suicide of a U.S. Army......

Glenn Thrush, who now hangs his hat(s) at Politico, reports: "The Obama campaign is denying House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel a speaking role at this month???s Democratic National Convention ??? a move those close to the powerhouse......

New York's Democratic Convention delegation arrived at their daily breakfast Wednesday morning to learn that official balloting for the Democratic presidential nomination would begin at 10 a.m., news that seemed to catch many off guard. The balloting...

The NYPD migt have unjustly locked up people in the city during the RNC hoopla of 2004, leading to the recent monetary court settlement. But on the matter of professionalism, the uniformed folks in Denver and Minneapolis have looked like......

by Frank James Charles Rangel, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the congressional panel that writes the nation's tax laws, tried his best today to explain to reporters how it is that he didn't pay federal, state......

Bush has secretly issued orders allowing US forces to take unilateral action against al Qaida across the Pakistan border, a policy Obama had urged and McCain had pointed to as a sign of his supposed naivete. The Times fills......

A Chicago lawmaker making a list of the most corrupt members of Congress. Imagine that!...

Nancy Pelosi, making the strong case that Democrats are different than those corrupt Republicans, says she's still backing Charles Rangel as House Ways and Means chairman, even though he didn't report $75,000 of rental income from a vacation house......

Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player? 1) Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel, the chairman of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, which writes the nation???s tax code, who blamed his failure to pay taxes......

Bloomberg, in time of crisis, finds time to blow some kisses toward Charles Rangel, the embattled chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee who is embattled because he didn't report or pay taxes on some of his income. Bloomberg......

Charles Rangel, as if he doesn't already have enough troubles, gets himself into some hot water in an interview with Marcia Kramer. Asked about Palin, he says: "You got to be kind to the disabled." What does this mean?......