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If "Special Order 40" sounds vaguely like a term from a spy or science fiction thriller, that's in keeping with the surreal conversation that is raging around the 1979 Los Angeles Police Department rule. Specifically, the order has figured centrally in...

TELEVISION COVERAGE: The network news channels (ABC, CBS, NBC) will offer nightly prime-time coverage of the convention from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The cable news channels (MSNBC, CNN, Fox) will broadcast live from Denver and offer round-the-clock coverage....

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen three veteran financial regulators to serve the country as it faces unrelenting turmoil in financial markets and the broader economy. Democratic officials say Obama wants Gary Gensler to head the Commodity...

by Jill Zuckman Fed up with attacks by Sen. Barack Obama about his efforts to pass comprehensive immigration reform, Sen. John McCain is pushing back today while speaking to the National Council of La Raza convention in San Diego. McCain......

by Frank James DENVER -- The Democratic National Convention officially starts here today at the Pepsi Center arena with DNC Chairman Howard Dean scheduled to officially gavel open the quadrennial event at 3 pm MT. Here's the overall schedule with......

It isn't just Eric Holder. As this AP story notes, Obama's apparent choice for US Trade Representative -- Rep. Xavier Becerra -- also played a role in a dubious Clinton pardon, writing a letter urging clemency for drug dealer......

In an informative story this morning about Bill Clinton's sentence commutation for cocaine dealer Carlos Vignali (right), son of a politically connected LA businessman who spread money around to politicians and hired Hillary Clinton's brother, the LATimes...

Democrats secured control of the NYS Senate when Malcolm Smith, with Paterson, made a backroom deal to reward his least loyal members. Putting their best foot forward, Dems made Sen. Pedro Espada (left), who has had some brushes with......

Caroline Kennedy went on a one-day upstate tour, and even answered some questions. Bloomberg aide Kevin Sheekey, a pal of Caroline Kennedy from the Park Avenue crowd, seems to be spending more time trying to manipulate her candidacy then......

by Matthew Hay Brown On Thursday, House Democrats tied what they call the GI Bill for the 21st Century to the latest round of war spending for Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, they're linking it to Memorial Day. "My friends, Memorial......

Imagine this scenario: Facing doubts about winning, Tom McClintock drops out of a hotly contested political race to clear the way for a wealthy show business name, who then fumbles the bid, allowing a third candidate to capture the seat. The 2003...