Lamar Smith

Boys basketball   Windermere Prep 73, Orangewood 63   Buzz: Barry Babbitt had 22 points for Windermere Prep (12-7). Matt Hein added 21 points.     Life Christian 57, Liberty Christian 51   Buzz: Zeke Cox led Life Christian (18-2)...

Boys basketball   Dr. Phillips 63, Freedom 54   Buzz: RaShawn Powell led Dr. Phillips with 25 points. Tyriefe Beard added 21 points for the Panthers. Jonathan Jean-Laurent led Freedom (10-7) with 20 points. Sidney Coakley added 12 points.    ...

BOYS BASKETBALL   Great Florida Shootout   at Kissimmee Civic Center   Gold Bracket   Championship game   South Miami 63, Kissimmee Osceola 60 (2OT)   Buzz: Osceola (7-7) could not complete its upset bid of South Miami (12-3)...

by Peter Nicholas and Peter Wallsten White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said today that there is not enough support in Congress now to pass a comprehensive immigration bill providing a path to citizenship for the nation's illegal immigrants,......

By Katie Fretland Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan testified today that Vice President Dick Cheney has information that has not been shared publicly about the leak of former CIA agent Valerie Plame's name to the press. He also......

A pair of Justice Department watchdogs this morning weighed in with a scathing report which concludes that senior department officials used political affiliation to weed out candidates for coveted appointments to a pair of prestigious entry level programs...

by Katie Fretland Former Bush advisor Karl Rove was invited to speak at a GOP fundraiser in Des Moines, Iowa, but he did not get the warmest of welcomes from four residents who pledged to arrest him. Law enforcement officers......

by Katie Fretland and updated Critics of President George W. Bush got the chance to air grievances against him Friday at a House Judiciary Committee "non-impeachment hearing" before a packed audience of political activists. Even Cindy Sheehan, the...

(Brave New Films used the video above to promote the petition) by Katie Fretland A petition to send former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove to jail over refusing a subpoena to testify before a House committee has......

Monica Goodling and D. Kyle Sampson, key aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, violated federal law and departmental policy by considering political affiliation and other improper factors in Justice Department hiring decisions, according to...

by Katie Fretland and updated The House Judiciary Committee this morning voted in favor of finding former Bush advisor Karl Rove in contempt of Congress for his refusal of a subpoena to testify before the panel. The committee voted along......

by Johanna Neuman Maybe this is why Texan Lamar Smith, the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, disdainfully refers to the committee's investigation into President Bush's policies as "the book-of-the-month club." Since George W. Bush...