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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Al Franken ascended Tuesday from the ranks of former “Saturday Night Live” comedians to an even more exclusive club, outlasting Republican Norm Coleman in an eight-month recount and courtroom saga to win a seat in the U.S. Senate.
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WASHINGTON — A Puerto Rican legal advocacy group late Tuesday sent a trove of documents from Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s past to the Senate panel considering her nomination.
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The chairman of the D.C. police union has filed a federal lawsuit accusing police officials of launching an illegal internal investigation of him because he has publicly challenged “numerous policies and practices of [the department] and its leadership.”
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Here’s a question I made up to include on any exam for fire chief, especially in cities with racially troubled fire departments, such as New Haven, Conn., and the District of Columbia:
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The Minnesota Supreme Court yesterday declared comedian-turned-politician Al Franken the winner of the state’s U.S. Senate race, ending an eight-month-long election saga and giving Democrats a 60-seat majority that theoretically would allow them to block GOP filibusters.
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For the Supreme Court, it was the year of living on the verge.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A military administrative board recommended Tuesday that a National Guard officer who publicly announced he’s gay should be discharged for violating the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Motors Corp’s chief executive told a U.S. bankruptcy court on Tuesday that the sale of GM’s main assets to government-backed “New GM” must win court approval in order for the automaker to survive.
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Franken declared Senate winner, Coleman concedes
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WASHINGTON — On civil rights and campaign cash, the Supreme Court earned an “incomplete” grade in the term that just ended. There is a good chance the court will have a new member but the same right-of-center tilt when the justices return in late summer to deal with unfinished business.
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