AP - Top Democrats on Capitol Hill abandoned Sen. Joe Lieberman one by one Wednesday and threw their support to Ned Lamont, the anti-war challenger who defeated him in the primary. But Lieberman said his conscience demands that he run as an independent in November.

Officials have ruled that the Statue of Liberty's crown is simply too important to allow tourists to enter since the September 11th attacks. Authorities with the National Park Service say the design of the crown leaves it far too vulnerable to terrorism and fire....

AFP - The White House waged an exceptionally aggressive campaign to turn Iraq from a political liability into an asset after a much-watched US election saw an anti-war political novice beat a veteran senator who backed the conflict.

AP - The Bush administration drafted amendments to the War Crimes Act that would retroactively protect policymakers from possible criminal charges for authorizing any humiliating and degrading treatment of detainees, according to lawyers who have seen the proposal.

The mayor of Tom DeLay's hometown is expected to announce his intention to run as a write-in candidate for the former House Majority leader's seat. DeLay announced Tuesday that he is withdrawing from the race, following the Supreme Court's refusal to overturn an appeals court decision that keeps...

AP - Following Rep. Cynthia McKinney's second ouster from office in four years, some are closing the book on her political future.

AFP - Republicans had words of praise for Democrat Joe Lieberman, whose longtime support of the US administration on the Iraq war was seen as causing his US Senate primary election defeat.

AP - Republican, Democrat. House, Senate. White, black.

The United States expressed little concern over the substantial delay of the Franco-American resolution aimed at bringing truce in the conflicted Middle-East. The State Department said it understood Lebanese stance that calls for the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the region, but was...

AP - Top Democrats on Capitol Hill abandoned Sen. Joe Lieberman one by one Wednesday and threw their support to Ned Lamont, the anti-war challenger who defeated him in the primary. But Lieberman said his conscience demands that he run as an independent in November.

AP - Millions of veterans and active-duty troops whose sensitive personal information was lost by the Veterans Affairs Department will receive some form of credit protection against identity theft, the government said Wednesday.

The Bush administration voiced concern over increasing violence in Sudan's Darfur region and sought to temper criticism at home that Washington was not doing enough to stop the bloodshed. Activists contend that Washington's attention was being diverted by crises in Lebanon, Iraq and elsewhere and...

Sparked by opposition to the Iraq war and dissatisfaction with the Bush administration, liberal grass-roots and Internet activists were key assets in securing a political victory over Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman. Ned Lamont, a millionaire businessman who has never held state or federal...

Reuters - The White House accused the Democratic Party on Wednesday of catering to the extreme left after Connecticut voters defeated Sen. Joe Lieberman in a primary election over his support of the Iraq war.

AP - Tourists won't be climbing back up to the Statue of Liberty's crown.

AP - With the political season heating up, reporters around New York are writing periodic blogs about the many national political figures they encounter on a regular basis — Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rudy Giuliani and George Pataki to name a few.

AP - A string of challengers jumped into the race Wednesday against Rep. William Jefferson, whose Washington office was raided by the FBI amid a federal bribery investigation.

AP - Gov. Frank Murkowski on Wednesday instituted a state hiring freeze, and said he would direct the attorney general to investigate the "state's right to hold BP fully accountable for losses to the state."

Hours after conceding the Democratic primary to anti-war businessman, Ned Lamont, Sen. Joe Lieberman's campaign filed two boxes of petitions to secure a place for the three-term senator's name on the November ballot as a third party candidate. Lieberman says, "I'm definitely going forward. I feel...