Syrian troops launched a fierce assault on a Damascus suburb Thursday, days ahead of a deadline for a UN-brokered cease-fire, with activists describing it as one of the most violent attacks around the capital since the year-old uprising began. Syria is... »
President Barack Obama is countering a charge from Mitt Romney that he’s been weak in projecting American power abroad. But Obama skipped a chance to blast ... »
In an early morning appearance in the Rose Garden, President Barack Obama challenged Congress to end massive subsidies to major oil companies at a time of sky-high gasoline prices and corporate profits. Senate Republicans promptly shot down the idea. *... »
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as he hold a joint press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron in the Rose Garden of the White ... »
Rick Santorum won two more big Republican presidential primaries on Tuesday — in Alabama and Mississippi — to go along with his landslide win in Kansas over the weekend. Putative on and off frontrunner Mitt Romney, who was crushed in Kansas, finished t... »
President Barack Obama’s administration and Afghan War policy is once again in severe damage control mode after 16 Afghan civilians were massacred in a village outside Kandahar, reportedly by a lone US soldier. ** NEW COLUMN COMING UP … GAME CHANGE AND... »
In the newly drawn heavily Democratic Assembly District 11 -- east Contra Costa County and a large chunk of Solano County -- the dominant party's nod for the upcoming political contest went to Oakley Mayor Jim Frazier. »
Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan screwed up when he sent police spokeswoman Mary Kusmiss to the home of Bay Area News Group reporter Doug Oakley late at night to correct a story that had been posted online. Meehan should have waited until the next ... »
