Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska has been found guilty of lying on financial disclosure forms in an attempt to hide gifts, largely in the form of a six-figure home renovation, from Alaska businessmen.  The Washington Post reports:
The verdict was announced just after 4 p.m. in a packed courtroom in U.S. District Court in Washington. Stevens [...]

Appearing on Hardball with Chris Matthews this afternoon,  Congresswoman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota’s 6th district called for a media inquiry into the patriotism of members of the House and Senate.  Charging that liberal and leftist members of Congress did not care for America, the Congresswoman tasked the media with investigating the patriotism of Senators and [...]

A report issued yesterday by the Office of Professional Responsibility and the Inspector General’s Office in Justice concluded that Justice officials have engaged in hiring practices that “violated federal law and department policy, and also constituted misconduct.” More and more information has come to light in regard to the hiring policies the past several [...]

Sen. Ted Stevens (R) of Alaska has been indicted on seven felony counts.  The charges stem from a year-long investigation into his relationship with the businessman, Bill J. Allen, who renovated his home.  Apparently the Senator “failed to report “things of value” that he received in connection with his home in the ski resort city [...]

R. Jeffrey Smith at the Washington Post reports some absolutely absurd news:
The Air Force’s top leadership sought for three years to spend counterterrorism funds on "comfort capsules" to be installed on military planes that ferry senior officers and civilian leaders around the world, with at least four top generals involved in design details such as [...]

It seems like every week there’s a new story out about some member of Congress getting a sweetheart deal from someone or groping a page or fooling around with an intern and having her murdered and hiding the body or some other such mischief. Well, this week, the New York Times is reporting that [...]