WASHINGTON News

Five-month trek across the U.S. stays the night in Four States Fairgrounds (Texarkana Gazette)
Four States Fairgrounds became the overnight resting place for participants in The Longest Walk 2, a 4,400-mile, five-month trek across America. The walk began on Feb. 11 in San Francisco and will end on July 11 in Washington, D.C.

Carlyle and the Washington Factor (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Carlyle’s $2.5 billion acquisition of a majority stake in the government consulting arm of Booz Allen Hamilton is bound to dredge up old images of the firm as the ultimate Washington insider.

U.S. to send half-million tons of food to North Korea (CNN.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States said Friday it has reached a deal with North Korea to provide 500,000 metric tons of food aid over the coming year to the closed-off communist nation.

Florida, Michigan cannot save Clinton (Boston Herald)
WASHINGTON - Michigan and Florida alone can't save Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign. Interviews with those considering how to handle the two states' banished...

Washington DC (The San Francisco Examiner)
Interviews with those considering how to handle the two states' banished convention delegates found little interest in the former first lady's best-case scenario. Her position, part of a formidable comeback challenge, is that all the delegates be seated in accordance with their disputed primaries.

Noted Jewish Physician Author, and Rights Activist Speaks at MAS Freedom Event in Washington, D.C. (Muslim American Society)
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MASNET) May 15, 2007 -- It's unfortunately true that the Jewish and Muslim communities in the United States have very little constructive dialogue concerning the issue of justice and conflict resolution between the communities of Palestine and Israel.

Washington DC (The San Francisco Examiner)
WASHINGTON ( Map , News ) - John McCain 's campaign is asking staff members to disclose all previous lobbying ties following the resignation of two officials linked to a firm that worked for Myanmar 's military junta.

Democrats accuse McCain of hypocrisy on Hamas (Boston Herald)
WASHINGTON - Democrats accused Sen. John McCain today of hypocrisy on the question of whether the United States should negotiate with terrorists and dictators, saying the...

Sunny forecast for Washington brings own risks (USA Today)
While a few days of sunshine and hot temperatures sound good to most people in Washington after the cool spring, authorities are warning of possible dangers.