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" Failure is not an option on health care, a leading Democratic senator said Monday, even as Republicans turned up the heat on moderates who hold the fate of the legislation in their hands.

Delivering a more forthright speech than is often seen from politicians on the issue, U.S. Sen.

A lawyer for one of the five men facing trial for the Sept. 11 attacks says the men plan to plead not guilty and use the trial venue to express their political views.

Gordon Brown should demand the "immediate" return of the Lockerbie bomber to serve his sentence in a Scottish jail because he is still alive exactly three months after his controversial release, according to an American senator.

Source: Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans Senator Charles Schumer made a surprise appearance at the sold-out " Iranian Sounds of Peace " concert featuring Hafez and Shahram Nazeri at New York's famed Carnegie Hall on November 14th.

Share + Nov 22, 2009 12:47 pm US/Eastern 1 of 3 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed AP 2 of 3 An image of a courtroom drawing by artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. military, shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-defendant Walid Bin Attash attending a pre-trial session on Dec.

Marshall gives Ted and Robin one of his "Slap Bet" slaps to be used on Barney; and Lily's estranged father visits her for Thanksgiving.

The terrorist behind the Pan Am 103 bombing is still alive inside Libya nearly three months after he was released from a Scottish prison.

Today is Monday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2009. There are 38 days left in the year.

Today is Monday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2009. There are 38 days left in the year.

Senator Charles Schumer acknowledges that only half the battle is won in the fight to overhaul health care.

Sens. Dianne Feinstein Kay Bailey Hutchison appear on Meet the Press . Hutchison is challenging incumbent Republican Rick Perry for Texas' governorship and is a near certain vote against any Democratic health care plan, the Associated Press reports.

Republican senators confronted Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday over his decision to try the Sept.

Flight cancellations appear on screens near AirTran ticketing counters at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta Thursday, Nov.

Mayor Mike thinks having the trials in NYC is "fitting." The announcement that Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other accused 9/11 terrorists will stand trial in New York City, has Empire State politicians taking sides: IN FAVOR: Mayor Michael Bloomberg "I support the Obama Administration's decision to prosecute 9/11 terrorists here," says NYC mayor ...

Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says health care reform that includes a public option can pass the Senate.

The security measures includes a watchtower for when the trial of the five Sept.

A telecommunications failure triggered scores of flight delays across the nation Thursday, but the system has been repaired and traffic is returning to normal, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Organizers described them as immigration reform "house parties." Across the country last night, in churches, schools, immigrant support centers and private homes, backers of immigration reform gathered around telephones as Hispanic U.S. legislators laid out the strategy for pushing a reform of the immigration system in 2010.

WASHINGTON - How New York state would fare under proposed health care reform remains an open question, but there's no doubt that state government and, to some extent, county governments would share in the cost of expanding health coverage to more Americans.