By AP The latest on President Obama, his administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a series of missteps that have drawn criticism in Washington, GOP ChairmanMichael Steele…http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/14/us/politics/AP-US-GOP-Chairman.html
The Republican Party’s national chairman says he’s had no thoughts of resigning despite criticism of his first-year performance [...]

Detectives said they confirmed that suspected killer Nur J. Mohamed asked Kevin Haney, above, to destroy evidence. A classmate of a high school student accused of orchestrating his mother’s slaying destroyed evidence from the crime scene …http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6816299.html
AP HOUSTON — A third teenager has been charged in the stabbing death of a woman Houston police say [...]

RICHMOND — Robert F. McDonnell, the incoming governor of Virginia, donned an apron Wednesday and packed food with volunteers and other political leaders at a food bank in a converted tobacco warehouse on the outskirts of the capital …http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/14/AR2010011404524.
Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell’s office announced today that 47 groups from across the Commonwealth will be participating in [...]

The soldiers with Company B, 1-128th Infantry unit arrived on US soil Tuesday afternoon following almost a year of active duty. The soldiers with Company B, 1-128th Infantry unit arrived on US soil Tuesday afternoon following almost a year of active …http://www.newrichmond-news.com/event/article/id/28155/
The soldiers are the second wave of the 32nd infantry to return, after a [...]

Washington, Jan 15 (PTI) Two Pakistani-origin Chicago-residents – Tahawwur Hussein Rana and David Coleman Headley – were today indicted by a federal grand jury in the US on charges of plotting attack on a Danish newspaper and helping plan the 26/11 …http://www.ptinews.com/news/469171_Headley–Rana-indicted-for-26-11-Mumbai-attac
Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana, denied bail on terrorism charges this week in Chicago, had advance [...]

*"Saturday Night Live" last weekend did another skit poking fun at David Paterson and his blindness, and again, the New York governor did not find it funny. As usual, cast member Fred Armisen played the governor as a confused, New Jersey-hating …http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur58624.cfm
Looks like Attorney General Andrew Cuomo — still seeking re-election at the moment for [...]

AP PASADENA, Calif. — Rosie O’Donnell said Thursday that it’s time for Jay Leno to step aside for Conan O’Brien and "not try to flatten his tires before he even gets going." NBC is seeking to move Leno into his old 11:35 pm "Tonight" …http://www.austin360.com/television/o-donnell-time-for-leno-to-step-aside-180109
* Born in New Rochelle, New York, on April 28, 1950, [...]

Several Army officers should have taken action when Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was clearly having problems in the years before the deadly Texas rampage, a Pentagon review finds. By Julian E. Barnes Reporting from Washington – Between five and eight Army …http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-fort-hood15-2010jan15,0,25789
Two leading US senators have urged the Pentagon to take steps to combat the [...]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A South Florida charity is anxious about a group of 12 college students and two advisers in Haiti. The students, who are traveling with Food For The Poor, attend Lynn University in Boca Raton. The organization’s director says …http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582946,00.html
By O’Ryan Johnson and Renee Nadeau Relief turned to despair once more as [...]

PresidentObama, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), greets House Democrats at their retreat. He praised those who were willing to "make tough choices sometimes when they’re unpopular." (Melina Mara/the Washington Post) By Perry Bacon Jr. With …http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2010/01/14/ST2010011404760.ht
By Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP By Kathy Kiely, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The Senate is on track for a major [...]