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I once called on a U.S. Embassy abroad for assistance.

About a decade ago I was stranded in the Damascus airport, denied entry into Syria. Someone...


Following on the heels of Boise's record breaking Democratic caucus, Saturday's Frank Church Banquet was a sold-out success, and so sold-out that an...


Sen. Larry Craig says he will file an appeal Monday over a judge's refusal to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea stemming from his arrest in an...


Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) leaves the U.S. Senate chamber following a vote at the U.S. Capitol September 27, 2007 in Washington, DC. Craig has said he made a mistake in pleading guilty following an arrest in a men's restroom in Minneapolis.  A judge overruled his motion to change his guilty plea in the case on Oct. 4, 2007. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Facing untimely resignations, an unpopular war and a troubling 2008 election landscape, Senate Republicans didn't need another headache this week.


Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., talks with reporters regarding Sen. Larry Craig's decision to stay in the Senate Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington. "Senator Craig gave us his word" that he would resign by Sept. 30 if he could not overturn the guilty plea, said Ensign, who chairs the GOP campaign committee overseeing next year's Senate elections. "I wish he would stick to his word."  (Lauren Victoria Burke/AP)

Idaho Sen. Larry Craig lost a bid Thursday to withdraw his guilty plea in a men’s room sex sting but defiantly vowed to finish his Senate term,...


A Minnesota judge on Thursday rejected Idaho Sen. Larry Craig's bid to withdraw his guilty plea in an airport sex sting, a major setback in Craig's...


Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, is questioned by reporters after a vote, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Craig returned to Washington Tuesday for the first time since public disclosure of his guilty plea in a restroom sex sting. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Sen. Larry Craig returned to Washington Tuesday for the first time since public disclosure of his guilty plea in a restroom sex sting. Craig was back at the Capitol “representing Idaho, working on...


A misdemeanor misstep in a Minneapolis men’s room has not only up-ended Larry Craig’s 33-year political career, it has also left an array of special interests, ranging from pistol-packing rockers...


Idaho's Senior U.S. Senator Larry Craig takes a moment before he announces his resignation from the senate at the old Boise Depot train station overlooking downtown Boise, Idaho Saturday morning Sept. 1, 2007. (Photo: Matt Cilley/AP)

Sen. Larry Craig is trying to set it straight in Minnesota.

The Idaho Republican petitioned the Hennepin County Circuit Court on Monday to withdraw his guilty plea to disorderly conduct in...

“I’m sorry we don’t live in a world where the senator feels he can be open about his sexual orientation.”

That’s Idaho state Rep. Nicole LeFavour, in a comment to the Idaho Statesman...


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