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“I’m the guy who pulled the trigger and shot my friend.” Try for a moment to put yourself in Vice President Cheney‘s shoes. In an interview today with Brit Hume — that airs tonight on “Special Report” at 6 p.m. ET — the Vice President of the United States spoke …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: What Have You Done for Me Lately? Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he’ll consider dropping out of the International Atomic Energy Agency if the nuclear watchdog cracks down on the country’s uranium enrichment program. In a rare news conference, the Iranian leader …

NEW YORK – “Here comes the bride, all dressed in white …” Actually, scratch that. It’s not a bride you see strolling down the street — just a hip gal wearing what’s trendy this spring. You don’t have to tie the knot to don all white this season. Strange as …

Paris Hilton | Motion Picture TV Fund | Art Garfunkel Paris Hilton: No Reservations About Her Exclusive: Saturday night, under the carport of the Beverly Hills Hotel. It’s 1:30 a.m., and a white luxury SUV pulls up. The passenger-side back door slides open, and a long leg, finished with a …

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s decision last week upholding the current congressional redistricting plan in Texas wouldn’t have helped four former colleagues of Texas Rep. Chet Edwards, the only Democrat to survive the state GOP’s targeted redistricting in 2003. But the high court’s ruling so far hasn’t slowed Edwards, who …

“A billion here, a billion there. Pretty soon it adds up to real money.” The late Senator Everett Dirksen commenting on Washington’s propensity to speak of large sums as if they’re not large at all. And he was talking about it back in the 1960s! A billion was a big …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Controversy Continues It was a story that consumed official Washington for three years and was fanned by media reports. But a Washington Post editorial today says the revelation that Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, not a partisan gunslinger, was the original …

Here are a few of your responses to Mike’s last column: Gail D. writes: Mike, thanks so much for you series on Trace Adkins and Heartland. It was a pleasure to read the positive comments you had about Nashville and the people you met in the country music business. I …

WASHINGTON – President Bush’s nomination of Robert Gates to be secretary of defense and other recent administration moves have raised concerns and even open disdain among some members of the “neo-conservative” wing of the Republican Party, the president’s most ardent war supporters. The neo-cons say installing Gates, a career CIA …