...judicial nomination of a fellow Mississippian. Lott's reprisals, which also included a move to block a senior Senate Democratic aide's appointment to the Federal Communications Commission, signaled an escalation in the Senate's long-running...

...vaccine. The program is not designed to help vaccine volunteers who experience minor side effects. Rather, said a Senate Democratic aide, it is "set up to catch people who would otherwise be stranded" -- the families of those who die as a result...