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The Sunday show hosts failed to ask any of our Weekend Watchdog questions today. Fox News Sunday taped its interview with Rudy Giuliani on Friday, one day after his client Purdue Pharma had some its executives plead guilty for misleading the public about Oxycontin.

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....

The Enron scandal is rearing its ugly head again, and the Securities and Exchange Commission has to decide with whom it will stand: Will it be with small investors who depend on the honest advice of financial advisors or with bankers who, thanks to a recent federal...

Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future, gave these remarks at a press conference this week with victims of the Enron collapse and their supporters, along with attorney William S. Lerach. The victims are asking the Supreme Court to overturn a...

Yesterday, the House passed an intelligence bill that included a provision requiring a comprehensive report on how climate change may exacerbate national security threats. This should be obvious and non-controversial. The intelligence community already analyzes the...

As President Bush touched down in devastated Greensburg, Kan., on Wednesday, I thought back to April 2001, when a white policeman killed a 19-year old black man in Cincinatti, sparking riots. There was no presidential visit to Cincinnati, or even extended...

Back in February, presidential hopeful Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., quietly made a bold move. He co-sponsored the "gold standard" of global warming bills, Sanders-Boxer, cutting greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050. This week, three other...

Over at the Take Back America 2007 blog, I'm posing the question: what can we do to galvanize the grassroots and remove the grip the pharmaceutical industry has on the Senate?

As President Bush touched down in devastated Greensburg, Kansas today, I thought back to April 2001, when a white policeman killed a 19-year old black man in Cincinatti, sparking riots. There was no presidential visit to Cincinnati, or even extended remarks, to help...

Business leaders jumped into the universal health care pool this week, as 36 companies formed the Coalition to Advance Healthcare Reform and called for a system where all individuals are required to carry health insurance. The announcement further shifts the center of...