Politics
President-elect George W.
Jan. 12, 2001
World & Nation
If history can rehabilitate the onetime conservative boogeyman, can it do the same for Bush?
May 22, 2007
Senate: Fondness for a former colleague may help senators forget their differences with his views.
Jan. 18, 2001
When John Ashcroft was fighting to become attorney general four months ago, opponents portrayed him as a closet racist, a right-wing ideologue who they charged would turn the clock back a quarter-century in wiping out hard-fought civil rights gains.
May 13, 2001
Sen.
Feb. 2, 2001
Atty. Gen.
Jan. 25, 2005
Cabinet: The Senate confirms the attorney general nominee, 58 to 42, a tally that Democrats call a warning to President Bush.
Now that former Sen.
Feb. 5, 2001
* Re “Ashcroft, Under Fire, Vows to Uphold the Law,” Jan. 17: George W.
The fight over John Ashcroft’s nomination as attorney general is a Janus-like political event, with one face looking forward and another looking back: While it is the first big struggle of the incoming Bush administration, it also is another--perhaps the last--chapter of the 2000 election saga.
Jan. 17, 2001