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BLACK CAUCUS BACKS MADIGAN — MERRY VAX-MAS! — LIGHTFOOT DINGS D.C. — GOP EYES GOLDBERG — DURBIN’s DOUBLE DUTY Presented by Uber Driver Stories Happy Thursday, Illinois. Relax Democrats, says POLITICO’s John F. Harris, The Illinois House Legislative Black Caucus announced late Wednesday night that it's sticking with Michael Madigan as speaker, even as he struggles to hold onto a majority of members in the wake of concerns about his connection to a corruption scandal. Madigan hasn’t been charged, but the looming scandal has touched people in his orbit and in turn been a distract...

here is author elizabeth dowling taylor talking about her book, "a slave in the white house." hertog in the library of congress is just under one hour. >> good afternoon. welcome to the library of congress. i am john kohl, the director of the center for the book in the library of congress. the center is the reading promotion arm of the library of congress. we were created in 1977 by librarian of congress daniel boorstin to help the library of congress stimulate public interest in books and reading and literacy. we operate primarily through a couple of national networks. there are sta...

we came here because we saw ourselves as an extension of movement. we saw ourselves as taking there the streets to the halls of congress and to put that per spctive out there -- perspective out there, all right? so that's how we saw ourselves, and that's how i tried to continue to operate. but along the way i also realized very early on that i had a job to govern, that i had to try to figure out what, ultimately, is in the best interests of the american people. can i just say one other little, quick thing on the side? this is just my political perspective. if you look at what's going...

crew and suffered what cbs called a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating. she was eventually saved by a group of women and egyptian soldiers. >> this is an act of such depravity and such barbarism that it's just shocking to the soul. >> reporter: frank sesno is director of the school of media and public affairs at george washington university. he also spent two decades at cnn as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief. >> when you're in the crowd in the middle of a revolution, you've got your life in your hands. you really do. >> reporter: sesno says it's not the first ti...

illness is under control and has shown no violent behavior in seven years. james swan terrorized the adams morgan communities by driving around and randomly shooting people with a .20-gauge shotgun. after numerous experts testified swan was mentally ill, some victimss family members fear he would one day win release. >> me understanding, he's going to be back again six months from now to try to get him out and let him come into society and the community and i don't think that is the right thing to do. >> swan never got out and 18 years later, the government is still opposed to his re...