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Political parties, generally, are made up of two sorts of regulars: The half-crazy and the full-on nuts.Anyone who has been to a central committee meeting knows this is indisputable. If you haven't, rent "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and you'll get the idea.

Usually, the parties manage to confine their lunacy to those monthly or ...

The White House on Friday condemned Moscow's "pattern of harassment" against a small observer group that has caused a stir by exposing claims of widespread violations ahead of parliamentary elections.

On its website, Golos (Voice) has documented nearly 5,000 instances of alleged electoral fraud in the run-up to Sunday's legislative polls.

Those include attempts by regional officials ...

Disgraced US president Richard Nixon described the Watergate break-in which eventually led to his resignation as "silly" and "incredible," in grand jury testimony released Thursday.

Nixon, speaking 10 months after being forced out of the White House, also recounted how he exploded with rage when he learned about an 18.5 minute gap in a key tape recording.

The details ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Richard Nixon told a U.S. grand jury "I practically blew my stack" when he learned of the long gap on a White House tape sought in the Watergate scandal investigation, according to transcripts released Thursday.

In one of the biggest political scandals in U.S. history, much has been made of the 18 1/2-minute ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Senator Charles Percy of Illinois, a leading moderate Republican voice during the Vietnam and Watergate years, died on Saturday, his daughter's office said.

Percy, 91, who served in the Senate from 1966 to 1984, opposed the Vietnam war and sponsored a resolution calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate scandal during the administration of ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will be barred from profiting from the sale of his memoirs, a court ruled on Tuesday, until he pays off nearly $900,000 in restitution he still owes under his 2008 conviction on obstruction of justice and perjury charges.

Kilpatrick, released from state prison earlier this month after serving nearly 14 months for ...

Ousted Asian football chief Mohamed bin Hammam has appealed his lifetime ban from football over accusations he sought to buy votes in this year's FIFA presidential election, he said Thursday.

Writing on his personal blog, bin Hammam vowed defiantly to fight on in an ugly split with FIFA President Sepp Blatter that has tarnished the football body's reputation ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released from a Michigan state prison on Tuesday after serving about 14 months for violating the terms of his probation on obstruction of justice and perjury charges.

Kilpatrick, 41, who faces multiple federal charges, left a prison in Jackson, Michigan, west of Detroit at about 6:10 a.m. local time with ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Asian soccer chief Mohamed Bin Hammam was banned for life on Saturday after being found guilty by world soccer's ruling body of trying to buy votes ahead of last month's FIFA presidential election.

Saturday's decision was announced by FIFA's ethics committee following a two-day hearing. Qatari Bin Hammam withdrew his candidacy on May 29 ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was granted parole on Friday and will be released from state prison in late July, a state prison spokesman said.

Kilpatrick, 41, was sentenced to 18 months to five years in prison after he was convicted of obstruction of justice for hiding assets and failing to pay $1 million in restitution to the ...