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President Bush faced a tough crowd last night -- San Diego Republicans. The GOP sponsored a gathering for the president's State of the Union speech. KPBS Radio's Andrew Phelps was there.

Few towns have endured as much political scandal in the past few years as San Diego. "Stripper gate" prompted the convictions of former councilmembers Michael Zucchet and Ralph Inzunza. And then ther

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), the incoming head of the House Rules Committee, says a Democratic-led Congress will move quickly to pass more stringent rules on budget earmarks that are blamed for pork-barrel spending.

Corruption is so widespread in Iraq that it is treated as part of every day life. People pay bribes for almost everything including passport applications, jobs and food rations. Both the U.S. and Iraqi inspectors general say the corruption starts on top.

Democrats in the House of Representatives meet Thursday to elect leaders for the upcoming Congress. California's Nancy Pelosi is set to become speaker of the House. She's endorsed Pennsylvania's John Murtha to be the majority leader. But critics have raised questions about whether Murtha is the best person to end the culture of corruption in Washington.

Democratic leaders in Congress are pledging to tackle the war in Iraq and congressional ethics as their first orders of business when their majority takes hold in January.

The financial problems at the City of San Diego forced the city to withdraw support of the school district's six-to-six after-school care program. Now, money from Proposition 49 will soon be available

In a continent full of ferment, Chile enjoys a relatively stable economy. But neighboring countries increasingly question the main force pushing Chile's growth: aggressive free trade and huge foreign investments, a legacy of Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship.

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer was in San Diego today to tour the Navy's Combat Casualty center in Balboa Park. Boxer helped earmark millions of dollars to expand the center which rehabilitates wounded se

The U.S. government issues its highest terrorism alert ever for commercial flights from Britain to the United States early Thursday after a terror plot was disrupted in London, with a specific concern for tourist-filled flights to major U.S. cities.