Senators Leahy and Specter converse before the hearing begins, while photographers get their shots of the Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair, Sen.

WASHINGTON — The threatening package containing a bloody pig’s foot sent to Rep. Pete King (R-LI) was as much a racist assault as it was religious hate mail, The Post has learned. The rambling note ...

According to Wikipedia, “a pig in a poke is a thing that is bought without first being inspected and thus of unknown authenticity or quality.” Starting in the 19th century, this idiom was explained as ...