House approves credit card protections
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted on Thursday in favor of legislation to protect credit card users from hidden fees, sudden interest rate hikes and questionable billing practices.
Feds force Chrysler into bankruptcy
Chrysler was forced into bankruptcy protection Thursday but President Barack Obama insisted the troubled automaker could emerge as a stronger company through a partnership with Fiat.
The aim is…
Filling a Supreme Court vacancy
Now that Justice David Souter has helped solve the mystery of whether anyone would retire from the Supreme Court this year, what's next? How will the executive and legislative branches…
Souter retiring from Supreme Court
Justice David Souter is planning to retire after nearly two decades on the Supreme Court, but his departure is unlikely to change its conservative-liberal split.
President Barack Obama's first…
A Bush Team Strategy Becomes Obama’s Swine Flu Playbook
The Obama administration has relied on a Bush-era public health strategy aimed at coordinating its response across an array of government agencies in the week since the first reports of…
Gates Pushes Congress To Boost Pakistan Aid
The Obama administration is lobbying Congress to give U.S. military commanders the same unfettered authority to back Pakistan's war against Taliban insurgents as commanders have in the combat zones of…
GOP Begins Nationwide Effort to Emphasize Policy Initiatives
Looking to rebut Democratic criticisms that the GOP represents little more than the "Party of No," some leading Republicans announced yesterday that they will hold a series of campaign-style events…
