Day: September 20, 2009

The president’s talk-show grand slam was a remarkable — and remarkably overt — display of media management.

Bank of America is being told by a House Democrat that it cannot use attorney-client privilege to withhold legal conversations about acquiring Merrill Lynch.

What to watch for as the Senate Finance Committee makes changes big and small to its health care bill this week.

A proposed tax on expensive insurance policies to help raise money for the nation’s health care overhaul could also affect modest plans.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Embattled New York Governor David Paterson said on Sunday he was still running for office, in the face of reports that President Barack Obama had asked him to withdraw from the 2010 race for fear that he cannot regroup from a series of political setbacks.

Senator Olympia J. Snowe has not promised to back President Obama’s health plan, but his efforts to win her over appear to be going well.

Federal officials want to put part of the North Dakota Badlands on the National Register of Historic Places.

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal warned in a confidential assessment that he needed additional troops by next year or the conflict “will likely result in failure.”

The producers of Intelligence Squared U.S. hope they can seize the political spotlight with live “Oxford style” debates on polarizing topics.

Israeli and Palestinian leaders will make their cases that the Obama administration should push the other harder.