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Prosecutor To Examine U.S. Attorney Firings
Attorney General Michael Mukasey named a prosecutor Monday to investigate whether former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, other Bush administration officials or Republicans in Congress should face criminal charges in the firings of nine U.S. attorneys. ...more
September 30, 2008
Bailout Proposal Ready For Vote
The House braced for a difficult vote today on a $700 billion rescue of the financial industry after a weekend of tense negotiations produced a plan that congressional leaders portrayed as greatly strengthened by new taxpayer safeguards. ...more
September 29, 2008
LEADING UP TO THE DEBATE
A rough chronology of John McCain's and Barack Obama's negotiations concerning the bailout bill and the debate: ...more
September 28, 2008
Economists See Justification In Bailout
Comparisons to Pearl Harbor might have been an exaggeration, according to two University of Florida economics professors. ...more
September 26, 2008
Talks On Bailout Plan Break Down, Will Resume In Morning
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Urgent efforts to lash together a $700 billion rescue plan for the national economy broke apart Thursday night, hours after key lawmakers had declared they had reached a deal. ...more
September 25, 2008
Storms Prompt Calls For Aid To Cuba
A pair of devastating storms have prompted new calls for the United States to end its long isolation of Cuba, including from hard-line exile groups that are pushing for the Bush administration to loosen restrictions they had long favored. ...more
September 25, 2008
Drug Company To Tell Doctor Fees
In an industry first, Eli Lilly and Co. says it will begin disclosing how much money it paid to individual doctors nationally for advice, speeches and other services. ...more
September 24, 2008
Trooper-gate Vs. Finance-Gate
Democratic schemers have focused their energies and resources on trying to dig up political 'dirt.' ...more
September 23, 2008
U.S. Won't Deport Haitians, For Now
No deportations to storm-crippled Haiti are planned, federal immigration officials said Friday, an encouraging sign to advocates who say the Caribbean country needs more time to recover before it can deal with fresh arrivals. ...more
September 20, 2008
Broke Highway Trust Fund Exposes Bankrupt Politics
The draining of the trust fund for highways, and an emergency transfer of general tax dollars into it, exemplify much of what is going wrong in Washington. ...more
September 16, 2008
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