The core of President Obama's congressional agenda stalled Thursday as new obstacles emerged to climate change and health care legislation, possibly crushing Democratic leaders' hopes ...
About 4,500 attend memorial service. Continue reading »
After its bonus payments ignited a firestorm of criticism earlier this year, American International Group Inc. is asking the federal government to weigh in on the insurer's plan to resume paying millions in promised retention ... Continue reading »
The White House, unaware of historic norms, had been on track to give more than the usual 30 percent of ambassadorial jobs to political appointees until objections from career diplomats forced it to reconsider, administration ... Continue reading »
Detectives investigating the death of Michael Jackson are looking at his prescription drug history and trying to talk with his numerous former doctors, the Los Angeles police chief said Thursday. Continue reading »
Bombings killed nearly 60 people in Iraq on Thursday in the worst violence since U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week, and American forces released five Iranian officials suspected of aiding Shi'ite insurgents. Continue reading »
A Democratic official says Roland Burris will not run for a full Senate term in 2010. Continue reading »
Baltimore native Bishme Cromartie, 18, has launched a precocious career as a designer that has garnered the attention of Washington and New York style-industry insiders. Continue reading »
The path is now clear for General Motors Corp. to leave bankruptcy protection in record time as a leaner company that is better-equipped to compete in a brutal global auto market. Continue reading »
Republican Sen. John Ensign's wealthy parents gave his paramour's family $96,000 after learning of their son's affair with a longtime family friend. Continue reading »
A quirk in the timing of plant closings at General Motors and Chrysler caused the filing of initial jobless claims reported last week to fall to its lowest levels since January. Continue reading »
Longtime union leader Richard Trumka formally announced his candidacy Thursday for president of the AFL-CIO, vowing to use social networking and other Internet-age tools to attract new members and pass the labor movement's top legislative ... Continue reading »
It's being described as a plague - more than a million wild camels are wreaking havoc in huge parts of Australia, eating the vegetation, destroying property, fouling and consuming water sources, desecrating indigenous sites and ... Continue reading »
A pilot program in the District will offer up 45 minutes of tennis instruction each day to thousands of children in 20 city-run summer programs. Continue reading »
The end of slavery meant a kind of beginning for the family histories of many blacks - For the first time, the enslaved people's identities and family connections became part of a public record. And ... Continue reading »
Robert F. McDonnell personally Tweeted for the first time Thursday. Continue reading »
JUL 10, 2009
Last week I touched on how I thought the combination of continued weak economic data ...
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