Hard times for affirmative action
June 28, 2008
Barack Obama’s political success might claim an unintended victim: affirmative action, a much-debated policy that he supports.
Radiation Monitors To Cost More Than DHS Estimated in ’06
June 28, 2008
The cost to put a new kind of radiation monitor in place at borders and ports across the country would be far more than the Department of Homeland Security initially told Congress, according to budget documents and interviews with officials.
Bad Tomatoes May Still Be on Shelves
June 28, 2008
Tomatoes carrying a rare form of salmonella that has sickened more than 800 people may still be on the market, federal officials said yesterday, two weeks after they first warned consumers about the risk.
Anti-Drug Assistance Approved For Mexico
June 28, 2008
MEXICO CITY, June 27 — A U.S. plan to provide Mexico with a major anti-drug aid package has received congressional approval, following months of negotiations in which Mexico proved itself to be a far more assertive neighbor than in the past, according to current and former high-ranking officials in…
The Trail
June 28, 2008
As Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton were pledging unity in Unity, N.H., the convergence of the Obama and Clinton camps continued in Chicago on a more tangible level, with a new round of campaign mergers and acquisitions.
In Campaign, One Man’s Pragmatism Is Another’s Flip-Flopping
June 28, 2008
Last February, in the heat of the Democratic primary campaign, Sen. Barack Obama proclaimed himself “proud to stand” with Sens. Christopher J. Dodd, Russell Feingold and “a grass-roots movement of Americans” in opposition to President Bush’s demand to offer telecommunications companies legal amnesty…
U.S. Looked Into Kidnapping of Woman Related to Lawmaker
June 28, 2008
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents helped investigate the kidnapping last week of a Mexican citizen who is related to the chairman of the powerful House intelligence committee, Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Tex.), officials confirmed yesterday.
Medicare Pricing Frozen As Congress Leaves Town
June 28, 2008
With congressional leaders engaged in heated brinkmanship, the Bush administration yesterday gave a reprieve to thousands of doctors expecting to get hit Tuesday with a 10.6 percent cut in Medicare payments.
U.S. Settles With Scientist Named in Anthrax Cases
June 28, 2008
The Justice Department agreed yesterday to pay biological-weapons expert Steven J. Hatfill a settlement valued at $5.85 million to drop a lawsuit he filed after then-Attorney General John D.
New Campaign for Democrats: Unity
June 28, 2008
UNITY, N.H., June 27 — Sen. Barack Obama wanted a symbolic beginning for his alliance with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and he achieved it Friday when the former rivals traveled here together for an afternoon rally designed to unite Democrats for the fall campaign.