Day: July 16, 2008

When Barack Obama heads overseas this summer, he will be followed by star political reporters and the anchors of the three network evening news programs.

Congressional Republicans met with the Treasury secretary on Wednesday about his plan for a possible government rescue of the nation’s two largest mortgage finance companies.

The secrecy surrounding offshore bank accounts was pierced Wednesday by a Senate report that examined how UBS helped wealthy individuals evade American taxes.

Bush invoked executive privilege to block the Justice Department from providing a House panel with material about Cheney’s knowledge of the leak of a C.I.A. officer’s identity.

A federal judge has ruled that Missouri’s method of executing prisoners by injection is constitutional.

Despite $21 million in fines since 2003 and repeated promises to improve the way it collects and processes blood, the American Red Cross continues to fall short.

As the director of the National Park Service in the 1960s and early ’70s, Mr. Hartzog’s political skills led to the addition of nearly 50 million acres to the park system.

Euphoria tinged with a bit of panic swept Wall Street on Wednesday, as battered financial shares roared back in their biggest one-day rally ever.

The White House disavowed the actions of a fund-raiser who apparently tried to trade access to administration officials in exchange for donations to President Bush’s library foundation.

The House Speaker is not budging in her opposition to offshore oil drilling, despite increasing pressure from Republicans and anxiety among her own Democratic colleagues.