President Obama made another pilgrimage to a key policy outpost yesterday, crossing the Potomac River for the first time since his inauguration to visit the Pentagon, where he met the Joint Chiefs of Staff on their own turf.
A former deputy to Jack Abramoff was charged Wednesday in the lobbyist corruption scandal.
The Treasury secretary said the administration is working on a comprehensive plan to “repair the financial system,” but declined to provide any specific details.
Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, who has boycotted his own impeachment trial, has now asked to address the Illinois Senate Thursday.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved, and sent to the full Senate, the nomination of Eric H. Holder Jr. to be the nation’s 82nd attorney general.
The impact of the stimulus package will be felt within weeks once the final version becomes law, but estimating its effectiveness is far more complex.
The president must decide between abandoning a campaign pledge and risking a rupture with the military.
The Justice Department is investigating whether a senior officer sexually assaulted and videotaped several Algerian women while serving as the C.I.A.’s station chief in Algiers.
Obama couldn’t pry loose a single Republican vote.
Huge deficits could force the post office to cut out one day of mail delivery per week, the postmaster general told Congress on Wednesday.