Day: February 4, 2009

Auto parts suppliers are in discussions with the Treasury Department about ways to address their financial troubles, industry trade groups said Wednesday.

Regulators could not cool the Congressional fury on Wednesday over their failure to act on tips that might have exposed the Madoff scandal almost a decade ago.

When the president admits an error, there is a careful balance to be struck between appearing genuinely contrite and politically vulnerable.

Leon E. Panetta earned more than $1 million last year serving on corporate boards, consulting and delivering speeches, including some given to imploding banks at the height of the financial crisis.

A former aide to Senator Judd Gregg accepted thousands of dollars in free meals, drinks and sports tickets from a lobbyist for whom he placed items in spending bills, according to court papers.

Tom Daschle’s competing ambitions of earning money in the private sector while continuing to shape government policy ultimately sunk his appointment for health secretary.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney predicted a “high probability” of a nuclear or biological attack in the next few years.

A handful of Democratic and Republican senators have left or have announced plans to retire at the end of their terms, and the Senate appears to be suffering a recession of its own.

The action came a day after President Obama warned against sending a “protectionist message” in the economic stimulus bill.

The Virginia Senate rejected a bill requiring background checks for private sales at gun shows, dealing another in a series of blows to the legislative agenda of Gov. Tim Kaine.