Day: February 6, 2009

Two audits of Energy Star, a program to conserve electricity used in consumer goods, have found that energy-savings estimates are not completely verifiable.

McConnell says he’s opposed to the idea that massive public expenditure will save a tailspinning economy.

The move would end more than 60 years of civilian control over nuclear bomb manufacture.

President Obama explained his rationale for closing the Guantánamo detention camp and assured relatives of terrorism victims that the suspects would be prosecuted.

The Obama administration signaled Friday that it would seek stricter controls on mercury pollution from the nation’s power plants.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg plans to be back at work on Feb. 23 for the Supreme Court’s next public session, a court spokeswoman said.

President Obama’s aspiration of putting aside petty politics has met the necessity of winning legislative votes.

President Obama has dismantled many of the Bush administration’s policies but will build on others.

The meeting came as the White House recalibrated its Guantanamo-related message.

With the Senate reaching a tentative compromise on Friday, the Sunday shows focus on the stimulus bill.