Day: February 13, 2009

He touts the the fabulousness of Las Vegas for three minutes from the Senate floor.

The secretary of state is set to make her first trip abroad in her new job.

The senator’s surprise gives the GOP a rallying cry.

The Justice Department indicated that it was not backing away from the argument used by the Bush administration that courts should use national security concerns to block a lawsuit brought by an Islamic group that says its rights had been violated. Department lawyers filed papers with a Federal District Court in San Francisco asking for a stay in a judge’s ruling that the “state secrets” doctrine could not be used in the Islamic group’s lawsuit.

After inventing the first artificial kidney, Dr. Kolff went on to prove that biomedical engineers could build all sorts of artificial organs.

The F.T.C. said some Internet companies are not explaining to their users clearly enough what information they collect about them and how they use it for advertising.

Dennis C. Blair said economic turmoil and the instability it could ignite has outpaced terrorism as the worst threat.

The negotiations over the largest economic rescue plan since the New Deal offered a window into the relationship between President Obama’s administration and Congress.

Gibbs at times seemed to be reading from a different page than Emanuel and Obama.

While the Obama administration says it is not seeking to control financial institutions, there is a growing sense in Europe that banks should be put on a tight leash.