A judge has ordered the federal government to turn over documents related to the shooting of a fleeing drug smuggler or to explain why it is withholding them.
President Obama is to announce that would pull combat forces out by August 2010 while leaving behind a residual force of 35,000 to 50,000 troops.
The son of Senator Roland W. Burris took a state job in September in the administration of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who appointed the future senator and whose office solicited contributions from him.
The bloggers are teaming up with organized labor and MoveOn.org to form a political action committee that would seek to push the Democratic Party further to the left.
The plan was announced after three days of meetings, which touched on sensitive issues like American airstrikes in Pakistan, and the scope of the American commitment in Afghanistan.
The budget proposals seek to reverse the rapid increase in economic inequality over the last 30 years.
In a reversal of policy, the Pentagon will allow the press to photograph the flag-draped coffins of America’s war dead.
To translate his vision into a budget, the president needs to create coalitions issue by issue, while holding his party together and curbing Republican attacks.