Day: April 6, 2009

After leaving Harvard, Lawrence H. Summers earned nearly $5.2 million advising elite math wizards and scientists at a New York hedge fund.

Fundraisers are thrilled that the fight will continue.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry, will lead a delegation to Sudan’s Darfur region, U.S. officials said on Monday, in a possible sign of a growing willingness to engage with Khartoum.

Analysis with basketball on the brain: President Obama must be a star versatile enough to play every position to realize his enormous ambitions, and the game has barely started.

Southbound border checks, focusing on employers of illegal immigrants and devoting more to dealing with natural disasters are among Janet Napolitano’s goals at Homeland Security.

Czechs, skeptical at first, found President Obama energetic and youthful as he addressed some 20,000 people in the capital.

Former Representative John E. Sweeney was arrested early Sunday on charges of driving while intoxicated, his second arrest in less than 18 months.

Timothy F. Geithner said top managers and boards could be removed from institutions that require extensive aid from the federal government.

Steven Rattner, a well-known media banker, is playing a crucial role for Washington as he advises the Detroit automakers on their overhauls.