Emboldened by newfound profits and eager to shake off federal control, a growing number of banks are resisting the Obama administration’s proposals for fixing the system.
The automobile industry crisis has tested the new president’s political instincts and activist approach.
State and federal officials intensified their response to the swine flu outbreak on Tuesday, with President Obama asking Congress for $1.5 billion in supplemental funding.
SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [*] OBAMA: Thank you so much. What a wonderful introduction. It’s good to be out of Washington. It’s good to be back in the Midwest. Love you back. (APPLAUSE) Let me, first of all, ask everybody to give a huge round of applause to Linda for the great introduct…
Judge Jay S. Bybee said that he continued to believe that the memorandums represented “a good-faith analysis of the law” that properly defined the thin line between harsh treatment and torture.
Dr. Richard E. Besser, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has won raves for his televised swine flu updates.
The percentage of blacks who say that race relations are generally good has doubled since last July, a Times/CBS News poll found.
The Supreme Court must consider if a law rooted in the age of Jim Crow is still needed — and still constitutional — in the Obama era.
More than $3 billion has been spent on a $13 billion presidential helicopter program that the Obama administration considers wasteful and wants to halt.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Congratulations, Madam Secretary. KATHLEEN SEBELIUS: Thank you, sir. OBAMA: Here we go. We’re just going to make a brief statement. I am thrilled to have Kathleen Sebelius as my new Secretary of Health and Human Services. Obviously, we have a lot to do to make sure that health…