Farm subsidies: The rich keep getting richer
May 5, 2010
Lawmakers crafting a sweeping farm bill in 2008 promised it would cut government payments to wealthy farmers. Two years later, little appears to have changed.
Voter anger didn’t make it to the polls
May 5, 2010
It turned out anger didn’t translate at the ballot box. Voters in North Carolina and Ohio kept their incumbents while those in Indiana turned to
Some agreement on Wall Street reform
May 5, 2010
Key senators reached a partial agreement on Wall Street reform on Tuesday, but disputes over some issues continued, and the Senate adjourned without casting votes
Iraq U.S. war deaths stand at 4,397
May 5, 2010
As of Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at least 4,397 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March
Feds probe security lapses in terror suspect arrest
May 5, 2010
The government Tuesday probed how the Pakistani-American suspect in the failed New York car bombing was able to board a plane in an escape bid