The Treasury Department says it has provided General Motors Corp. with another $2 billion in federal loans as the giant automaker struggles to restructure.
President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in Congress are willing to let his signature $400 tax cut for most workers expire after next year but are moving to give him a better chance at passing his health care bill.
The American Civil Liberties Union says the Pentagon will release a "substantial number" of photos depicting abuse of prisoners by U.S. personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Congress is giving cable operators early notice that the industry's plan to roll out targeted advertising to viewers will be scrutinized for privacy implications.
Electric companies are warning lawmakers that prices will go up if Congress passes a global warming bill that doesn't give utilities some allowances to emit greenhouse gases.
Sen. John McCain, who fought the Bush administration on its harsh interrogation policies, says he thinks it would be counterproductive to now seek the prosecution of officials who said the tactics were legal.
Public schools would lose $100 million of the state aid in a $13 billion budget for the state's 2010 fiscal year, which begins July 1. Their base aid per pupil would drop $117.
The president's nominee to lead the nation's disaster response agency said he will hold the agency to a much higher standard than how it demonstrated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
