Democrats Pass Tax Breaks In Committee
Updated: 4:46 PM Tax breaks totaling more than $275 billion have been approved by a House committee, the latest success for President Barack Obama's economic recovery program.
Updated: 4:46 PM Tax breaks totaling more than $275 billion have been approved by a House committee, the latest success for President Barack Obama's economic recovery program.
Posted: 2:26 PM President Barack Obama says he intends to win the fight against terrorism, but under his leadership, the U.S. will do so in a manner that's consistent with its human rights ideals.
Updated: 2:00 PM President Barack Obama's pick to be the top intelligence officer says the Army Field Manual that outlines legal interrogation techniques will govern CIA questioning.
Updated: 1:51 PM Despite his $34,000 worth of tax mistakes, Timothy Geithner's nomination for treasury secretary is going to the full Senate, with a vote possible as early as tomorrow.
Posted: 12:48 PM Law enforcement officers would have to videotape their interrogations of suspects under a bill considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Posted: 6:24 PM President Barack Obama has issued an executive order that limits the ability of former presidents to block the release of sensitive records of their time in the White House.
Updated: 1:50 PM Sen. John McCain is imploring his Republican colleagues to drop partisan demands and let the popular president get to work.
Updated: 11:45 AM The Obama administration is circulating a draft executive order that calls for closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay within a year.
Updated: 11:01 AM Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has been released from the hospital after suffering a seizure during an inaugural luncheon.
Updated: 10:09 AM The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee says he believes the failure by Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner to pay $34,000 in Social Security and Medicare taxes between 2001 and 2004 were "disappointing mistakes."
Posted: 9:47 AM The government has lost its final attempt to revive a federal law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet.
Posted: 8:57 AM The Senate is expected to consider several of President Barack Obama's Cabinet nominees Wednesday.
Posted: 8:41 AM Some leaders in the Muslim world say President Barack Obama should dive into Mideast peace efforts right away.
Posted: 8:37 AM President Barack Obama will begin today to put his imprint on the nation's war strategy.
Posted: 8:34 AM Michelle Obama is calling her new life as first lady "a bit surreal" and says she's ready for such a high-profile role in politics...
Posted: 8:12 AM A new poll shows that three out of four American people feel more optimistic about the country's future now that Barack Obama has been inaugurated president.
Posted: 4:19 PM The new commander in chief's promise to end the war in Iraq — and his hope for a turnaround in Afghanistan — will be on the agenda Wednesday when he meets with top commanders and national security aides.
Posted: 4:11 PM New York Gov. David Paterson says he's considering state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for appointment to the U.S. Senate seat about to be vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Updated: 2:55 PM The Senate has swiftly approved six members of President Barack Obama's Cabinet, but put off for a day a vote on his choice to be secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Posted: 1:57 PM Chief Justice John Roberts swore in Barack Obama as president of the United States this afternoon, but not without a stumble.
