WASHINGTON — Exercising his newly influential role national Republican politics, South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint on Thursday threw his support — and his financial resources — behind a conservative candidate in a Texas Senate race. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — Senators working on a compromise climate bill unveiled the basics of their plan for the first time on Thursday, including encouragement for new nuclear power plants, a continued use of coal and a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target that's lower than what the Senate had been considering. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — Allowing 55- to 64-year-olds to buy Medicare coverage will be a disaster, the critics say. Not so, counter supporters. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — Roughly 15 months after the global financial system teetered on the brink of a cataclysmic implosion, the House of Representatives on Thursday began debating the most sweeping rewrite of financial regulation since the Great Depression. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — Bowing to intense public pressure, Goldman Sachs on Thursday scaled back plans to distribute at least $16 billion in year-end bonuses, stripping cash awards from members of its 30-person management committee in favor of restricted stock. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama cautiously accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday in Oslo, acknowledging "the considerable controversy" over his award because he's accomplished little on the world stage in less than a year on the job and has just called for sending 30,000 to 35,000 more U.S. troops to war in Afghanistan. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — Forget health care and Afghanistan. A House subcommittee on Wednesday swung into one of the most heated topics: How college football decides which two teams will play in the national championship game. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — Hopes grew Wednesday for Senate passage of a historic restructuring of the nation's health insurance system, as key lawmakers praised and President Barack Obama endorsed a tentative deal to get the stalled bill moving. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — A day ahead of testimony in which he's sure to be grilled about the controversial taxpayer-funded bank bailout program, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced Wednesday that he wants to extend it into late 2010. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — The Congressional Black Caucus and President Barack Obama are at loggerheads over what to do about African-American unemployment, which is higher than the national average and has reached nearly 50 percent among teens. Full Story »
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