Confidential document was found on publicly accessible computer network msnbc.com Oct . 30, 2009 By Ellen Nakashima and Paul Kane WASHINGTON – House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House...
USA TODAY October 21, 2009 By Pallavi Gogoi and Paul Wiseman A Treasury Department watchdog is warning that a key $700 billion bailout program has damaged the government’s credibility, won’t earn taxpayers all their money back and has done little to change a culture of recklessness on Wall Street. “The American people’s belief that...
Reuters October 17, 2009 CHICAGO (Reuters) – AMR Corp’s American Airlines operated jets later found to have substandard repairs, and federal regulators are probing allegations that at least one plane was considered unsafe to fly at normal cruise altitude, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The newspaper, citing people familiar with the matter,...
The Guardian Observer Washington is increasingly beholden to Beijing’s point of view – but some fear Barack Obama is being too accommodating Reaching the parts other countries cannot reach, China did the Obama administration a noteworthy favour this week, persuading North Korea’s eccentric godfather, Kim Jong-il, to cool it after months of name-calling, missile...
Reuters October 15, 2009 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elderly and disabled Americans will see no boost in their Social Security checks next year for the first time since 1975 due to scant inflation, the U.S. government said on Thursday. Instead, President Barack Obama has proposed giving them a one-time check for $250 in 2010, at...
NPR News October 15, 2009 by The Associated Press Handing President Obama a partial victory in his effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, House Democrats on Thursday repelled a Republican effort to block transfer of any of the detainees to the U.S. Instead, by a 224-193 vote, the House stood by a Democratic...
The New York Times By MICHAEL COOPER Published: October 15, 2009 Businesses that got stimulus contracts directly from the federal government reported creating or saving 30,383 jobs so far, according to data published Thursday by the Obama administration. The jobs reported on Thursday represent the first time that the government has reported actual figures...
USA Today By John Fritze, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — President Obama praised Senate leaders Tuesday who approved an $829 billion health care bill advancing his vision to reshape the insurance system further than any other such bill has in more than a generation. Calling it a critical milestone, Obama said “we are now closer...
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