Mar
31
2005
Bush Presses for Social Security Reform photo
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – The more President Bush stumps for restructuring Social Security, the less popular his own plan seems to become. His poll ratings are dropping, too, but Bush says he is not deterred. “I’m going to be stubborn. And we’re going to keep working this,” Bush told a supportive…
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Patrick Kennedy Will Not Run for Senate photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., on Wednesday ruled out a run for the Senate in 2006, saying he could better serve his constituents by staying in the House and serving on the Appropriations Committee. Kennedy has been in Boston caring for his mother, Joan Kennedy, who was…
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Liberals Run Ads Demanding DeLay Resign
HOUSTON (AP) – Two liberal groups are running TV ads demanding that Tom DeLay resign as House majority leader and urging fellow congressmen to mobilize against the Texas representative, who is under investigation for alleged ethics violations. The ads focus on the allegations regarding DeLay’s…
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Bush Chides Lawmakers Over Social Security photo
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – President Bush suggested Wednesday that lawmakers who oppose his proposal for a Social Security overhaul could face political problems as a result. “To answer the question of the skeptics, we do have a serious problem,” Bush said in an interview aired on WMT AM radio here…
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Senator From Texas Expects Fight on FOI
DALLAS (AP) – Republican Sen. John Cornyn said Wednesday there is broad support for a bill to create a panel to study the federal Freedom of Information Act, but real reforms could run into trouble. “I think we’re going to have a bigger fight on our hands,” the former Texas attorney general said…
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States Take Up Photo IDs at Polls Debate photo
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Legislation that would require voters to show photo identification before casting ballots has touched off fierce debate in three states, with opponents complaining the measures represent a return to the days of poll taxes and Jim Crow. Lawmakers in Georgia and Indiana walked…
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Three Join Opposition to Bolton Nomination photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former U.S. Sen. James Sasser and two other retired American diplomats have joined a drive urging the Senate to reject John R. Bolton’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Sasser, a Democrat who was former President Bill Clinton’s ambassador to China, added…
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Jury Says New Orleans DA Guilty of Bias photo
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – New Orleans’ first black district attorney discriminated against 43 whites when he fired them en masse and replaced them with blacks upon taking office in 2003, a federal jury decided Wednesday. The jury awarded the employees about $1.8 million in back pay and damages. The jury…
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New Calif. Secretary of State Sworn In photo
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A former lawmaker was sworn in Wednesday as California secretary of state, and quickly promised to restore public confidence in the beleaguered office. Former state Sen. Bruce McPherson, 61, a Republican nominated by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to replace former Secretary…
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Pa. Lawmaker Charged in White Powder Hoax
GLENSHAW, Pa. (AP) – A legislator was charged Wednesday with lying about a white powder he claimed was inside a letter mailed from a critical constituent, and with retaliating against and harassing those who questioned his political finances. Republican state Rep. Jeffrey E. Habay, 38 – who is…
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Panel Urges Spies to Ensure Accuracy photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush’s commission on weapons of mass destruction will recommend that intelligence agencies take concrete steps to ensure information from their sources is valid, government officials familiar with the report said Wednesday. The proposal was prompted in part by an Iraqi… |
Mar
30
2005
Bush Plays Down Iraq Political Disputes photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush, on a day of political turmoil in Baghdad, acknowledged Tuesday that Iraqis are divided over the future of their country but said the differences “will be resolved through debate and persuasion instead of force and intimidation.” “The free people of Iraq are now…
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Bush Economic Team Features Lesser-Knowns photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush has beefed up his national security team with big-name advisers but has left his economic agenda in the hands of lesser-known officials whom some consider weak, unproven or inexperienced. The lack of a deep bench on economic policy comes despite the far-reaching…
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Mrs. Bush Defends Gov’t Role for Schiavo photo
MILDENHALL, England (AP) – First lady Laura Bush said Tuesday the government was right to have intervened in the case of Terri Schiavo, a severely brain-damaged Florida woman whose case has stirred national debate about life and death issues. “I just feel like the federal government has to be…
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Openly Gay Cheney Daughter Writing Memoir
NEW YORK (AP) – Mary Cheney, daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, plans to publish a memoir under a new subdivision of Simon & Schuster devoted to conservative books, the company announced Tuesday. Cheney, a top aide during her father’s campaigns in 2000 and 2004, has drawn much political…
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Former Alabama Sen. Howell Heflin Dies photo
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Former U.S. Sen. Howell Heflin, a popular Alabama politician who served three terms in Washington, has died, lawmakers announced Tuesday. He was 83. Heflin’s death was announced on the floor of the state Senate, which held a moment of silence. The cause of death was not…
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Texas Republicans Spar Over Sen. Clinton
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The campaigns of Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, widely expected to be opponents in next year’s GOP gubernatorial race, are taking political shots at each other over apparently friendly relationships with liberal Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Last…
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Political Ambitions Collide Over Big Dig
BOSTON (AP) – Boston’s troubled Big Dig highway project has become the intersection between investigations and political ambitions. At least three potential candidates for governor of Massachusetts have launched investigations into the $14.6 billion construction job, which has been beset by…
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Bush Concerned for Earthquake Victims photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush on Tuesday offered the help and prayers of America to victims of an Indian Ocean earthquake that saw Indonesia battered for the second time in three months. “On behalf of the American people, Laura and I offer our condolences to the victims of yesterday’s…
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Jesse Jackson Jr. Has Weight-Loss Surgery photo
CHICAGO (AP) – After weeks of speculation over his svelte new physique, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has revealed how he managed to drop nearly 50 pounds: weight-loss surgery. In a letter in Monday’s Chicago Sun-Times, the congressman said he had the procedure in December and is now down to about 200…
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Former California Gov. Jerry Brown Engaged photo
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Mayor Jerry Brown, the former governor who once dated singer Linda Ronstadt, has announced plans to marry his longtime live-in girlfriend. Brown, a lifelong bachelor, will wed Anne Gust, an executive with Gap Inc., in a ceremony at which Sen. Dianne Feinstein will officiate….
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Abramoff Faced Earlier Billing Inquiry photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – A lobbyist under investigation for billing Indian tribes tens of millions of dollars was at the center of an earlier inquiry that said his firm hadn’t justified roughly $1.2 million it charged the Northern Mariana Islands. Jack Abramoff, who has ties to President Bush and House… |
Mar
29
2005
Congress Takes a Look at Disabled Rights photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress is turning to more traditional means to help protect the rights of the incapacitated after failing to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case by staging emergency midnight votes and summoning the brain-damaged woman to testify. The Senate Health Committee will hold a hearing…
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59 American Ex-Diplomats Oppose Bolton photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Challenging the White House, 59 former American diplomats are urging the Senate to reject John R. Bolton’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. “He is the wrong man for this position,” they said in a letter to Sen. Richard Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign…
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Court Won’t Step Into Newspaper Lawsuit
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court refused Monday to step into a lawsuit against a newspaper, leaving the media in Pennsylvania legally vulnerable when they report defamatory comments by public figures. The case could chill news coverage of political campaigns where charges and countercharges are…
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GAO Finds Passenger Screening Incomplete
WASHINGTON (AP) – The government’s latest computerized airline passenger screening program doesn’t adequately protect travelers’ privacy, according to a congressional report that could further delay a project considered a priority after the Sept. 11 attacks. Congress last year passed a law that…
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Bush OKs First National Counterintel Plan photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush has approved the nation’s first counterintelligence strategy, directing the intelligence agencies to go on the offensive – together – against foreign and terrorist threats. Counterintelligence is the government-wide effort to protect against foreign espionage and…
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New Orleans DA Case Has Closing Arguments photo
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A jury began deliberating Monday in a lawsuit accusing New Orleans’ first black district attorney of racial discrimination for dismissing dozens of white employees upon taking office. In closing arguments, lawyers for District Attorney Eddie Jordan said he had a right to hire…
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‘08 White House Race Draws Iowa’s Interest photo
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Potential White House candidates are calling Iowa’s top political operatives. Trips to the Midwest are on the schedule. Personal notes to the state’s top Democrats and Republicans are in the mail. In the realm of nonstop presidential politics, this is the slow time, when…
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Researchers Weigh Fallout From Intel Law
WASHINGTON (AP) – The new law intended to make the nation’s intelligence agencies work together may create a conflict between the national intelligence director and his subordinate, who reports directly to the president on some matters, congressional researchers say. The potential problem,…
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Court Declines to Review Abortion Law
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday to reinstate a state law requiring girls under age 18 to get parental consent for abortions except under the most dire of medical emergencies. Without comment, justices let stand a lower court ruling that struck down the Idaho law…
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Ore. Lawmakers Weigh Outlawing Foie Gras
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – At Hurley’s restaurant in hip Northwest Portland, foie gras isn’t anywhere on the menu. You have to ask for it. Servers will tell you of at least three ways the fattened duck liver delicacy is served, including chef and owner Tom Hurley’s signature savory foie gras flan with…
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Reagans’ Romance Carved in Stone
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The way President Reagan and his wife, Nancy, would carry on about their love for each other, one might have gotten the impression their romance was carved in stone – and it turns out it was. A part-time estate liquidation consultant who was looking for anything the Reagans… |
Mar
28
2005
Bush Again Attends Service at Fort Hood photo
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) – President Bush attended an Easter service Sunday at Fort Hood where he offered prayers for peace and the well-being of American soldiers and their families. For a third straight year, the president made the 50-mile helicopter flight from his ranch in Crawford to mark…
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DeLay Had Own Tough Quality-of-Life Choice photo
LOS ANGELES (AP) – House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who has helped lead a congressional effort to keep Terri Schiavo alive, joined members of his own family nearly 17 years ago in allowing doctors not to take extraordinary measures to extend his father’s life, a newspaper reported Sunday. DeLay…
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Sharon: U.S. Settlement Policy Is Clear photo
JERUSALEM (AP) – Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his Cabinet on Sunday there is no need to clarify U.S. policy on Jewish settlements, saying Washington supports Israel’s retention of West Bank blocs as part of a final Mideast agreement but opposes continued settlement building at this time. On…
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Grassley Makes Case to Fix Social Security photo
BEDFORD, Iowa (AP) – Assigned to put President Bush’s Social Security ideas into a bill that can pass Congress, Charles Grassley is finding little clamor for it among the people who have kept him in the Senate for 25 years. “What I need to hear people say is, ‘We expect you to fix this,’” Grassley…
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Democrat Pans Social Security Overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush’s proposal to change Social Security by creating retirement investment accounts for younger workers would shatter the New Deal-era program and burden future generations with debt, a Michigan congressman said. “This would have dire consequences including major…
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Anti-Vaccine Sentiment Plagues Nigeria
KANO, Nigeria (AP) – Accusations by Islamic preachers that vaccines are part of an American anti-Islamic plot are threatening efforts to combat a measles epidemic that has killed hundreds of Nigerian children, health workers say. Government officials play down the anti-vaccine sentiment, but all…
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Ukrainian President to Meet With Bush
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko’s planned visit to the United States would help usher in a new era in bilateral relations, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine said, according to an interview published Saturday. Yushchenko is set to meet with President Bush at the White House…
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Polls Show Drop for Bush’s Job Approval photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush’s job approval slipped into the mid 40s in national polls released this week as he lost some support among men and other groups of core supporters. Public approval for Bush slipped from 52 percent in a CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll over the weekend to 45 percent in…
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Kennedy, Chafee Could Face Off in R.I. photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – It would be the battle of the dynasties: Kennedy versus Chafee. The son of a Democratic icon against the son of a revered Republican senator and governor in the nation’s smallest state. Rep. Patrick Kennedy is considering a run against Sen. Lincoln Chafee for the only…
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Pakistan Praises U.S. Decision on F-16s photo
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) – Pakistan’s prime minister praised the Bush administration on Saturday for deciding to sell F-16 warplanes to his country and insisted that Islamabad has no aggressive designs against its neighbors. The comments by Prime Minister Shaukat came a day after a State…
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Schwarzenegger to Tout Solar on TV Show photo
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is scheduled to make a cameo appearance on the ABC television show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” on Sunday to tout the use of solar electricity in homes and businesses. The Republican governor will appear during Sunday night’s episode, when a… |
Mar
27
2005
Grassley Makes Case to Fix Social Security photo
BEDFORD, Iowa (AP) – Assigned to put President Bush’s Social Security ideas into a bill that can pass Congress, Charles Grassley is finding little clamor for it among the people who have kept him in the Senate for 25 years. “What I need to hear people say is, ‘We expect you to fix this,’” Grassley…
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Bush Praises Slain Minn. Security Guard photo
WACO, Texas (AP) – President Bush on Saturday praised Minnesota high school security guard Derrick Brun for saving countless students by bravely confronting the teenage gunman who shot and killed him. “Derrick’s bravery cost him his life, and all Americans honor him,” Bush said in his first public…
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Democrat Pans Social Security Overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush’s proposal to change Social Security by creating retirement investment accounts for younger workers would shatter the New Deal-era program and burden future generations with debt, a Michigan congressman said Saturday. “This would have dire consequences including…
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Polls Show Drop for Bush’s Job Approval photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush’s job approval slipped into the mid 40s in national polls released this week as he lost some support among men and other groups of core supporters. Public approval for Bush slipped from 52 percent in a CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll over the weekend to 45 percent in…
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FBI Admits to Mishap on Classified Files
BOSTON (AP) – The FBI admitted Saturday it accidentally gave classified documents back to the American translator who pleaded guilty to taking them from the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Ahmed Fathy Mehalba, who was released from jail earlier this month, contacted the FBI’s Boston…
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Schwarzenegger to Tout Solar on TV Show photo
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is scheduled to make a cameo appearance on the ABC television show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” on Sunday to tout the use of solar electricity in homes and businesses. The Republican governor will appear during Sunday night’s episode, when a…
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Kennedy, Chafee Could Face Off in R.I. photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – It would be the battle of the dynasties: Kennedy versus Chafee. The son of a Democratic icon against the son of a revered Republican senator and governor in the nation’s smallest state. Rep. Patrick Kennedy is considering a run against Sen. Lincoln Chafee for the only…
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Army Probe Finds Abuse at Jail Near Mosul photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Newly released government documents say the abuse of prisoners in Iraq by U.S. forces was more widespread than previously reported. An officer found that detainees “were being systematically and intentionally mistreated” at a holding facility near Mosul in December 2003. The…
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India Objects to U.S.-Pakistan Arms Deal photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bush administration rewarded Pakistan, an improbable ally in the war on terrorism, with a promise Friday that it could buy sophisticated U.S.-built F-16 warplanes. Pakistan’s nuclear rival, India, immediately complained the sale would threaten its security. The sales would…
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Schiavo Case Tests Government Principles photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Terri Schiavo’s case has put lofty principles of American government through an extreme workout. In a life-or-death drama that has ricocheted between courthouses and capitols, abstract terms such as the separation of powers, checks and balances and federalism have become…
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Sen.: Congress Unlikely to Pass Soc. Sec. photo
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Sen. Charles Grassley, at the center of the fight over revising Social Security, said Friday that the odds are against Congress approving the proposal being pushed by President Bush. “I think it’s very difficult for me to say today that we’ll present a bill to the… |
Mar
26
2005
Polls Show Drop for Bush’s Job Approval photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush’s job approval slipped into the mid 40s in national polls released this week as he lost some support among men and other groups of core supporters. Public approval for Bush slipped from 52 percent in a CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll over the weekend to 45 percent in…
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India Objects to U.S.-Pakistan Arms Deal photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bush administration rewarded Pakistan, an improbable ally in the war on terrorism, with a promise Friday that it could buy sophisticated U.S.-built F-16 warplanes. Pakistan’s nuclear rival, India, immediately complained the sale would threaten its security. The sales would…
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Sen.: Congress Unlikely to Pass Soc. Sec. photo
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Sen. Charles Grassley, at the center of the fight over revising Social Security, said Friday that the odds are against Congress approving the proposal being pushed by President Bush. “I think it’s very difficult for me to say today that we’ll present a bill to the…
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Bush Offers Condolences to Minn. Tribe photo
WACO, Texas (AP) – President Bush on Friday expressed condolences to the leader of the Minnesota Indian reservation where 10 people died Monday in the second-worst school shooting in U.S. history. Bush talked to Floyd Jourdain Jr., chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa, for five minutes Friday…
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Carter, Baker to Work on Election Reform
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James A. Baker III are teaming up to head a star-studded study commission that will recommend improvements to the nation’s federal election system. The bipartisan panel, announced Thursday by American University’s Center…
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Schiavo Case Tests Government Principles photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Terri Schiavo’s case has put lofty principles of American government through an extreme workout. In a life-or-death drama that has ricocheted between courthouses and capitols, abstract terms such as the separation of powers, checks and balances and federalism have become…
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White House Payments to Columnist Probed photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congressional investigators will look into whether the Bush administration violated any laws when it paid syndicated columnist Maggie Gallagher to help promote a marriage initiative, Democratic Sens. Edward Kennedy and Frank Lautenberg said. The Government Accountability Office…
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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Schiavo Case photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court was the last stop for Terri Schiavo’s parents in a federal court system that rejected them at every turn. The justices’ refusal to intervene Thursday was no surprise: Right-to-die questions have long been the domain of the states, which give doctors and spouses…
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Former Conn. Governor Prepares for Prison photo
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – Former Gov. John G. Rowland received a different identification Friday as he prepares to enter prison next week: Inmate No. 15623-014. Rowland’s inmate identification number was posted Friday on the U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate database Web site. The numbers are used to…
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NYC Prosecutor, 85, Faces Tough Challenger photo
NEW YORK (AP) – Robert Morgenthau was first elected district attorney a municipal lifetime ago, when New York was sliding toward bankruptcy, when crime and the mob were endemic, when the gay rights and feminist movements were in their infancy. Thirty-one years later, the city has changed…
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DeLay Goes on Offense in Ethics Battle photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Majority Leader Tom DeLay often plays defense in public in his fight against allegations of ethical misconduct, saying he didn’t know about specific fund-raising practices under investigation in Texas or groups in Washington that paid for his travel. Behind the scenes,… |
Mar
26
2005
Polls Show Drop for Bush’s Job Approval photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush’s job approval slipped into the mid 40s in national polls released this week as he lost some support among men and other groups of core supporters. Public approval for Bush slipped from 52 percent in a CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll over the weekend to 45 percent in…
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India Objects to U.S.-Pakistan Arms Deal photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bush administration rewarded Pakistan, an improbable ally in the war on terrorism, with a promise Friday that it could buy sophisticated U.S.-built F-16 warplanes. Pakistan’s nuclear rival, India, immediately complained the sale would threaten its security. The sales would…
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Sen.: Congress Unlikely to Pass Soc. Sec. photo
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Sen. Charles Grassley, at the center of the fight over revising Social Security, said Friday that the odds are against Congress approving the proposal being pushed by President Bush. “I think it’s very difficult for me to say today that we’ll present a bill to the…
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Bush Offers Condolences to Minn. Tribe photo
WACO, Texas (AP) – President Bush on Friday expressed condolences to the leader of the Minnesota Indian reservation where 10 people died Monday in the second-worst school shooting in U.S. history. Bush talked to Floyd Jourdain Jr., chairman of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa, for five minutes Friday…
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Carter, Baker to Work on Election Reform
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James A. Baker III are teaming up to head a star-studded study commission that will recommend improvements to the nation’s federal election system. The bipartisan panel, announced Thursday by American University’s Center…
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Schiavo Case Tests Government Principles photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Terri Schiavo’s case has put lofty principles of American government through an extreme workout. In a life-or-death drama that has ricocheted between courthouses and capitols, abstract terms such as the separation of powers, checks and balances and federalism have become…
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White House Payments to Columnist Probed photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congressional investigators will look into whether the Bush administration violated any laws when it paid syndicated columnist Maggie Gallagher to help promote a marriage initiative, Democratic Sens. Edward Kennedy and Frank Lautenberg said. The Government Accountability Office…
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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Schiavo Case photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court was the last stop for Terri Schiavo’s parents in a federal court system that rejected them at every turn. The justices’ refusal to intervene Thursday was no surprise: Right-to-die questions have long been the domain of the states, which give doctors and spouses…
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Former Conn. Governor Prepares for Prison photo
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – Former Gov. John G. Rowland received a different identification Friday as he prepares to enter prison next week: Inmate No. 15623-014. Rowland’s inmate identification number was posted Friday on the U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate database Web site. The numbers are used to…
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NYC Prosecutor, 85, Faces Tough Challenger photo
NEW YORK (AP) – Robert Morgenthau was first elected district attorney a municipal lifetime ago, when New York was sliding toward bankruptcy, when crime and the mob were endemic, when the gay rights and feminist movements were in their infancy. Thirty-one years later, the city has changed…
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DeLay Goes on Offense in Ethics Battle photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Majority Leader Tom DeLay often plays defense in public in his fight against allegations of ethical misconduct, saying he didn’t know about specific fund-raising practices under investigation in Texas or groups in Washington that paid for his travel. Behind the scenes,… |
Mar
25
2005
Parties Put Aside Fights for Schiavo Law photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – “Reid and Senate dems have been helpful thruout,” Majority Leader Bill Frist messaged fellow Republican senators privately during pressured negotiations on legislation designed to save Terri Schiavo. The atmosphere was little different in the House, though Democratic opponents…
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Gov. Bush Frustrated by Schiavo Roadblocks photo
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – It’s not often Gov. Jeb Bush is frustrated pursuing his goals. He was the first governor to start a statewide school voucher program. He got rid of civil service protections for tens of thousands of state workers. He pushed through billions of dollars in tax cuts. His goal…
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Court Refuses to Intervene in Schiavo Case photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court was the last stop for Terri Schiavo’s parents in a federal court system that rejected them at every turn. The justices’ refusal to intervene Thursday was no surprise: Right-to-die questions have long been the domain of the states, which give doctors and spouses…
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DeLay Goes on Offense in Ethics Battle photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Majority Leader Tom DeLay often plays defense in public in his fight against allegations of ethical misconduct, saying he didn’t know about specific fund-raising practices under investigation in Texas or groups in Washington that paid for his travel. Behind the scenes,…
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Poll Finds Reduced Support on Soc. Sec.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Support for President Bush’s plan to create personal Social Security retirement accounts which might include stocks or mutual funds has dropped over the last month among Americans under age 30, according to a poll released Thursday. Young adults have been the strongest supporters…
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U.S. Rewards Guatemala With Military Aid
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) – By releasing $3.2 million in aid, the United States is rewarding Guatemala for its progress in overhauling a military once blamed for human rights abuses. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld announced the U.S. decision on Thursday after meeting with Guatemala’s president,…
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Bush Plans to Visit 4 Countries in May photo
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) – President Bush plans to visit the Netherlands and the ex-Soviet republics of Georgia and Latvia in May, along with a previously announced trip to Russia to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Thursday. The…
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FEC Weighs Limited Internet Activity Rules
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Election Commission took its first step Thursday in extending campaign finance controls to political activity on the Internet, asking for public input on limited regulations for the freewheeling medium. Commissioner Ellen Weintraub, who took the lead on drafting…
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Rep. Waters Endorses L.A. Mayor’s Opponent photo
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Rep. Maxine Waters, one of the city’s most prominent political voices, labeled Mayor James Hahn a failure Thursday and endorsed his rival in the May runoff, Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa. Hahn’s campaign shrugged off the defection – Waters supported the mayor four years ago -…
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EPA Urges More Bioterror Protections
WASHINGTON (AP) – Cities are not getting all the protections President Bush ordered last year to detect a biological terrorism attack, the Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog said Thursday. The report from EPA Inspector General Nikki L. Tinsley’s office said the agency hasn’t…
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Iowa Makes Deal to Retain Medicaid Money
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa has struck a deal with federal officials that allows the state to retain $66 million in Medicaid funding it would have lost next summer because of a government crackdown on an accounting gimmick. Iowa is the first state to reach such an agreement with Washington. For… |
