Presidential Inauguration

Graham urges House to ban release of detainee photos

Sen. Lindsey Graham urged the House on Thursday to follow the Senate in passing his bill prohibiting the release of classified photos showing abuse and humiliation of terror suspects held by the United States.

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NATIONAL ECONOMY

Obama rolls out sweeping financial regulation package

President Barack Obama moved Wednesday to shift the pendulum of history, proposing sweeping new government regulation of the nation's financial system and turning sharply away from the anti-government, pro-free-market passion that's dominated American politics for three decades.

1068 days ago
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

Now, Ahmadinejad's corner: Chavez, Swaziland and Hamas

It's a small list, the national leaders who've stepped forward to congratulate Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his disputed election victory. Hamas, Hezbollah, the King of Swaziland — and Venezuela President Hugo Chavez.

1068 days ago
NATIONAL ECONOMY

In huge change, Obama'd strip Fed of credit card oversight

Under the plan Obama will announce Wednesday, the Federal Reserve and other bank regulators would lose their oversight over mortgages, credit cards and other financial products that are sold to consumers. Instead, power would reside with a newly created agency whose mission would be to protect the...

1069 days ago
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

Iran's senior ayatollah slams election, confirming split

Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri accused the regime of handling charges of fraud in last week's presidential election and the massive protests that followed "in the worst way possible" and warned police and the military that following orders to suppress protesters "will not excuse them before...

1069 days ago
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

Reporter had early encounter with Holocaust Museum suspect

There was a time when James von Brunn didn't want the public to know how much he hated Jewish people. I know because he was furious at me for wanting to spread the word. It even got physical for a moment.

1075 days ago
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

Washington state health panel could be model for U.S.

When it's judging the value of medical treatments it pays for, Washington state imposes a tough standard, the kind that might save tens of billions of dollars a year if it were applied nationally.

1080 days ago
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

Full text of Obama's remarks at Cairo University

This is the full text of the speech President Barack Obama made at Cairo University, as provided by the White House.

1082 days ago
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

Video details Afghanistan insurgent group's prowess

The Haqqani network undertook an assassination attempt against President Hamid Karzai last year. They nearly nearly succeeded. They knew how to slip through police checkpoints and where exactly Karzai would be standing. And they filmed their planning as it unfolded.

1082 days ago
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

How a suicide bomber was recruited — then changed his mind

"Ahmad", who asked that his real name not be used for fear of retribution, was born in a small town in Pakistan's Punjab Province. He came from a large but poor family. Pakistan's notoriously poor education system meant that good schools were out of reach, and so instead he went to a madrassa, an...

1082 days ago
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

Iraq halts clearing landmines even as huge toll keeps rising

To the dismay of international relief organizations, the Ministry of Defense halted all mine-clearing operations last December, fearing that villagers were selling harvested explosives to Iraq's many insurgents. Now one Iraqi a day is thought to be killed or maimed by a mine, though most casualties...

1083 days ago