Archive for January, 2009

Michael Steele throws down the gauntlet after becoming chairman of the Republican National Committee.

The nomination of a second senior Barack Obama Cabinet pick has hit problems after it emerged that Tom Daschle had failed to pay his taxes in full.

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — World leaders looking for hope amid recessionary gloom turned their attention Saturday to a long-stalled global trade deal, increasingly seen as a necessary bulwark against the rising threat of protectionism.

Japan’s Prime…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama campaigned on a promise to redirect U.S. troops and resources to Afghanistan from Iraq, but he has done little so far to suggest he will significantly widen the grinding war with insurgents in Afghanistan….

WASHINGTON (AP) — Responding to reports of shoddy sanitation practices and inspections, federal health officials have opened a criminal investigation into the Georgia peanut-processing plant at the center of the national salmonella outbreak.

The…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than two weeks into office, President Barack Obama faces a dilemma over protectionist provisions in a massive economic stimulus bill: Backing the measures could set off a trade war, while opposing them could trigger a backlash…

Education Secretary Arne Duncan talks to CNN’s Campbell Brown about the President’s $150 billion increase in federal money for education. Here is the transcript of that interview.