Archive for June, 2011

U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter will make a “major announcement” Saturday about whether he will run for president in next year’s election, a person familiar with the plans said Thursday.

McCotter’s office said Thursday that the 45-year-old will be the…

Robert Gates, a career civil servant who has advised eight presidents, turned to his wife at his Pentagon farewell ceremony Thursday and said “Becky, we’re really going home this time.”

Energy Secretary Steven Chu used the Clinton Global Initiative conference in Chicago to announce today that 14 businesses, developers, financial organizations and local governments had agreed to take part in the Obama administration’s Better Buildings…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has signaled to White House officials that he is considering leaving the administration after a deal to raise the U.S. debt limit is reached, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing three anonymous sources….

In the June 30 column “How Obama’s Stimulus Failed” Steve Chapman completely ignores the economic situation when Obama took office. At that time the economy was losing jobs at 750,000 per month (yes, per month!), GDP was dropping at -6 percent (yes,…

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday he’ll stay put at the Treasury Department for the “foreseeable future,” addressing speculation he might leave the Obama administration following the current round of budget negotiations.

“I live for this…

In an echo of the debate unfolding in Washington, Minnesota hurtled toward a midnight government shutdown Thursday in a dispute over taxes and spending that could force thousands of layoffs, bring road projects to a standstill and close state parks just…

A US network has suspended political analyst Mark Halperin after he called Barack Obama “a d—” live on morning television.