Archive for October, 2011

Sooner or later, David Frum says, the tea party Republicans must converge on a single choice. When they do, they will present the non-tea party Republicans with a troubling menu of possibilities.

President Barack Obama on Monday signed an executive order to make the Food and Drug Administration step up work to identify and reduce shortages of vital drugs and urged Congress to build on his action.

In an Oval Office ceremony to sign the executive…

Julian Zelizer says Congress, in its zeal to cut the budget, should protect the PEPFAR program, an initiative that provides billions to fight AIDS around the world — and that saves lives

Illinois’ latest standardized test results show that the achievement gap among elementary school students is narrowing, largely because of gains among black, special education and low-income students, the Illinois State Board of Education announced…

President Barack Obama is directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages, an escalating problem that has endangered patients and raised the possibility of price gouging.

Patient deaths have been blamed on the shortages,…

Twitter is abuzz with presidential candidates this year, though not all in the Twittersphere are equal.

Rick Santorum tweets a lot more than Rick Perry, Herman Cain is the Republican most likely to be retweeted, and their Twitter followers are dwarfed…

Trailing in a new Iowa poll, Republican Rick Perry says in a new ad running in the state that his jobs record is more important than on-camera polish.

The Texas governor is trying to convert criticism of his performances during recent debates into an…

Officers and directors of Mutual Bank issued $10.5 million in “imprudent” dividends, spent $250,000 of the bank’s money on a wedding, and paid $495,000 in defense costs for a spouse’s Medicaid fraud case before the Harvey-based lender failed in July 2009,…