September 25, 2008 -
In towns along the Texas Gulf Coast, residents continue to rebuild following Hurricane Ike.
September 24, 2008 -
With the election just 40 days away -- and early voting already underway -- both the McCain and Obama campaigns are now tightening up their list of target states. Each side is focusing campaign appearances and advertising dollars only on a handful of battleground states where their teams of analysts have concluded they have a reasonable shot of winning.
September 24, 2008 -
The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Disaster Recovery held a hearing yesterday featuring testimony from Texas and Louisiana leaders about the impact hurricanes Gustav and Ike had on their states.
September 24, 2008 -
There are many events that set us on the path to the current crisis on Wall Street, but one is a steady march of deregulation in the finance sector over the last generation.
September 24, 2008 -
House leaders announced yesterday that they plan to let a quarter-century ban on expanded offshore oil drilling expire next week, and the Senate is expected to follow suit, the Associated Press reports:
September 24, 2008 -
In a major victory for civil rights groups, the Department of Justice has announced it won't be stationing criminal prosecutors at polls on Election Day. This is a big shift for the DOJ. As the AP notes:
September 24, 2008 -
How much is $700 billion, the estimated cost of the Wall Street bailout?