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White House economic advisor says worst yet to come
NEW YORK: When it comes to the economic crisis, the worst is yet to come, top White House economic advisor Lawrence Summers said Saturday. Comment?
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA eight years ago not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated in June, officials with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday. Comment?
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Palin: If I Die Politically, So Be It
After her bombshell announcement Friday that she was resigning as governor of Alaska 18 months before the end of her first term, and amid questions about her political future ricocheting from Alaska to Washington, D.C., Sarah Palin packed it up, traveled more than 300 miles from her family home in Wasilla and went fishing. Comment?
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Obama acknowledges UK troop losses
Barack Obama has said his heart went out to British soldiers killed in Afghanistan after eight troops died in the space of 24 hours. Comment?
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Iranian-Americans rally in front of White House
Others demanded that the U.S. push for tougher sanctions in Iran and refuse to recognize the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . Comment?
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Billboards with message 'Ghana adores you' greet Obama on tour
From taxi drivers to politicians, Ghanaians reveled Saturday in the first visit of an African-American president to sub-Saharan Africa. Comment?
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Barack Obama Tells Africa to Stop Blaming the West
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Barack Obama has delivered the most challenging speech by a US leader in Africa for decades by castigating the continent's leadership for creating a culture of "brutality and bribery" President Obama singled out his Ghanaian hosts as an example of progressive democracy. Comment?
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Same Pope, Different Moral Authority
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A little over two years ago, President Bush met with Pope Benedict XVI for the first time . Comment?
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Almost all Nigerian newspapers Wednesday paid tribute to the late Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, whose remains went on display the previous day at the Staples Centre in downtown Los Angeles for a star-studded public tribute. Comment?
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... as a thriving democratic state, and gave the assurance that his administration would make it a cardinal part of US politics by partnering with their Ghanaian counterpart to develop a growth strategy that would enable her become a successful nation. ... Comment?
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - U.S. President Barack Obama raised expectations for achieving a world without nuclear weapons when he said in Prague on April 5, "I state clearly and with conviction America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons." But he only succeeded in moving the world a very small fraction of the ... Comment?
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Nominee puts on best face, but who is she?
For weeks, Sonia Sotomayor has put on her best face, displaying a pleasant disposition that has somewhat fended off critics of her nomination to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. Comment?
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Obama: 'Long way to go' in Afghanistan
London - The United States and its NATO allies have a long road ahead in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama told Britain's Sky News in an interview on Saturday during his visit to Ghana. Comment?
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Obama rejects 2nd stimulus: Give recovery time
President Barack Obama said Saturday the $787 billion stimulus program must be given a chance to work before consideration is given to a second such jolt for the still-ailing economy. Comment?
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In personal terms, Obama hails Africaa s promise
America's president and Africa's son, Barack Obama dashed with pride onto the continent of his ancestors Saturday, challenging its people to shed corruption and conflict in favor of peace. Comment?
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Obama in Ghana: End tyranny, corruption
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America's president and Africa's son, Barack Obama dashed with pride onto the continent of his ancestors Saturday, challenging its people to shed tyranny, corruption and conflict in favor of peace. Comment?
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Oregon trucker faces execution in Ohio murder
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A Bible taken from an Ohio victim who was shot and robbed during a multistate killing spree helped tie an Oregon trucker to the crime and send him back to a death penalty state. Comment?
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Local IndyMac savings and loans had OTS as regulator
John Fessler hadn't. Now, after losing a small fortune in the collapse of Pasadena-based IndyMac, the Chino Hills attorney has a better idea of what the Office of Thrift Supervision is and what it is supposed to do. Comment?
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Should the federal government be doing more to help the economy regain its footing? That's the question du jour following a dismal June employment report last week and Vice President Joe Biden's confession a week ago that the administration "misread" the economy. Comment?
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Obama acknowledges UK troop losses
Barack Obama has said his heart went out to British soldiers killed in Afghanistan after eight troops died in the space of 24 hours. Comment?
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