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Top House Republicans throw cold water on health-care summit
Leading House Republicans raised the prospect Monday night that they might refuse to participate in President Obama's proposed health care summit if the White House ...
Haitians struggling in aftermath of earthquake face new threat: a deadly rainy season
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Survivors of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake have had one saving grace: There's been no significant rain since the disaster. But that won't last.The ...
New Orleans at the ready to help Haiti rebuild
New Orleans — Marie Jose Poux is a hospice nurse in New Orleans, but she was born in Haiti. Ms. Poux was in Port-au-Prince on ...
Afghan drug capital is U.S. target in coming offensive
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S.-led offensive that's expected to start soon in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province will be a battle not only against the Taliban ...
Britain hits grim milestone before major attack
KABUL -- Three British soldiers have died in southern Afghanistan, officials announced Monday, raising Britain's death toll in the conflict to 256 - breaking the ...
White House official: Feb. 25 health care meeting to be televised
Washington -- President Obama's bipartisan meeting on health care reform planned for February 25 will be broadcast live, a senior administration official said Monday.Coverage details ...
Palin's Tea Party Crib Notes
UPDATE: (New updates and media reactions after the photos)Closer inspection of a photo of Sarah Palin, during a speech in which she mocked President Obama ...
The Boy Scouts Celebrate One Hundred Years of Service
From Harrison Ford to Neil Armstrong to Barack Obama, some of America's most well-known celebrities and well-respected leaders have worn a Scout uniform. As the ...
U.S. soldier Joshua Tabor waterboards his daughter, 4, because she couldn't recite alphabet: police
A GI waterboarded his 4-year-old daughter in their suburban Tacoma, Wash., home because she couldn't recite the alphabet, police reported.Joshua Tabor, 27, allegedly admitted to ...
Joshua Tabor, Who Served in Iraq, Accused of Waterboarding Daughter
An Army sergeant who served in Iraq for 15 months has been restricted to his Washington military base after being accused of waterboarding his 4-year-old ...
Anthem Blue Cross dramatically raising rates for Californians with individual health policies
California's largest for-profit health insurer is moving to dramatically raise rates for customers with individual policies, setting off a furor among policyholders and prompting state ...
G7 nations pledge debt relief for quake-hit Haiti
The world's leading industrialised nations have pledged to write off the debts that Haiti owes them, following a devastating earthquake last month. Canada's finance minister ...
Taliban to execute US soldier if Aafia not released
PESHAWAR: The Afghan Taliban on Thursday demanded the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani scientist who has been convicted by the US court on ...
There's real hope from Haiti - and it's not what you would expect
In the weeks after a disaster like the Haiti-quake, journalists always search for an upbeat twist to the tale. You know it by now – ...
Michigan comedy fest is no laughing matter
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Here's a prescription for curing those midwinter blues: Forget jetting off to Florida or the Caribbean. Instead, spend a long weekend ...
Civil fraud charges filed against Bank of America
New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo filed fraud charges Thursday against Bank of America and two of its former top executives, alleging that they ...
Intelligence chief acknowledges U.S. may target Americans involved in terrorism
Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair acknowledged Wednesday that government agencies may kill U.S. citizens abroad who are involved in terrorist activities if they ...
Top 10 Problems With America Assassinating Americans
The director of U.S. national intelligence told the House Intelligence Committee the government has the right to kill Americans abroad. Here are 10 problems with ...
The Expanding US War in Pakistan
Three US special forces soldiers were killed in northwest Pakistan this week, confirming that the US military is more deeply engaged on the ground in ...
Medicare-for-all doctors arrested outside Obama-GOP meeting
Rising to President Obama’s challenge in his State of the Union address that others come up with a better approach to health care reform than ...
What I Have Learned Doing Civil Disobedience for Single Payer
"People should go where they are not supposed to go, say what they are not supposed to say, and stay when they are told to ...
Harvard Law student detained, deported by Israel
A warm smile and easy laugh reveal Hebah Ismail’s unthreatening, gentle personality. An American citizen, this 3L of Egyptian descent works with the International Human ...
America's Sorry History with Haiti, Part I
For Part II, click hereWith all the talk of America taking charge of Haiti for a while, it would be prudent for us to take ...
America's Sorry History with Haiti, Part II
The Haitians have a saying in their native créole language: Piti, piti, wazo fe nich li. “Little by little, the bird builds its nest.” Freed ...
Game On?
House Republicans don't have an official budget yet. But they have what amounts to a first draft. The official budget will be released in March ...
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