Economy Jan 27 Obama to Push Stimulus Plan with GOP Lawmakers President Obama is making his first trip to Capitol Hill since his inauguration to push for broad bipartisan support of his $825 billion economic stimulus plan.
Economy Jan 26 U.S. Companies Slash More Than 45,000 Jobs More than 45,000 job cuts were announced by major U.S. companies Monday, part of a wave of global job cuts in response to dismal 2008 financial results.
Science Jan 26 Obama Moves to Revise Fuel Efficiency Policies President Barack Obama on Monday ordered federal regulators to reexamine two policies that could lead to tougher fuel-economy standards for new cars and trucks.
Politics Jan 23 Obama Targets February to Pass Stimulus Plan President Barack Obama said Friday that he expected Congress to approve a proposed $825 million economic stimulus package by mid-February, setting up the first big test of his promise to set a new tone of bipartisanship in Washington.
Politics Jan 22 Mitchell, Holbrooke Named as Diplomatic Envoys Hours after ordering the closure of the Guantanamo prison within a year, President Barack Obama Thursday named veteran troubleshooters as special envoys to the Middle East and Afghanistan as he moves to repair America's tarnished image abroad.
Science Jan 22 New Study Shows Warming Trend in Antarctica Antarctica, a part of the world that researchers had previously believed was bucking the trend of global warming, is getting warmer after all, according to a newly released study.
Economy Jan 22 Microsoft Cuts 5,000 Jobs As New Unemployment Claims Rise In another sign of how bad the economy is getting for even the biggest companies, Microsoft Corp. announced Thursday that it is cutting 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months.
Politics Jan 21 Hours After Inauguration, Obama Orders Halt in Guantanamo Trials Just hours after taking office, President Barack Obama ordered military prosecutors to halt all pending cases in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals for 120 days, a clear shift from the policies of the Bush administration.
Politics Jan 20 Obama to Seek ‘New Way Forward’ on Global Issues President Barack Obama told the Muslim world he would "seek a new way forward" in his inaugural address Tuesday, while world leaders issued statements welcoming him as the United States' 44th president.
Politics Jan 20 Crowds Descend on Nation’s Capital for Inauguration Day They came by the hundreds of thousands, streaming through the pre-dawn streets of Washington, D.C., toward the National Mall to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States.