Politics Sep 09 FEMA Faces Intense Scrutiny The Federal Emergency Management Agency's mission is to "lead America to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters with a vision of 'A Nation Prepared.'"…
World Sep 09 Hurricane Katrina Poses Unique Challenge to Insurance Industry For the nation's insurance companies, the Aug. 29, 2005 landfall of Hurricane Katrina, and subsequent flooding that caused thousands to flee their homes, is shaping up to be the costliest domestic natural disaster in U.S. history.
World Sep 08 Congress Approves $52 Billion in Katrina Relief Funds The House and Senate on Thursday quickly approved an additional $52 billion for the Hurricane Katrina relief effort, bringing the total federal cost of the recovery to $62 billion, easily eclipsing spending on any domestic disaster.
Nation Sep 07 National Leaders Mourn as Chief Justice is Buried President Bush and the remaining members of the Supreme Court led hundreds of mourners in honoring Chief Justice William Rehnquist as he was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday.
Politics Sep 07 Egypt Votes for President As Opponents of Mubarak Claim Fraud Egyptians voted in their nation's first multiparty presidential election on Wednesday, though opponents of incumbent president and predicted winner Hosni Mubarak complained of rampant abuses.
Politics Sep 07 California Legislature Approves Gay Marriages California lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday allowing same-sex marriages, becoming the first state in the nation to do so. The bill now heads to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk where it may face a veto.
World Sep 06 Probes Launched Into Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina President Bush and Congress each announced on Tuesday that they would investigate the federal government's highly criticized response to Hurricane Katrina.
Politics Sep 06 Senate Postpones Roberts Confirmation Hearings Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said his committee would push back confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominee John Roberts until Monday in light of this week's memorial services for Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
World Sep 05 President Returns to Louisiana As Questions of Race Remain President Bush, who has faced withering criticism for the slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina, visited the storm-ravaged Gulf Coast for the second time in four days.
Politics Sep 05 President Bush Nominates John Roberts As Chief Justice President Bush on Monday nominated federal appellate Judge John Roberts to succeed William Rehnquist as chief justice of the Supreme Court. Roberts, who at one time served as Rehnquist's clerk, said he was "honored and humbled."…