Dec 15 Watch Lame-Duck Senate Will Consider START Treaty In the day's other top headlines, the Senate decided to consider the START nuclear treaty and at least 28 people were killed after a boat loaded with 70 refugees capsized off an Australian island. Continue watching
Dec 15 Judge Postpones New Sentence for Jailed Russian Tycoon Khodorkovsky Former Yukos oil company chief executive officer Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks with his lawyer Vadim Klyuvgant from inside the defendant's glass cage in a Moscow courtroom on Nov. 2, 2010. Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images. In the latest twist in the long-running… Continue reading
Dec 15 1 in 6 Americans Gets Food Poisoning Every Year, CDC Finds About one in six Americans -- 48 million people -- get sick from food poisoning every year, according to a new estimate released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control. The report marks the first time since 1999… Continue reading
Dec 15 Senate OKs Tax Cut Bill in 81-19 Vote The Senate passed a bill to extend existing tax cuts at all income levels by a wide margin Wednesday, sending the $858 billion measure on to the House -- and the likelihood of a new round of debate. The bill… Continue reading
Dec 15 Senate Set to Send Tax Bill to House From left: Republican Sens. John Barrasso, Mitch McConnell and Lamar Alexander prepare to speak to the media Tuesday at the Capitol. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. As the Senate prepared Wednesday to give final approval to the $858… Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch News Wrap: WikiLeaks Founder Granted Bail; Fire in Bangladesh Kills 27 In other news Tuesday, a judge in Britain granted bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange despite protests from Swedish authorities who want to question him in connection with alleged sex crimes there. Also in Bangladesh, a fire tore through a… Continue watching
Dec 14 Opposition to House Tax Bill Not Limited to Traditional Liberal Districts Rep. Christopher Van Hollen, D-Md.; Roll Call/Getty Images file photo Although House Democratic leaders said they would not block the compromise tax cuts bill from reaching the floor, it may reveal growing opposition from both representatives of traditional… Continue reading
Dec 14 Hoyer Looks Ahead to House Vote on Tax Cut Compromise With the legislative session of the 111th Congress winding down, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer addressed the remaining schedule with members of the press at a weekly news conference Tuesday morning. His top priority was the future of the Bush… Continue reading
Dec 14 The Cases Against Julian Assange WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange was freed from jail Tuesday on $310,000 bail and under strict security rules set down by a British court. Prosecution lawyer Gemma Lindfield announced prosecutors would appeal the decision to grant bail, but didn't give… Continue reading
Dec 14 U.S. Diplomat Richard Holbrooke Dies, WikiLeaks Founder Assange in Court U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke had a career that spanned four decades. Photo by Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images. Richard C. Holbrooke, President Obama's envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, died Monday at the age of 69. A longtime diplomat, with a… Continue reading