Mar 26 Iraq's al-Maliki Defeated in Election, Early Results Show A coalition led by Iraq's former prime minister, Iyad Allawi, has edged out Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's party in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results released Friday. Allawi's secular bloc won 91 seats in Iraq's 325-seat parliament, while al-Maliki… Continue reading
Mar 26 As With FDR, Supreme Court Could Be Obstacle to Obama's Agenda By Mike Fritz Even as Congress puts the finishing touches on a sweeping overhaul to the nation's health care system, another hurdle may be looming for President Obama's signature domestic issue: The Supreme Court. So far, 14 state attorneys general have filed a… Continue reading
Mar 26 Ray Suarez: Who's Buying Bipartisanship? In addition to his work at the NewsHour, Ray Suarez is also host of a program produced by Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, HITN, called "Destination Casa Blanca." This entry was originally posted on HITN's site, and is cross-posted… Continue reading
Mar 26 Obama to Announce Major Expansion of Mortgage Relief Program Updated 11:00am ET The Treasury Department has posted this press release with more details on the mortagage aid plan. With estimates showing more than 3 million households may file for foreclosure by year's end, the Obama administration is… Continue reading
Mar 26 Friday: Iraq to Release Election Results; House Approves Senate Fixes By Jason Breslow Supporters of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad demand a vote recount ahead of the final results for the country's general election. Photo by Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images. Iraq on Friday will announce results from nationwide parliamentary elections held… Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch Allawi Claims Majority of Seats in Iraqi Elections Nearly three weeks after the vote, Jeffrey Brown talks to former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and the International Crisis Group's Joost Hiltermann about the final tallies in Iraq's parliamentary elections. Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch Shields and Brooks Tackle the Aftermath of Health Reform Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the top political stories of the week, including the passage of health care reform and how it may shape the political landscape looking toward the midterm elections. Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch Iraq's Former Prime Minister Edges al-Maliki in Vote Iraq's electoral commission named former prime minister and secular candidate Ayad Allawi the winner of the parliamentary elections. The announcement coincided with violence that killed forty people. Continue watching
Mar 25 How Were Off-Balance-Sheet Transactions Allowed to Continue? Question: In this current financial crisis, I keep hearing about “off balance sheet” transactions. I’m old enough to remember Enron’s collapse, which also entailed “off balance sheet” transactions. What are these (I think they are also referred to as structured… Continue reading
Mar 25 Obama Touts Health Care Reform, Challenges Republicans on Repeal Fight By Lea Winerman President Obama extolled the benefits of the newly-signed health care reform law in a speech Thursday in Iowa City, Iowa, in the first of a series of events aimed at selling the new law to the American public. "I… Continue reading