Jul 27 Arizona Dispatch: An Artist's Perspective on SB 1070 PHOENIX | As soon as Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 into law in April, grassroots groups started protesting. The high-profile immigration law makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally and requires… Continue reading
Jul 27 Obama Still Supports Energy Bill, Says Afghan Papers Could Jeopardize 'Individuals or Operations' By News Desk President Obama spoke to reporters Tuesday after meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the White House. In brief comments, the president said that despite political setbacks on the scope of an energy bill, he still supports the… Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch News Wrap: $9 Billion for Iraq Rebuilding Missing In other news Tuesday, an inspector general's report shows that the U.S. Defense Department can't find $9 billion of Iraqi oil money earmarked for rebuilding. Also, the campaign financial bill stalled in the Senate. Continue watching
Jul 27 Democrats Pushing Rangel to Strike a Deal on Ethics Charges Updated 2:11 p.m. In the past 48 hours, Democrats have been working feverishly behind the scenes to figure out a way to get Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., to strike a deal with the House ethics committee in order to… Continue reading
Jul 27 A Closer Look at WikiLeaks' Past, Future By Dave Gustafson While some cheer the mission of the WikiLeaks website and the secret material it has disclosed, the site continues to rankle U.S. government officials who say it poses threats to national security, lives and diplomatic matters. Continue reading
Jul 27 The Morning Line: Debating the War By Terence Burlij Two events on Capitol Hill Tuesday will keep the intensifying debate over the Afghanistan war effort in the spotlight. The House of Representatives may vote as early as today on the slimmed down $60 billion war supplemental bill passed by… Continue reading
Jul 27 Tuesday: BP's Hayward Exits as CEO as Company Reports $17B Loss By Maureen Hoch After days of speculation, BP made it official early Tuesday: embattled CEO Tony Hayward will step down from his post and be replaced by American Robert Dudley on Oct. 1. The news comes as the company, which is still… Continue reading
Jul 26 President Obama Urges Senate Action on Campaign Finance Disclosure President Obama spoke in the White House Rose Garden Monday to urge the U.S. Senate to join the House of Representatives in passing the DISCLOSE Act -- aimed at making political advertising more transparent after the Supreme Court's… Continue reading
Jul 26 BP Could Begin Final Oil Well Kill Procedure Next Week By Lea Winerman BP could begin taking the final steps to try to kill its blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico as soon as next week, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Monday. Allen gave the most specific timeline yet for… Continue reading
Jul 26 What New Library of Congress Rules Mean for Mashups, iPhone Jailbreaking People who own iPhones will now be able to crack electronic locks on them, allowing them to install applications that might not have Apple's blessing, according to new rules announced Monday by the U.S. government. The primary source for all… Continue reading