Feb 01 Toyota Details Fix for Millions of Gas Pedals; First Lawsuits Filed Following its Jan. 21 recall of accelerator pedals in eight models, Toyota* Motor Corp. said Monday it will begin repairs in millions of affected vehicles starting this week. Toyota said in a statement Monday that its engineers developed and… Continue reading
Feb 01 President Obama Answers Questions Posted to YouTube By Dave Gustafson Updated 6:20pm ET In a live Webcast Monday afternoon, President Barack Obama answered questions posed by members of the YouTube community. The video will be archived here. You can read a full transcript of the interview here, courtesy… Continue reading
Feb 01 Obama: Changing Spending-as-Usual Depends on Changing Politics-as-Usual By Carolyn O'Hara In remarks this morning about his newly unveiled budget for fiscal 2011, President Barack Obama defended his administration's fiscal record as preventing further economic disaster but declared that "budget common sense" should now guide Washington's spending. "I'm… Continue reading
Feb 01 Monday's Headlines: Obama to Submit $3.83 Trillion Budget By Tom LeGro President Barack Obama plans to send Congress a $3.83 trillion budget that calls for more money to fight high unemployment and cuts in spending for government programs to reduce a projected record deficit this year. President Obama's plan would raise… Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch In the Weeds: Regulations Lag as Medical Marijuana Grows Medical marijuana is booming in Colorado. In Denver alone, there are more dispensaries legally selling the drug than there are Starbucks. But as medical marijuana use expands, regulation has struggled to keep pace. Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch News Wrap: Suicide Blast Kills at Least 54 in Iraq In other news Monday, a suicide bombing in Baghdad killed at least 54 Iraqis, and the Justice Department moved forward on an investigation involving the Blackwater security firm. Continue watching
Jan 29 Obama at GOP Retreat: Our Common Goal Should Be Good Policy In a nearly 90-minute televised appearance at a House Republicans retreat in Baltimore, President Obama implored the caucus, which has opposed much of his agenda, to define their political battles by what is best for the country, not what's best… Continue reading
Jan 29 Friday's Headlines: 9/11 Trial Might Move Out of Manhattan The Obama administration is considering relocating the trial of the accused 9/11 mastermind out of Manhattan, White House officials told the Associated Press. When Attorney General Eric Holder announced in November that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would stand trial on U.S. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch Shields and Brooks on the Search for Bipartisanship Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks assess the top stories of the past week, including President Obama's appearance at a House GOP retreat and why Republicans may have little incentive to reach across the aisle. Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch Obama, GOP Confront Political Differences in Rare Debate President Barack Obama and Congressional Republicans sparred over a range of policy issues Friday in a lively -- and rare -- no-holds-barred debate session. After a report on the exchange, Judy Woodruff talks to Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, about the… Continue watching