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House members criticize one another, reject a Wall Street bailout plan 228-205 (episode)
Today, facing the sound defeat of his Wall Street bailout plan and a historic single-day drop in the markets, President Bush and his advisors will have to go back to the drawing board...
Yesterday, the stock market was tumbling even before the House failed to pass $700 billion dollar bailout legislation for the country's financial institutions. The failure to pass the...
Ten northeastern states have formed a coalition to check global warming. David Biello, an associate editor at Scientific American, explains the cap-and-trade greenhouse gas reduction program.
On Sunday, the White House and Congressional leaders agreed to the fine print of a $700 billion government bailout. They even posted the bill online not long before it was voted on. Does this qualify as transparency?
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson came into office two years ago (after tenure as CEO of Goldman Sachs) with an ambitious plan to remake the U.S. economy and tackle thorny problems lik...
Yesterday, the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 778 points after a federal bailout package failed in the House of Representatives. As market futures waver this next morning and Co...
Republicans have long been successful at courting evangelical voters. Lisa Sharon Harper, evangelical leader and author, explains how politicians use language to appeal to evangelical...
When Hurricane Ike tore through the Texas Gulf coast, the region’s 160,000 Vietnamese Americans knew where to turn for information. For four days, Radio Saigon Houston struggled to st...
Chinese state media report that police arrested 22 people accused of involvement in a network that produced, sold and added the industrial chemical melamine to milk. BBC Correspondent...