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NASHVILLE — Although the number of uninsured and the cost of coverage have ballooned under his watch, President Bush leaves office with a health care legacy in bricks and mortar: he has doubled federal financing for community health centers,...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military plans to help the Afghanistan government recruit, train and arm local Afghans to fight a resurgent Taliban, U.S. military officials say.
U.S. officials describe the proposal as a “community-based”...
WASHINGTON — President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have been unusually talkative in recent weeks, sharing candid thoughts in a string of exit interviews. But after eight years of a tight partnership that gave Mr. Cheney powerful...
In a bizarre Christmas Eve rampage in a Los Angeles suburb, a 45-year-old man in a Santa Claus outfit opened fire on a gathering of his in-laws and then methodically set their house ablaze, killing at least six people and injuring several others,...
More signs of economic trouble: Personal spending drops for 5th straight month. Personal income sinks. Orders for big-ticket items also fall.
NEW YORK — In a troubling sign that consumers are retrenching this holiday season, consumer spending...
A wintry mix of snow and ice set off scattered delays and cancellations at travel hubs around the country on Wednesday, one of the busiest travel days of the year, forcing thousands to spend Christmas Eve camped out in airport terminals and...
HONOLULU — An internal report issued on Tuesday by lawyers for President-elect Barack Obama found that his top advisers had numerous contacts with the office of Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and attempted to guide his choice to fill a vacant Illinois...
WASHINGTON — It’s not so easy being the loyal opposition these days.
President-elect Barack Obama met with Senator John McCain, his Republican rival, after the election in November.
Two months after Barack Obama’s election, Republicans...
Income from oil, like that drilled on this rig off New Orleans, lured Louisiana legislators into spending freely. Now those revenues have gone down sharply.
NEW ORLEANS — Six months ago, it was springtime in Louisiana, dollars were raining...
WASHINGTON — The governments of Saudi Arabia and Norway, the Dubai Foundation and the business moguls Bill Gates, Stephen Bing, Haim Saban and Robert L. Johnson are among the biggest financial backers of former President Bill Clinton’s foundation...
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