After calling it irrelevant, Bush expected to recognize the U.N.'s practicality at the general assembly. FBI searches apartment of university student thought to have hacked Palin's email--the IP addresses, however, don't match. Today's long read: Thomas Frank on how modern
Quick, suggests Bush, pass this bailout package without scrutiny, before it's too late! Capitalism as we have known it is no more. The free-market surrenders, and a new, regulated age begins. Letter to Bernanke and Paulson: "My student loans are too big and it is hurting
Rarely uttered in previous campaigns, the gloves are off for "the L word," as Obama accuses McCain of lying. They have to lie--the truth isn't their friend right now. Sorkin's dream meeting between Bartlet and Obama. Op: Obama needs an economic catch-phrase
Clinton: Basic, quality care for millions of women is at stake. The first time I heard a woman describe her time in Iraq in glowing terms, I was taken aback. Why Oprah is beloved in Saudi Arabia. McCain wants to distance himself from the Bush Administration. But this assault on
Palin killed the bridge to nowhere, but kept building the $26 million road that led to it--and now goes nowhere. Study suggests peace in Iraq didn't result from the surge, but from five years of ethnic violence. Obama is ahead in the polls and still hasn'
Russia expert Rice says U.S. and Europe should get tough, that "an acute sense of shame" in the '90s doesn't allow for "bullying behavior." As violence ebbs, Iraq considers tourist possibilities--rides on Saddam's presidential train, bird watching. Canada now
On Monday, McCain said our economic fundamentals were strong; on Tuesday, he opposed the AIG bailout; on Wednesday he supported it. New poll shows McCain's bounce may be flattening. After McCain's attack on on Wall St. greed, it's revealed 83 lobbyists working on his
Democrats in Congress, hoping to stamp out a hot Republican issue, push through off-shore drilling bill. Michigan Republicans: "We will have a list of foreclosed homes and will make sure people aren't voting from those addresses." Senator Clinton cancels appearance at anti-Ahmadinejad event after
Attackers use rockets, car bomb in the second siege this year on the U.S. embassy in Yemen. The aftermath of Ike: Photo timeline shows how the storm scraped the Texas coast; stunning shots here. Ukraine fears Russia's own Guantanamo will secede, commencing a territorial war for the
Putin, judo black-belt, accepts Sarkozy as pupil. Sarkozy combats global piracy with French troops. Ever since World War II, the United States has tended to make its strategic missteps by exaggerating dangers. Astronomers find dark matter "bridge to nowhere" stretching across 14 galaxies. Print for the commute:
