The CIA videotaped its interrogations of two top terror suspects in 2002 and destroyed the tapes three years later out of fear they would leak to the public and compromise the identities of U.S. questioners, the director of the agency told employees Thursday. ...more

December 7, 2007

President Bush is expected to announce today an agreement with major mortgage companies to freeze interest rates for five years for financially troubled homeowners - a plan advocates say will help forestall a major foreclosure crisis but some conservatives say amounts to a bailout of people who made bad financial decisions. ...more

December 6, 2007

Senior Democrats on Capitol Hill want to ban excessive credit card fees. Bank regulators are on the verge of forcing companies to give more notice before raising interest rates. And New York's attorney general, whose investigations transformed the student loan industry, now has his eye on conflicts of interest in the credit card sector. ...more

December 2, 2007

Sen. Trent Lott, a 35-year Capitol Hill veteran who staged a political comeback after losing his Senate leadership post because of racially insensitive remarks, plans to resign from office before the year is out. ...more

November 27, 2007

After being critically wounded in a shooting at his Miami-Dade County home, Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor responded to simple commands from doctors Monday night after surgery. Known as a hard hitter in the NFL, he did not play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday because of a knee sprain. ...more

November 27, 2007

President Bush said Saturday that Democratic leaders in Congress should celebrate Veterans Day by finally passing a spending bill covering programs for veterans. ...more

November 11, 2007

Democrat Barney Frank, homosexual congressman from Massachusetts, has come out to discriminate against the "transgender" wing of the party. The issue is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that Frank is promoting which would ban workplace discrimination against gays, lesbians and bisexuals but not transgender. ...more

October 24, 2007

Setting up another confrontation with congressional Democrats over the war in Iraq, President Bush sent Congress a $45.9 billion emergency funding request Monday for expenses related to U.S. military campaigns. ...more

October 23, 2007

A year after he pledged to find 'common ground' with the Democrats who now control Congress, President Bush on Wednesday delivered a scathing assessment of their performance, accusing lawmakers of dragging their feet on legislation ranging from trade deals and domestic surveillance to federal spending and children's health. ...more

October 18, 2007

President Bush, reacting to a congressional uproar over the disclosure of secret Justice Department legal opinions permitting the harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects, on Friday defended the methods, declaring, 'This government does not torture people.' ...more

October 5, 2007