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U.S. Broadens Sanctions to Pressure Mugabe

added on 2008-07-27 09:30:21 (Washington Post - Politics)

President Bush yesterday signed an executive order expanding sanctions against companies and individuals linked with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, part of an effort by Western nations to ratchet up the pressure on a government accused of killing and terrorizing political opponents in order to... ...more.

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Sen. Obama Holds News Conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris

added on 2008-07-27 09:30:21 (Washington Post - Politics)

SPEAKERS: SEN. BARACK OBAMA, D-ILL. FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY [*] (JOINED IN PROGRESS) SARKOZY (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): ... how happy France is to welcome him. France is happy to welcome Barack Obama, first of all, because he's American and the French love the Americans. Now, if I weren't... ...more.

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McCain May Act Soon on VP Pick

added on 2008-07-27 09:30:21 (Washington Post - Politics)

Anxious to counter the blanket media coverage that has followed Sen. Barack Obama on his overseas journey, Sen. John McCain is weighing whether to announce his running mate in the coming weeks before the spotlight shifts to China and the opening of the Olympic Games next month. ...more.

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Housing Bill Won't 'Perform Miracles'

added on 2008-07-27 09:30:20 (Washington Post - Politics)

Even as a huge bipartisan majority in the Senate voted yesterday to send a sprawling housing bill to the White House, economists, consumer advocates and other analysts said the package of programs for struggling homeowners and shaken mortgage lenders is unlikely to relieve the foreclosure crisis... ...more.

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Satellite Radio Merger Approved

added on 2008-07-27 09:30:20 (Washington Post - Politics)

The government has approved the long-delayed merger of the nation's only satellite radio companies, combining Sirius and XM into a single entity with 18 million subscribers. ...more.

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Anti-Terror Funds Questioned

added on 2008-07-27 09:30:20 (Washington Post - Politics)

The Department of Homeland Security announced $1.8 billion in anti-terrorism grants yesterday, stirring a growing debate among state and local officials nationwide over whether such funds are coming at the expense of other law enforcement priorities that some say are more urgent, such as fighting... ...more.

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Democrat Vows Bill to Block 'Secret Rule' on Workplace Toxins

added on 2008-07-27 09:30:20 (Washington Post - Politics)

A congressional leader pledged yesterday to introduce legislation that would block an eleventh-hour proposal by the Labor Department that would make it more difficult to limit workers' exposure to chemicals on the job. ...more.

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McCain's Day of Contrasts

added on 2008-07-27 09:30:20 (Washington Post - Politics)

ASPEN, Colo., July 25 -- It was a Friday of war and peace for Republican presidential candidate John McCain. ...more.

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Oil May Become GOP's 2008 Issue

added on 2008-07-27 09:30:19 (Washington Post - Politics)

Four-dollar-a-gallon gas has done something that few Republicans thought possible just a few months ago: given them hope. ...more.

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Industry Gushed Money After Reversal on Drilling

added on 2008-07-27 09:30:19 (Washington Post - Politics)

Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rose dramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona made a high-profile split with environmentalists and reversed his opposition to the federal ban on offshore drilling. ...more.

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