Dubai firm gives up on ports deal
Bowing to extreme public and political pressure, a United Arab Emirates company said Thursday it would give up its management stake in U.S. seaports rather than fight what increasingly appeared...
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Scrutiny of foreign deals urged
President Bush is coming under growing pressure to toughen the government's scrutiny of future transactions, as the furor continues over an Arab firm's purchase of some U.S. port operations, including...
Aides’ woes could badly harm Bush
Washington // It's not often that President Bush, who casts himself as decisive and bold, is cut off from decisions of grave importance to his presidency. But as he and...
Miers chosen for court
Washington // President Bush named his trusted White House counsel Harriet E. Miers, a Texas native with no experience as a judge, to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day...
Factions lobby Bush on court
Washington // As he prepares to name a new Supreme Court nominee, perhaps as early as today, President Bush is navigating a web of competing pressures from outside interest groups...
DeLay indicted in Texas probe
WASHINGTON // Tom DeLay, the Texas Republican whose bare-knuckled style propelled him to the top echelons of the House and drew allegations of ethical lapses, was forced to step aside...
Bush’s second chance
WASHINGTON // President Bush, facing high political stakes and growing pressure from all sides over replacing Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, is considering a number of women and minority judges to...
Bush picks Roberts for chief justice
WASHINGTON - President Bush selected Judge John G. Roberts Jr. to be chief justice of the United States yesterday, elevating a well-regarded nominee who already appeared to be on a...
Bush’s visit will spotlight port security
WASHINGTON -- President Bush plans to use the port of Baltimore as a backdrop tomorrow for a speech calling on Congress to extend provisions of the USA Patriot Act, the...
For prosecutor, CIA leak case comes down to matter of law
WASHINGTON - The White House aides and journalists at the center of Patrick J. Fitzgerald's probe into how a spy's cover was blown have little in common with the terrorists...