Mar 10, 2010 04:47PM

House Dems plan ban on earmarks to for-profits

House Democrats said Wednesday that they will ban earmarks directed to for-profit companies.

Mar 10, 2010 05:25PM

White House slams insurers

President Obama is set to turn up the heat on private health insurers again Wednesday, taking his increasingly populist health care overhaul pitch on the road to the political battleground state of Missouri.

Mar 10, 2010 12:35PM

Chief justice chides State of the Union as 'pep rally'

Simmering tension between the White House and U.S. Supreme Court spilled into public this week when Chief Justice John Roberts labeled the political atmosphere at this year's State of the Union address "very troubling."

Mar 10, 2010 04:44PM

Biden: U.S. won't play favorites with Israelis, Palestinians

The United States will hold both Israel and the Palestinians responsible for any steps that make peace between them more difficult, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.

Mar 10, 2010 11:15AM

Clinton: Improving foreign health is good policy

Aside from a moral obligation, improving the health of people in other nations is smart foreign policy, former President Clinton said Wednesday.