Politics News
Sen. Reid's wife, daughter injured in accident
(AP)
Published: 3/11/2010 6:23:25 PM
AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday — the wife with a broken back and neck — after their minivan was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truck on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, authorities said.
US criticizes China's domestic, economic policies
(AP)
Published: 3/11/2010 5:06:40 PM
AP - The Obama administration accused China on Thursday of abusing its citizens' rights and maintaining currency policies that cost millions of U.S. jobs, a double-barrel attack that comes amid a growing willingness to confront and even antagonize the Asian power.
Dodd to offer his own financial regulation bill
(AP)
Published: 3/11/2010 3:50:37 PM
AP - With one eye on the calendar and the other on elusive bipartisanship, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd plans to offer his own version of a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations without Republican support.
Gov't may seek more authority on vehicle safety
(AP)
Published: 3/11/2010 4:45:47 PM
AP - Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks and are weighing a range of new safety requirements in response to Toyota's recall of more than 8 million vehicles over brake and acceleration problems.
Obama pushes trade initiative as jobs helper
(AP)
Published: 3/11/2010 5:52:05 PM
AP - President Barack Obama sought Thursday to put some detail behind his lofty drive to double U.S. exports over the next five years, calling the effort imperative to putting people back to work. But doubts remain about how many net jobs his trade agenda will create — and how he will get it done.