The U.S. policy shift toward Cuba makes no mention of the "harshest of measures" — the economic blockade — former Cuban leader Fidel Castro says. U.S
Castro wants more from Obama on Cuba
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Without Bush ‘millstone,’ GOP can mount comeback, leader says
Despite crushing defeats in the last two elections, Senate Republicans have new "energy and enthusiasm" for winning back the majority, according to their leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
Nine-Year-Old’s Abortion Outrages Brazil’s Catholic Church
The case of the pregnant 9-year-old was shocking enough.
Senate Democrats Optimistic on Health-Care Reform
As President Barack Obama prepares to convene a health-care summit at the White House later this week, Administration officials are signaling that he intends to pursue a very different strategy for getting reform passed from the one used by his Democratic predecessor in office. Unlike the failed effort of 1994, when Bill and Hillary Clinton presented Congress with a detailed blueprint for reform — and never saw a bill reach the floor of either the House or Senate — Obama is outlining broad principles, with a bottom line of universal coverage, and leaving it up to lawmakers to fashion a plan for meeting them.
Why Obama’s Choice for Regulatory Czar Is Making Liberals Nervous
Cass Sunstein would not seem the kind of presidential appointee to get liberal groups up in arms. A professor at the University of Chicago Law School and prolific author, Sunstein is a reliable liberal on most questions of law and policy. So when President Barack Obama chose his old friend for a very powerful Washington job, director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs , it seemed safe to assume that the appointment would be treated as good news by the environmental, labor and consumer groups that have been in despair for most of the Bush years.
Internet Pirates Face Walking the Plank in Sweden
A criminal trial underway in Sweden is testing a very American notion: that artifacts that carry a copyright should not simply be lifted or stolen — that their use requires permission and compensation. That definition of intellectual property may appear almost quaint in these days when it is easy to find almost anything on the Internet and just as simple to download.
Roy Blunt’s announcement sets up showdown in Missouri
Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt Thursday announced his intention to run for a seat in the U.S. Senate, a move that sets up what is likely to be a showdown between two prominent families in one of the country’s most politically divided states.
Lessons Obama learned from stimulus deal
President Obama will pitch his plans this week for dealing with record home foreclosures and trying to thaw frozen credit markets — and taking some key lessons learned into consideration. Aides said the White House has learned several lessons from the fight over the economic stimulus plan, including that the president is better at selling his ideas when he gets out of Washington.
How to Fix the Housing Market
Here’s a thought: let’s have the government do something to fix the housing market. Now what would that be? Ideas are flying around Washington.
Darwin still making waves 200 years later
Before there was an extensive fossil record, DNA sequencing or even a basic understanding of genetics, there was Charles Darwin.