The United States Supreme Court Monday signaled its intent to again rescue former Attorney General John Ashcroft from a civil trial over whether he abused his leading role in the enforcement of Bush-era detention policies toward terror suspects. For the second time in three terms, the justices have accepted a case designed to explore the [...]
The United States Supreme Court Monday signaled its intent to again rescue former Attorney General John Ashcroft from a civil trial over whether he abused his leading role in the enforcement of Bush-era detention policies toward terror suspects. For the second time in three terms, the justices have accepted a case designed to explore the [...]
Oops, another hole in the Hillary Clinton-may-replace-Joe Biden-as-President Obama’s-running mate-in-2012 story. Biden says Obama has already asked him to “run again” as vice president. “I tell you what, there’s a real trust, that’s why he’s asked me to run again,” Biden told the New York Times between campaign stops in Pittsburgh Monday. “Look, he said, [...]
By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED Genzyme said Thursday that its board had again rejected an $18.5 billion hostile takeover offer from Sanofi-Aventis of France, saying the bid remains too low. Genzyme, one of the biggest players in the biopharmaceutical market, added in a regulatory filing that at a Sept. 20 meeting between the two [...]
President Obama says Fox News is part of a journalistic tradition of news outlets promoting their political views without apology, but called Fox’s political agenda “destructive” even though it has made a lot of money for owner Rupert Murdock. Fox News, the president said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, advocates a “point of [...]
During a forum with California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman Wednesday evening, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie intervened when an audience member started heckling Whitman. As NJ.com reported, Christie was concluding a town hall meeting with Whitman when an angry audience member criticized her for not taking questions. “What are you hiding?” shouted Ed Buck, [...]
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