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POLITICS / NEWS Thu Feb 25, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Religion is a growing factor in world affairs, but the U.S. government tends to view it through the lens of counterterrorism. That's the conclusion of a two-year study by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Feb 23, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- When it comes to the trust Americans put in government, a new national poll indicates it's a matter of location, location, location... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Sun Feb 21, 2010 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Eighty-six percent of Americans polled by CNN/Opinion Research Corp. believe the government is broken, but nearly as many hold out hope things can be fixed... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Jan 26, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The federal government got a mixed report card Tuesday from a commission that assessed progress toward implementing national security measures in the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Thu Nov 19, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The government Web site Recovery.gov is fixing errors that appeared to show hundreds of millions of stimulus dollars were spent in nonexistent congressional districts, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board said Wednesday... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Nov 18, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The federal government made $98 billion in improper payments in fiscal 2009, and the Medicare program accounted for a third of the total, officials say... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Thu Nov 12, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- President Obama sent his top aides back to the drawing board Wednesday by "pushing for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government," a senior administration official said... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Sat Oct 31, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The Obama administration invoked the state secrets privilege on Friday in a lawsuit pertaining to government eavesdropping intended to intercept terrorist communications, and one privacy advocacy group called the decision "incredibly disappointing.".. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Oct 13, 2009 @ 3:02pm neoform

CNN -- When President Obama took office, Democrats stood beside him in unity, but just as soon as Congress got to work, divisions in the party emerged... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Sep 18, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The House of Representatives approved an amendment Thursday that calls for halting government funding to the community organizing group ACORN... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Aug 7, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A deadline set by a Democratic White House for the passage of a health care reform bill came and went, and a Democratic-controlled Congress just shrugged. Congress adjourns Friday for August recess without passing a bill. And the debate is on life support... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Jul 27, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Health care reform has gotten off track. The president's news conference fell flat. Polls show growing unease with the proposals currently in play. And Congress will not meet the deadline that President Obama imposed... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Jul 22, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The federal government is at risk of being unable to fight off attacks on the nation's computer networks unless it strengthens its cyber-security work force, according to a report released Wednesday... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Wed Jul 8, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Plainclothes investigators sent to test security at federal buildings in four U.S. cities were successful in smuggling bomb components through guard posts at all 10 of the sites they visited, according to a government report... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Jun 22, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- When people on the government's terrorist watch list have tried to buy guns or explosives in recent years, the government has let them the vast majority of the time... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Jun 15, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Government spending on health care is growing at an alarming rate... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Sat Jun 6, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The government is delaying legal action against Pennsylvania landowners who haven't yet agreed to sell their land for a memorial to victims of United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, federal officials said Friday... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Tue Jun 2, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The U.S. government cannot collectively seal its records in more than 100 cases involving the indefinite detention of suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba, a federal judge ruled Monday... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri May 23, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- A months-long logjam over a new government surveillance bill may be coming to an end, with Republicans offering a compromise that would let people who think they were illegally spied on by the government have their day in court — albeit a secret one... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Mon Dec 17, 2007 @ 4:45pm neoform

New York Times -- For months, the Bush administration has waged a high-profile campaign, including personal lobbying by President Bush and closed-door briefings by top officials, to persuade Congress to pass legislation protecting companies from lawsuits for aiding the Nat.. Read More