Pfizer to pay record $2.3B penalty for drug promos
WASHINGTON – Federal prosecutors hit Pfizer Inc. with a record-breaking $2.3 billion in fines Wednesday and called the world's largest drugmaker a repeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions that plied doctors with free golf, massages, and ...See Story

 

US extends Iraq contract for Blackwater firm
WASHINGTON – The State Department said Wednesday it has extended a contract for protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq with a subsidiary of the security firm once known as Blackwater USA even though the company doesn't have a license to operate in the cou...See Story

 

Court ruling on detainee another setback for gov't
WASHINGTON - A Chinese Muslim at Guantanamo Bay got a small measure of vindication Monday when a federal appeals court announced it had thrown out his designation as an enemy combatant, marking a setback for the Bush administration.

The rul...See Story

 

Progressive think tank offers new plan for America
WASHINGTON – In a 10th-floor office a few blocks from the White House is a self-described government in waiting, ready to push detailed proposals for the economy, Iraq and scores of other issues if Barack Obama becomes president.

The Center ...See Story

 

Clinton returns to Senate
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton is returning to Congress Tuesday for the first time since suspending her presidential campaign.

The New York Democrat will attend the Senate Democrats' caucus lunch Tuesday, and she has also been invited ...See Story

 

Lawsuit could be power shake-up for Obama, McCain
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama and John McCain, two senators who want to become president, are trying not to pick sides in the White House's court fight with Congress over executive privilege.

That's ironic, since they have the most to gain — or...See Story