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Attorney General-designate Eric Holder tells the Senate Judiciary Committee that he "made mistakes" while deputy attorney general under President Clinton. He also declared waterboarding to be torture and reiterated his support for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. ()
Israeli forces are pushing deeper into neighborhoods in southern and eastern Gaza City. ()
The Senate Finance Committee will consider Geithner's nomination as Treasury secretary next week. ()
January 15, 2009 · The Senate is set to vote Thursday on whether to release the second half of the $700 billion financial rescue package. While most Democrats are on board to approve the funds, many Republicans say the bill lacks transparency and accountability. President-elect Barack Obama's economic team went to Capitol Hill Wednesday to try to win them over. ()
January 15, 2009 · In Oakland, Calif., a former transit police officer will be formally arraigned Thursday for the shooting death of an unarmed man. The incident on New Year's Day has irritated some long-standing racial tensions in Oakland. A protest Wednesday night was mild compared to one a week ago. ()
January 15, 2009 · President-elect Obama is no doubt hard at work on his inauguration speech. But how do you say something original after 43 other fellows have preached eloquently from the same pulpit? He could just cull from the best of past orations, like this suggested address. ()
January 14, 2009 · Steve Jobs, the computer giant's co-founder, said he has already begun treatment. The announcement came just a week after the 53-year-old cancer survivor tried to assure investors and employees his recent weight loss was caused by a treatable hormone deficiency. ()
January 15, 2009 · Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack appears destined for easy confirmation as secretary of agriculture, receiving a decidedly warm welcome at Wednesday's hearing from both Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee. ()
January 15, 2009 · A Senate confirmation was held Wednesday for Lisa Jackson, President-elect Barack Obama's choice to become head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Jackson faced questions about coal ash, greenhouse gas emissions and how she plans to undo some of her predecessor's policies. ()
January 14, 2009 · The Obama administration is likely to face new challenges in deciding what to do with terrorist suspects held at the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. That's especially true in light of the current chief prosecutor's statement that she refused to prosecute a key suspect in the 9/11 terrorist attacks because he had been tortured. ()
January 14, 2009 · A federal judge says a 21-year-old man who has been detained as a terrorist since he was 14 should be released "forthwith" from Guantanamo Bay. Mohammed el Gharani, of Chadian nationality, had lived in Saudi Arabia. ()
January 14, 2009 · Authorities in Oakland, Calif., have charged a transit police officer with murder in connection with the shooting death of an unarmed man. The victim was shot in the back while lying facedown on a train platform. ()
January 14, 2009 · Israeli voters go to the polls Feb. 10 to elect a new parliament and a new prime minister. But the election has taken a back seat to the war in Gaza, the outcome of which could have a profound effect on the major contenders: Benjamin Netanyahu, Tzipi Livni and Ehud Barak. ()
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