Bush defends decisions on North Korea, Olympics
President Bush on Sunday defended removing North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and attending the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics as world leaders assembled to address soaring gas prices, climate change and African aid.
Bush celebrates 62nd birthday on the fly
(AP) - Wedged between America's Independence Day and a summit of world leaders, President Bush's 62nd birthday got shortchanged this year.
His advisers tried hard to mark his milestone.
Congress ready to take up pared-down summer agenda
(AP) - Democrats bent on showing they can govern and Republicans anxious about a sour re-election climate are pushing a pared-down summer agenda in Congress. Lawmakers want to try to save homeowners from foreclosure, avert Medicare cuts and give the government power to spy on suspected terrorists.
Bush defends decision to attend Olympics opening
(AP) - President Bush spoke out Sunday on the Beijing Olympics and North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens, two sensitive issues in Asia, before turning attention to global talks on the Earth's rising temperature and oil prices.
Congress begins final summer push
(AP) - Democrats bent on showing they can govern and Republicans anxious about a sour re-election climate are pushing a pared-down summer agenda in Congress. Lawmakers want to try to save homeowners from foreclosure, avert Medicare cuts and give the government power to spy on suspected terrorists.
Bush: `Affront' to Chinese to skip Olympics start
(AP) - President Bush spoke out Sunday on the Beijing Olympics and North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens, two sensitive issues in Asia, before turning attention to global talks on the Earth's rising temperature and oil prices.
Democrats hit GOP on support for Medicare cuts
(AP) - Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of putting seniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bush against a measure to prevent Medicare cuts.
Bush, Fukuda lay out goals for G-8 summit in Japan
(AP) - Before focusing on global challenges, President Bush sought on Sunday to address Tokyo's concerns that progress in ending a nuclear standoff with North Korea has not helped settled the sensitive issue of Japanese citizens kidnapped by the North.
Challenges abound for Bush at last economic summit
(AP) - The problems do not get any easier as President Bush attends his final summit with leaders of industrialized democracies.
Disputes over global warming, worries about soaring oil prices and uncertainty about Iran and North Korea's nuclear ambitions pose daunting challenges for Bush when he sits down with presidents and prime ministers Monday.
FDA reports more cases of salmonella illnesses
(AP) - The government on Saturday increased the number of people reported being sickened in a record salmonella outbreak in which tomatoes are the leading suspect although investigators are testing other types of fresh produce.
Bush honors troops, new Americans in radio address
(AP) - President Bush, serving almost seven years as a wartime president, marked the nation's 232nd birthday by honoring the U. S. armed forces and celebrating the citizenship of new Americans.
Employers use federal law to deny benefits
(AP) - Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer.
"He was obsessed with dotting every `i' and crossing every `t'," Melissa Amschwand-Bellinger recalled about her husband, who died in 2001 at age 30.
Bush welcomes new US citizens
(AP) - President Bush invoked the memory of Thomas Jefferson Friday in welcoming new U. S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Monticello, saying "I'll be proud to call you a fellow American.
Jesse Helms: Polarizer, not a compromiser
(AP) - "Compromise, hell!" Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what would become the legacy of his Senate career and his place in the conservative movement.
Jesse Helms mostly was a polarizer, not a compromiser.
Jesse Helms: a polarizer, not a compromiser
(AP) - "Compromise, hell!" Jesse Helms screamed in a 1959 editorial that captured what would become the legacy of his Senate career and his place in the conservative movement.
Jesse Helms mostly was a polarizer, not a compromiser.