
9 hours ago - By Sara Kugler, Associated Press Writer
Hillary Rodham Clinton scolded John McCain Thursday for opposing the farm bill, attempting to maintain the sense that she is already competing against the certain Republican presidential nominee even as her chances of winning the Democratic nomination dim.
7 hours ago - By Barry Schweid, AP Diplomatic Writer
Launching a congressional critique of China, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Thursday that persistent, peaceful dialogue is paying off in aligning Beijing with the United States on several major world fronts.
7 hours ago - By Jim Abrams, Associated Press Writer
As many as 350,000 households are not getting the $300 per child refund owed as part of economic stimulus rebate payments, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday.

7 hours ago - By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Writer
Congress responded speedily to voters' angst over rising grocery prices and $4-a-gallon gasoline Thursday, bucking President Bush's veto threats with lopsided votes to boost food stamps and farm subsidies — after ordering Bush to quit pouring oil into the nation's emergency reserves.

9 hours ago - By Adam Goldman, Associated Press Writers
The way Sohale Siddiqi remembers it, he and his old roommate were walking his pug Charlie on Broadway when a large, scary bum approached them, stomping on the ground near the dog's head.
8 hours ago - By Jim Abrams, Associated Press Writer
The House's tax-writing committee on Thursday approved a multifaceted tax package it said would save people almost $10 billion through expansion of the child tax credit and creation of a new deduction for property taxes.

15 hours ago - By Liz Sidoti, Associated Press Writer
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama accused President Bush on Thursday of launching a "false political attack" with a comment about appeasing terrorists and radicals.
8 hours ago - By Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer
The Bush administration has declined to cite China for manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages against the United States.
8 hours ago - By The Associated Press
The 81-15 roll call by which the Senate on Thursday passed a bill boosting farm subsidies and money for food stamps.
9 hours ago - By Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer
Wall Street investment companies are borrowing from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program at a fairly steady pace.
10 hours ago - By Associated Press
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand from New York gave birth Thursday to a healthy baby boy, a day after voting on a major piece of legislation. The delivery makes her the sixth woman to have a child while a member of Congress.
11 hours ago - By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Writer
With veto-proof margins, Congress on Thursday sent President Bush a bill boosting farm subsidies and money for food stamps to help the poor deal with rising grocery prices.
14 hours ago - By Jesse J. Holland, AP Labor Writer
The United Steelworkers union endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president Thursday, giving the Illinois senator a powerful advocate in attracting blue-collar voters.
13 hours ago - By Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer
The Bush administration moved Thursday to clamp down financially on three businesses in Belarus linked to a major oil and chemical company allegedly controlled by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.
13 hours ago - By Richard Lardner, Associated Press Writer
A poorly run Pentagon program for providing workman's compensation for civilian employees in Iraq and Afghanistan has allowed defense contractors and insurance companies to gouge American taxpayers, a House committee said Thursday.
14 hours ago - By Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Associated Press Writer
A key senator postponed action Thursday on a homeowner rescue package that could help half a million strapped borrowers get government-backed mortgages, as negotiators inched toward a bipartisan deal.

14 hours ago - By Pete Yost, Associated Press Writer
The millions of dollars in assets reported by Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynn, nearly triple those held by President Bush and the first lady, Laura Bush, according to newly released financial disclosure forms.