More access by Red Cross workers is likely, but legal analysts are split on whether the prison camp will be less punitive after an Obama-ordered review.
Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, a moderate, was elected president last week by Somalia's transitional parliament. But hard-line militant Islamists are fighting to take over the country.
After vowing to usher in a new era of responsibility, President Obama has shown a willingness to compromise between campaign rhetoric and the realities of Washington.
Tom Daschle said his failure to pay taxes on use of a car was inadvertent, while Senate Democrats said they intended to win his confirmation as secretary of health and human services.
AP - Senate Republicans circulated a sweeping plan to drive down the cost of mortgages by expanding the federal government's role in the industry, officials said Monday night as debate opened on an economic stimulus bill at the top of President Barack Obama's agenda.
AP - Fighting to salvage his Cabinet nomination, Tom Daschle apologized from morning to night on Monday for failing to pay more than $120,000 in federal taxes. President Barack Obama said he was "absolutely" sticking with his choice for health secretary, and a key senator added an important endorsement.
AP - Eric Holder won Senate confirmation Monday as the nation's first African-American attorney general, after supporters from both parties touted his dream resume and easily overcame Republican concerns over his commitment to fight terrorism and his unwillingness to back the right to keep and bear arms.
Daniel Pharr says he was in the middle of his first-ever skydive, thousands of feet over South Carolina, when the instructor strapped to his back stopped talking to him. The instructor, George "Chip" Steele of Skydive Carolina, was later pronounced dead. But as they were falling, Pharr -- an Army soldier taking a private skydiving lesson -- knew only that Steele wasn't responding.
Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire has accepted President Obama's offer to be commerce secretary, two administration officials said Monday. Sources say New Hampshire's Democratic governor will avoid altering the balance of power in the Senate by naming a Republican to serve the rest of Gregg's term.
A group of Republican senators led by Florida's Mel Martinez has drafted a $713 billion alternative stimulus measure that narrows government spending to infrastructure programs and helping unemployed Americans, addresses the housing crisis and relies mostly on tax cuts. Also Monday, Senate Democrats dropped two controversial spending programs.
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