With President Obama’s successful move to force BP to establish a $20 billion compensation fund, he has reinvigorated a debate about the reach of government power.
Congressional Democrats want to rein in the power of special interests, but while struggling to pass the bill, they are carving out loopholes for, yes, special interests.
AP - Channeling the nation's anger, lawmakers pilloried BP's boss in a withering day of judgment Thursday for the oil company at the center of the Gulf calamity. Unflinching, BP chief executive Tony Hayward said he was out of the loop on decisions at the well and coolly asserted, "I'm not stonewalling."
Israel's security cabinet approved a plan today to ease its controversial blockade of the Gaza Strip. The move comes after mounting international pressure following Israel's deadly naval raid on a Turkish-backed aid flotilla in which nine Turkish activists were killed on May 31.
Icelandic court says the body of chess grand master Bobby Fischer can be exhumed for a paternity test to determine if he is the father of chess grand master Bobby Fischer.
The judge that BP wants to hear an estimated 200 lawsuits over the Gulf oil disaster gets tens of thousands of dollars a year in oil royalties, financial disclosure forms show.
While closing arguments have ended in California's Proposition 8 trial -- a case that will determine the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban -- the outcome may not have an impact on states considering similar legislation.