AP - The top Senate Democrat sought Wednesday to lower expectations for legislation this week to help endangered carmakers, saying it would be the Bush administration's job to save the industry if Congress doesn't.
AP - The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions, but in return it wants lawmakers to mandate that everyone buy coverage.
President-elect Barack Obama received a heavy dose of ridicule and a warning in a Web audio message alleged to be from al Qaeda's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri. The message told Obama "a heavy legacy of failure and crimes awaits" him. The speaker also compared Obama unfavorably to the late Malcolm X and used a racial insult to belittle the incoming president.
The heads of Detroit's car companies -- Ford, Chrysler, GM -- bumper to bumper, are begging Congress for a bailout. Let's start by cutting through the bull and look at how the automobile companies got into this mess.
Barack Obama pledged to bring "fundamental change to Washington" as he campaigned for the White House -- but as the president-elect fills out his administration, critics say they're seeing just more of the same.