President Bush extended a law that could give some of the thousands of interpreters working for the American military refuge in the US under a special visa program.
Barack Obama?s decision to break a pledge to use public money will likely transform presidential campaigns, raising doubts about the future of public financing.
AP - A much-delayed Iraq war funding bill sailed through the House on Thursday, along with a doubling of college aid for returning troops and help for the unemployed and Midwestern flood victims.
AP - Former Sens. John Edwards and Sam Nunn are on a list of potential running mates for Democrat Barack Obama, a congresswoman said Thursday, one day after she met with the team Obama has reviewing possible candidates.
AP - Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were hauled into jail Thursday and charged with lying to investors about the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, perhaps signaling the start of a wave of prosecutions arising from the housing meltdown.
Andrew Sherburne spent six days, 10 hours a day, helping to build a mile-long sandbag levee. But it wasn't enough to hold back the swollen Iowa River. "We would have been better off getting stuff out of there," he said. His home and hundreds of others were evacuated in Iowa City as flooding has compromised levees.
Sen. Barack Obama's decision to forgo public financing sparked a bitter row between the Democrat's camp and that of his rival, Sen. John McCain. The Republican's campaign accused the presumed Democratic nominee of breaking a promise to stay in the public financing system.
The House is expected to vote Thursday on a $165 billion compromise bill that will fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into early next year.