In Rep. Henry Waxman's first hearing since he resumed the chairmanship of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Union of Concerned Scientists released a damning report on the Bush administration's record of interference with climate science.
So just what happened at yesterday's closed-door roundtable meeting between Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and a group of prominent Wall Street economists? To find out, I rang one of the participants, James Glassman, a senior economist at JPMorgan Chase.
AP - Republican and Democratic senators warned Tuesday against a drift toward war with an emboldened Iran and suggested the Bush administration was missing a chance to engage its longtime adversary in potentially helpful talks over next-door Iraq.
AP - Cuban state television Tuesday showed a video of a healthier looking Fidel Castro meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and saying his recovery was "far from a lost battle," in the first images of the ailing leader in three months.
AP - A cease-fire aimed at halting months of deadly internal Palestinian violence held on its first day, but underlying tensions cast doubt on the future of the stand-down.
The Pentagon is investigating whether an attack on a military compound in Karbala, Iraq, was carried out by Iranians or Iranian-trained operatives, two officials from U.S. government agencies said. Five U.S. soldiers died in the sophisticated attack by men wearing U.S.-style uniforms, according to military reports. One official told CNN: "This was beyond what we have seen militias or foreign fighters do."