US Politics
One year since the election of Barack Obama
By Patrick Martin, November 4, 2009
One year ago today, on November 4, 2008, Barack Obama won the US presidential election in what was, for all practical purposes, a political rout.
FBI has 400,000 people on terrorism “watch list”
By Peter Daniels, November 2, 2009
Robert S. Mueller has told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that the FBI’s current terrorism “watch list” contains 400,000 unique names, with an average of 1,600 new individuals added e...
Obama’s banker-friendly financial overhaul
By Barry Grey, October 31, 2009
In the wake of a financial meltdown that precipitated the deepest recession since the 1930s, the Obama administration and Democratic congressional leaders are working to institute regulatory changes t...
US House leaders unveil health care bill
By Kate Randall, October 31, 2009
House leaders unveiled health care legislation Thursday that would slash hundreds of billions from Medicare and other federal programs, and contains a watered-down version of a government-run “publi...
White House promotes tax on “Cadillac” health care plans
By Kate Randall, October 27, 2009
The top White House economic forecaster argued Monday that cutting government health care costs is key to addressing the federal budget deficit, and that taxing so-called Cadillac health care plans is...
Bernard Kerik jailed on eve of corruption trial
Former head of NYPD, Homeland Security nominee
By Bill Van Auken, October 22, 2009
Bernard Kerik faced an inevitable outcome of his career in law enforcement and the “war on terror” Tuesday, being thrown into jail by a New York federal judge.
As unemployment and poverty rise
Obama turns to the financial elite for campaign cash
By Bill Van Auken, October 21, 2009
Under conditions of deepening social misery throughout the US, President Barack Obama came to New York Tuesday to raise millions of dollars in campaign cash from America’s financial elite.
US House panel approves pro-Wall Street derivatives bill
By Barry Grey, October 19, 2009
The Financial Services Committee of the US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill incorporating loopholes and exemptions that will allow Wall Street banks to continue unimpeded their luc...
Obama in New Orleans: The callous face of the US ruling elite
By Patrick Martin, October 17, 2009
In a brief, three-hour stopover in New Orleans en route to a fund-raising dinner with millionaire Democrats in California, President Barack Obama made perfunctory promises to the people of the devasta...
Obama continues assault on democratic rights
By Tom Eley and Barry Grey, October 12, 2009
Recent moves by President Obama underscore the anti-democratic continuity between his administration and that of George W. Bush.
US Supreme Court term begins with more threats to democratic rights
By John Andrews, October 12, 2009
With the traditional opening of the new term on the first Monday of October, the United States Supreme Court, now firmly under the control of right-wing Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., is poised t...
White House-backed plan to slash health care costs advances in Senate
By Kate Randall, October 9, 2009
President Obama’s push for a cost-cutting overhaul of the US health care system that will slash benefits for millions of workers and retirees moved forward Wednesday, with the release of a report fr...
