Entries for January 2009

The Associated Press Civil rights advocates are suing the Texas Department of Public Safety to block new driver’s license requirements for immigrants, contending they discriminate against people legally in the United States. The lawsuit filed Wedne...

by Steven R. Hurst The Associated Press President Barack Obama voiced confidence Wednesday the House of Representatives would pass his $819 billion stimulus plan, then sat down at the White House with a group of key business leaders to shore up bac...

by Jeannine Aversa The Associated Press The Federal Reserve, acknowledging the economy has continued to deteriorate, signaled Wednesday that it will keep using unconventional tools to cushion the fallout, including keeping a key interest rate at a ...

by Martin Crutsinger The Associated Press Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, in his first full day on the job, announced new rules Tuesday to limit special-interest influence on the U.S. government’s $700 billion financial rescue program. The ne...

by Jeannine Aversa The Associated Press Federal Reserve policymakers are gathering to examine what other tools they can use to help ease a recession that has left millions of Americans out of work. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleague opene...