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Unease at Clinton foundation over finances and ambitions
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and AMY CHOZICK New York Times News ServiceSoon after the 10th anniversary of the foundation bearing his name, Bill Clinton met with a small group of aides and two lawyers from...
View ArticleQ&A: Finding your way through the shutdown
By BRIAN KNOWLTON and ANDREW SIDDONS New York Times News Service The shutdown of the federal government has created widespread confusion. Here are some questions and answers about its specific and...
View ArticleKoch group goes local
CORALVILLE, IowaElection seasons in this small eastern Iowa town are usually cordial affairs. But this year, a group backed by the billionaire Koch brothers has changed that.The group, Americans for...
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Florida House race sets stage for 2014
CLEARWATER -- For as long as most people here can remember, Representative C. W. Bill Young presided over this slice of Florida's west coast, tending assiduously to veterans and retirees, crystalline...
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Wounded veteran in spotlight
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWounded veteran Cory Remsburg had met President Barack Obama three times before Tuesday night— once in France and twice since a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on his 10th...
View ArticleBipartisan effort to block, repeal or delay flood insurance rate hikes
There is an enthusiastic move to gut the once-popular Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act.... Read more »
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Congressman Henry Waxman to retire
Rep. Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif., whose 40 years in the House produced some of the most important legislation of the era, will announce Thursday that he is retiring at the end of the year.Waxman, 74,...
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In suit over car repairs, a move to bill the public
By MICHAEL VAN SICKLER, Times/Herald Tallahassee BureauTALLAHASSEE Taxpayers may help foot the bill for a bitter legal battle between a consortium of the nation's largest auto manufacturers and...
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Jeb Bush's money ties scrutinized
As it sought to recruit well-heeled investors, an untested and unprofitable Miami company named InnoVida brought aboard a trusted Florida figure in 2007: Jeb Bush, the former governor and the brother...
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Jeb Bush’s 2016 flirtations test loyalty of Christie backers
By MICHAEL BARBARO and NICHOLAS CONFESSOREJeb Bush’s increasingly serious and public examination of a run for president is shaking up the ranks of establishment Republican donors and fundraisers who...
View ArticleDonors weigh shifting support to Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush’s increasingly serious and public examination of a run for president has shaken the ranks of establishment Republican donors and fund-raisers who had planned to back Gov. Chris Christie of New...
View ArticleBush family behind Jeb candidacy
WASHINGTONWhen Jeb Bush decides whether to run for president, there will be no family meeting à la Mitt Romney, no gathering at Walker’s Point in Kennebunkport to go over the pros and cons. “I don’t...
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Obama unveils immigration reforms
By MICHAEL D. SHEARWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama chose confrontation over conciliation Thursday as he asserted the powers of the Oval Office to reshape the nation’s immigration system and dared...
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Romney will not run in 2016
Mitt Romney said Friday that he would not seek the Republican nomination for president in 2016.Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, shared his decision on a conference call with a small group of...
View ArticleRubio-Bush rivalry heats up
MIAMI As Marco Rubio debated whether to run for the United States Senate in 2010, he made a pledge steeped in loyalty and deference: He would never challenge his political mentor, Jeb Bush, if the...
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