Clinton Was Urged to Back Reinstating Glass-Steagall Wall: Wikileaks October 11, 2016 By Amanda Becker and Luciana Lopez A longtime political adviser to Hillary Clinton last year urged her presidential campaign to support a new version of a...
Gunmakers’ Liability Shield Emerges as Issue in Democratic Presidential Race October 13, 2015 By Sahil Kapur Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Sunday backed away from a controversial vote he cast in 2005 on legislation to...
Insurance Pros: What Are Your Thoughts on Climate Change? May 21, 2015 By Don Jergler President Barack Obama and potential presidential candidate Jeb Bush declared a war of words within the war on climate change...
U.S. Trade Chief Urges China to Lower Barriers May 25, 2010 By Doug Palmer Potential Chinese moves to lower trade barriers could be as important as exchange rate reforms in easing economic strains with...
Republicans Once Backed Health Insurance Mandate They Now Oppose March 29, 2010 By Ricardo Alonson-Zaldivar Republicans were for President Barack Obama’s requirement that Americans get health insurance before they were against it. The obligation in...
Chile Steps up Search for Victims in Quake-hit Areas March 3, 2010 By Mario Naranjo Chilean rescue crews fanned out with sniffer dogs Wednesday around quake-ravaged cities and villages, some still hoping to find survivors...
Troops, Food Headed for Haiti As Quake Toll Soars January 14, 2010 Troops and planeloads of food and medicine trickled in to Haiti Thursday to aid a traumatized nation still rattled by...
Tens of Thousands Feared Dead, Capital in Ruins From Haiti’s Catastrophic Quake January 13, 2010 By Joseph Guyler Delva and Tom Brown Traumatized Haitians slept out in parks and streets Thursday, fearing aftershocks to the catastrophic earthquake that flattened homes and government...
UN Climate Talks Resume; US Backs $100 Billion Aid Fund December 17, 2009 By Gerard Wynn and Pete Harrison Danish hosts revived climate talks on Thursday and Washington backed a $100 billion fund to aid poor countries, as world...
Hurricane Bill Could Bring Dangerous Swells, Rip Currents to U.S. East Coast August 20, 2009 By Jim Loney Powerful Hurricane Bill, a dangerous Category 4 storm with 135 mph winds, raged across the open Atlantic Wednesday, days from...