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Text of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, as delivered.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A payment processor that handles the accounts of online poker players wants a judge to order the return of about $14 million that the company says was seized by the federal government. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the law, not her personal and professional experiences, has driven her rulings as a judge. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has welcomed soccer's Columbus Crew to the White House to congratulate the team on its MLS championship. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials on Monday solicited ideas from political leaders, city advocates and policy experts, looking for ways to rebuild U.S. cities where an increasing share of the population will live during the coming decades. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — The newest member of the Senate, former comedian Al Franken, was as serious as his colleagues in his opening statement at the Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — A secret intelligence program canceled by CIA Director Leon Panetta in June was meant to find and then capture or kill al-Qaida leaders at close range rather than target them with air strikes that risked civilian casualties, government officials with knowledge of the operation said Monday. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — A teachers' union challenged the Obama administration Monday to live up to its promise of working with teachers and not against them. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama turned to the Deep South for the next surgeon general, choosing a rural Alabama family physician who made headlines with fierce determination to rebuild her nonprofit medical clinic in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy in 2016 will look like the one from 2008, according to a report the White House's economic team released Monday. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — It only took 19 minutes for "wise Latina" to enter the conversation. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate Judiciary Committee Republican has told Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor she'll be confirmed "unless you have a complete meltdown." >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top-ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee has greeted Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with skepticism. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top-ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee has greeted Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with skepticism. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says Sonia Sotomayor will be a Supreme Court justice who's "committed to the law" and "not to ideology." >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Wall Street Journal reports that the CIA program concealed from Congress was a secret plan to kill or capture al-Qaida operatives. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer says Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is a "mainstream" jurist who would not let her personal views interfere with her rulings. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, back from a weeklong, three-nation trip aboard, turns his attention now to domestic issues. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is telling labor leaders he remains committed to passage of a bill that would make it easier to form unions, but he's not offering any timeline. >>
Some excerpts from comments during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Firefighter Frank Ricci, scheduled to testify about Sonia Sotomayor's ruling against his reverse discrimination lawsuit, was targeted for criticism Monday by powerful liberal groups who support her confirmation to the Supreme Court. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — A government study says the number of drivers found with blood-alcohol levels above the legal limit has declined sharply during the past 30 years. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President George W. Bush has released final lists of his White House and Camp David overnight guests, and there is an interesting detail in the rundown. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Her confirmation all but assured, Sonia Sotomayor pledged Monday to serve the "larger interest of impartial justice" rather than any narrow cause if she becomes the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Live from the Capitol, Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings promise high political theater this week, beamed to the world in dramatic, historic, perhaps comedic glory. >>
NAME — Sonia Sotomayor. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anti-abortion protesters briefly disrupted Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination hearing on several occasions Monday. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, will have orthopedic surgery Monday to relieve shoulder pain. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill was among a group of American personnel who were uninjured when an explosive device detonated near their convoy in southern Iraq. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says slavery is a terrible part of the United States' history and should be taught in a way that connects that past cruelty to current events, such as the genocide in Darfur. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has called his Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, to wish her luck at her confirmation hearings. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says the Bush administration may have broken the law if it ordered the CIA to conceal the existence of a counterterrorism program. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — The senior Republican senator who will question Sonia Sotomayor says the Supreme Court nominee must demonstrate she will not show bias on the bench. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain says he's against opening a criminal investigation into whether CIA officers tortured detainees during the Bush administration. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two leading Republican senators say a criminal investigation into the Bush administration's harsh intelligence practices would make the CIA a boogeyman. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Last year's Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, says he doesn't think of Sarah Palin as quitting her job as much as changing her priorities. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is ready to announce another $1 billion in orders for swine flu vaccinations. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin says Congress should investigate whether former Vice President Dick Cheney and others in the Bush administration ordered the CIA to conceal the existence of a counterterrorism program. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Senate Republican says Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will have to explain statements suggesting that judges can't be neutral, but he also acknowledges that her confirmation as the high court's first Hispanic justice won't be blocked. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Contrary to White House wishes, Attorney General Eric Holder may push forward with a criminal investigation into the Bush administration's harsh interrogation practices used on suspected terrorists. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the administration wants a health care overhaul this year but is still leaving the details to Congress. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police chiefs are backing appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor's bid to become a Supreme Court justice. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA eight years ago not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated in June, officials with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has ordered his national security team to investigate reports that U.S. allies were responsible for the deaths of as many as 2,000 Taliban prisoners of war during the opening days of the war in Afghanistan. >>
CAPE COAST, Ghana (AP) — For a new president, there inevitably comes that moment: the first time he hears a foreign crowd hoarsely chanting his name, or sees thousands of well-wishers surging forward, or realizes youngsters are running pell-mell beside his motorcade, desperate for a glimpse of his face. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top members of Congress say it's unlikely they will meet President Barack Obama's August deadline for a sweeping health care overhaul. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is back home after a whirlwind visit to Ghana. >>
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — President Barack Obama is back home after a whirlwind visit to Ghana. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Saturday the $787 billion stimulus program must be given a chance to work before consideration is given to a second such jolt for the still-ailing economy. >>
NEW YORK (AP) — For weeks, Sonya Sotomayor has put on her best face, displaying a pleasant disposition that has somewhat fended off critics of her nomination to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. >>
NEW YORK (AP) — Cesar Perales has fought his share of critics over the years, in legal battles for minorities denied jobs, bilingual classes in schools and more Latino police officers. >>
CAPE COAST, Ghana (AP) — President Barack Obama says he hopes his family's tour of a former slave fortress on the coast of Ghana shows his daughters that history can take very cruel turns. >>
CAPE COAST, Ghana (AP) — President Barack Obama says a slave site reminds him of humanity's potential for "great evil" but also gives him a reason for hope, given the progress African-Americans have made since leaving the castle as slaves. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden angrily struck back Saturday at assertions the Bush administration's post-9/11 surveillance program was more far-reaching than imagined and was largely concealed from congressional overseers. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is having trouble finding the hundreds of civilians it wants to bolster the troop buildup in Afghanistan. So military reservists might be asked to do the civilian jobs. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — When lawmakers return to Capitol Hill today, hammering out details of the budget passed before the spring break will be at the top of the agenda. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — A stalemated Afghan war and the appearance of a new, untested American president will dominate a crowded agenda for the nations of NATO gathering this weekend at the alliance's 60th anniversary summit. >>
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Tuesday sent President Barack Obama a once-bipartisan bill to fund the domestic Cabinet agencies that evolved instead into a symbol of lawmakers' free-spending ways and penchant for back-home pet projects. The Senate approved the measure by voice after it cleared a key procedural hurdle by a 62-35 vote. Sixty votes were required to shut down debate. >>
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