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Bush reveals rationale behind surveillance
Feb 10 2006 10:15PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) - President Bush defended his warrantless eavesdropping program Friday, saying during what he thought were private remarks that he concluded that spying on Americans was necessary to fill a gap in the United States' security.
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Oops! - Bush unaware mikes were still on
Feb 10 2006 9:41PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) - The eavesdropping tables were turned on President Bush on Friday. The president apparently believed he was speaking privately when he talked about listening in without a warrant on domestic communications with suspected al-Qaida terrorists overseas. But reporters were the ones doing the listening in this time.
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Abramoff e-mail plays up Bush contacts
Feb 10 2006 7:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jack Abramoff had brief conversations with President Bush almost a dozen times and the president knew him well enough to make joking references to Abramoff's family, according to an e-mail the fallen lobbyist sent a magazine editor.
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Bush's job approval stuck near bottom
Feb 10 2006 7:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's marks on overall job approval and for handling the economy are mired near their lowest levels despite a spike in consumer confidence over the past month, an AP-Ipsos poll found.
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Bush tells nervous GOP to focus on economy
Feb 10 2006 7:40PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) - President Bush told nervous lawmakers in his own party on Friday that Republicans should stress the economy and the war on terror as they move deeper into the election year.
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ABA president urges Bush to obey spy laws
Feb 10 2006 7:39PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The president of the nation's largest lawyers group said Friday that President Bush should comply with federal law when conducting electronic surveillance of Americans and refrain from scaring people into giving up their civil liberties in the fight against terrorism.
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EPA budget cuts trouble environment groups
Feb 10 2006 7:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Grants to state and local governments for land and water conservation would be cut 40 percent, and money for the Environmental Protection Agency's network of libraries for scientists would be slashed severely under President Bush's proposed budget.
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Bush's budget cuts elderly nutrition plan
Feb 10 2006 6:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The boxes arrive every month at churches, senior citizen centers and other sites for distribution to nearly a half-million poor elderly people. Each is stocked with a mix of nutritious foods such as cereal, peanut butter, fruit, vegetables and pasta. Sometimes volunteers deliver them right to people's homes.
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Bush administration details $1B land sales
Feb 10 2006 6:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration on Friday detailed its proposal to sell more than 300,000 acres of national forests and other public land to help pay for rural schools in 41 states.
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Libby says leaks authorized, papers show
Feb 10 2006 6:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney told a federal grand jury that his superiors authorized him to give secret information to reporters as part of the Bush administration's defense of intelligence used to justify invading Iraq, according to court papers.
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