Lofty promises from U.S. presidential candidates of lower taxes and healthcare for all are looking more like pipedreams as the cost of dealing with the banking sector's collapse passes the $1 trillion-mark.

The BCT is an army combat unit designed to confront an enemy within a war theater. With US forces overstretched in Iraq, why would the Pentagon decide to undertake this redeployment within the USA, barely one month before the presidential elections?

Which is more directly threatening to the US: that Obama bumped into Bill Ayers, onetime Weatherman, on the street or that McCain would name his economic guru, Phil Gramm, Treasury secretary if elected ? Gramm: culprit for current economic woes, Enron,..

Joe Biden won the night. The word comes from former members of the Bush administration and even John McCain's former press secretary.

John McCain thinks we don't need a presidential debate on Friday night. We disagree. We need a real debate on the economy, and we need it now. The presidential candidates should hold their debate Friday as scheduled, and address the proposed $700 billion

Help stop the economic hijacking before it's too late. Sign & send emergency letter to Congress now, and tell them: No $700 billion blank check to the Bush administration for Wall Street. Demand 3 basic principles to protect the public !

WASHINGTON - Key Republicans and Democrats reported agreement in principle Thursday on a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry and said they would present it to the Bush administration in hopes of a vote within days.

Since PROTECT's campaign was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show last week, nearly half a million Americans have flooded Senate offices with phone calls and emails. Thanks to this tidal wave, we now have 52 Senate sponsors. So, the good news is that in a 1

Alaska Progressive radio host Shannyn Moore talks with Countdown's Keith Olbermann about the recent revelation that Pastor Thomas Muthee, a witch hunter, delivered 10 sermons about his exploits at Sarah Palin's church, the Wasilla Assembly of God, in 2005

Proposed legislation to make it easier to find and prosecute child molesters faces challenges in Washington.