Jan 16th, 2005 · A conflict over Social Security has extended to workers at the Social Security Administration itself. Some employees say the agency is using public funds to promote a political agenda, namely President Bush's plan to partly privatize the system. NPR's Libby Lewis reports.
Jan 16th, 2005 · President Bush is getting a brand new cowboy hat, just in time for his second inauguration. The hat, the second to be made for Bush by Trent Johnson, is a gift from the National Cattleman's Beef Association. Brian Larson of member station KUMC in Greeley, Colo. reports.
Jan 13th, 2005 · President Bush's plan to allow private accounts for Social Security may send a lot of business to Wall Street; but lobbyists for reform say the returns for financial firms are not necessarily so great. NPR's Peter Overby reports.
Jan 12th, 2005 · NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with John Dimsdale of Marketplace about why many people don't take advantage of tax breaks, and what the Internal Revenue Service and President Bush plan to do to educate taxpayers.
Jan 12th, 2005 · Four CBS News staffers are fired after an independent panel blasts the network for a Sept. 8 report on President Bush's Texas National Guard service. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik analyzes the scandal -- and CBS' culpability.
Jan 11th, 2005 · President Bush says that when it comes to Social Security, "the crisis is now." Some experts argue that Social Security is not in crisis, though they agree it faces a long-term problem. One of them is Peter Orszag, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former special assistant for economics under former President Bill Clinton. Hear Orszag and NPR's Steve Inskeep.
Jan 11th, 2005 · CBS News fires three executives and a producer over their roles in a flawed story about President Bush's National Guard service. An independent review gives a detailed look at how the story came to be broadcast on that edition of 60 Minutes Wednesday. NPR's David Folkenflik reports.
Jan 10th, 2005 · CBS News fires four staff members for their roles in producing a 60 Minutes Wednesday report on President Bush's service in the Texas National Guard.