Dec 26th, 2008 · President Bush and President-elect Obama each made mention this week of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware. Gen. Washington crossed the river on Dec. 25, 1776. The next day, the British suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Trenton. Historian David McCullough says it was a time when the Revolutionary War looked lost to Washington's men.
Dec 25th, 2008 · President Bush took the unusual step of reversing a pardon he issued a day earlier. Bush pardoned Isaac Robert Toussie on Tuesday but changed his mind after learning that Toussie's father had made large donations to the GOP.
Dec 24th, 2008 · President Bush issued 19 more pardons Tuesday. When it comes to clemency, presidents have absolute power. Congress and the courts cannot overrule them. There's intense speculation that Bush might issue last-minute pardons to officials of his own administration.
Dec 23rd, 2008 · Dan Rather is pursuing a $70 million lawsuit he filed against CBS following his infamous, retracted 2004 story about President Bush's military service record. A follow-up investigation never concluded whether the Bush documents were real or fake.
Dec 23rd, 2008 · For decades, U.S. automakers have been paying more for the same hour of work than foreign manufacturers with plants in the U.S. If General Motors and Chrysler fail to cut those costs, they face bankruptcy, President Bush said in extending $17.4 billion in loans to Detroit.
Dec 20th, 2008 · Before President Bush laid out his plan on Friday, automakers had pleaded with Congress not once, but twice before it fell to the White House. Lots of politicking went into getting the deal to where it is, and many members of Congress remain doubtful.
Dec 19th, 2008 · Now that President Bush has said he will help the nation's auto industry with $17.4 billion in emergency loans, employees on the front lines weigh in.
Dec 19th, 2008 · It's another Friday in the Barbershop with Jimi Izrael, Nick Charles, Arsalan Iftikhar and Ruben Navarrette. Up for discussion this week: a closer look at President Bush's close call with a pair of flying shoes and a recent comedy sketch on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" that failed to hit New York Governor David Paterson's funny bone.