2006

January

• Alito Vote May Be Decisive in Marquee Cases This Term

• Bush Messages: Defeat Terror and ‘Keep America Competitive’

• ‘Peace mom’ cuffed in House chamber

• Army’s Rising Promotion Rate Called Ominous

• The Fear That Kills

• Coretta Scott King Dies at 78

• Coleman will lead prayer event

• Senate Clears the Way for Final Vote on Alito Confirmation

• Bush Budget Calls for Renewal of Tax Cuts

• Americans’ Savings Rate at Lowest Level Since 1933

• Top Enron Officials’ Trial Begins Today

• Exxon Makes U.S. Corporate History With High Profits

• In Alito, G.O.P. Reaps Harvest Planted in ‘82

• Rice Wants Nations to End Hamas Govt. Aid

• Health Workers’ Choice Debated

• Palace Revolt

• US Army forces 50,000 soldiers into extended duty

• Religious Groups Get Chunk of AIDS Money

• Bush to Promote Fuel-Saving Technologies

• Lawmakers Push Bush on Abramoff Contacts

• Offers to Help Katrina Victims Went Unused

• GOP Leadership Race Is Shaped by Calls for a Shake-Up

• Debate on Climate Shifts to Issue of Irreparable Change

• A Look at Bush Promises Past

• Pelosi Questions Bush’s Spying Program

• Public-School Students Score Well in Math in Large-Scale Government Study

• Bush Calls Hillary Clinton ‘Formidable’

• Bush Presses On in Legal Defense for Wiretapping

• An Exotic Tool for Espionage: Moral Compass

• U.S. Policy Seen as Big Loser in Palestinian Vote

• Bush to Propose Trimming Army Reserve

• McCain Still Concerned About Guantanamo

• Democrats Want Shake-Up in Abramoff Probe

• Murtha Says Iraq Is Now a ‘Civil War’

• Reid Says Administration Neglecting Cities

• Prosecutor Will Step Down from Lobbyist Case

• Majority Disapprove of Bush Government Ethics

• Republicans Aim for Alito Vote Tuesday

• Savings Accounts for Health Costs Attract Wall St.

• Poll: Public Worried About Federal Deficit

• Budget Office Expects Deficit to Edge Up

• Bush downplays Abramoff photos, again defends NSA eavesdropping

• Senate GOP Seeks to Force Vote on Alito

• Sens. Want Independent Corruption Probe

• General Says Troops in Iraq ‘Stretched’

• Bush: Hamas Must Alter Stance on Israel to Be ‘Partner in Peace’

• In Address, Bush Is Seen Avoiding Large Initiatives

• 1st Senate Bills May Not Win Passage

• Pinochet’s Daughter Seeks Asylum in U.S.

• Big Test Looms for Prosecutors at Enron Trial

• Paper: Texas Favored Firm Tied to Abramoff

• La. Leaders Dissatisfied With U.S. Grants

• White House Dismissed ‘02 Surveillance Proposal

• Al Gore, Sundance’s Leading Man

• Nuclear Energy Plan Would Use Spent Fuel

• Rumsfeld Says Military Not Overextended

• Abramoff Prosecutor Among Bush Nominees

• Senators Say Ethics Beyond Lobbying Reform

• Sen. Clinton Blasts Bush on Eavesdropping

• Bush, Visiting NSA, Defends Surveillance

• Critics: Light Sentence May Tarnish U.S.

• Sen. Reid Says Bush Should ‘Come Clean’

• Audit Describes Misuse of Funds in Iraq Projects

• White House Declines to Provide Storm Papers

• Earle Probes Possible Cunningham-DeLay Tie

• Embattled Ohio Rep. Ney to Seek Re-Election

• Enough Senators to Back Alito Confirmation

• New Tax Breaks for Medical Expenses

• U.S. to Help Reimburse States for Medicare Drugs

• Amid Scandals, States Overhaul Lobbying Laws

• Official Details Texas-Mexico Standoff

• Gonzales Says NSA Criticism Misleading

• Alito Nomination Goes to Full Senate

• Halliburton Cited in Iraq Contamination

• Documents Show Govt Forewarned on Katrina

• Photos of Bush With Abramoff Are Withheld

• Campaign Finance Law May Have A Loophole

• Plan Seeks More Elite Forces to Fortify Military

• Closed-Door Deal Makes $22 Billion Difference

• Libby Wants to Use Classified Evidence

• Jury Orders Reprimand, No Jail for Soldier

• Campaign To Justify Spying Intensifies

• Political Notebook: Dole’s Take on 2006

• NASA Postpones Mission to Visit Asteroids

• Bush Calls Surveillance Legal, Necessary

• Democrats to Press Bush on Domestic Spying

• Bush to Take Unscripted Audience Questions

• Demonstrators Mark Roe V. Wade Anniversary

• Iraqis Urging Unity, but Rifts May Be Too Deep

• Congressional Democrats Solidify Opposition to Bush in 2005

• Lawmakers Say Will Press Bush on Spying

• ‘Blue’ States Tackling Energy On Their Own

• Many Aging Boomers Struggle With Insurance Concerns

• Rescuers Find Bodies of 2 W.Va. Miners

• Houston TV Station to Air Anti-DeLay Ad

• Bush Previews His State of Union Themes

• Analysis: Google Case Raises New Questions

• Democrats Hear Angry Seniors on Medicare

• Sen. Burns Can’t Escape Abramoff’s Shadow

• Wis. Democratic Campaigners Enter Pleas

• Rove: GOP to Use Terror As Campaign Issue

• Analysts Search bin Laden Tape for Clues

• U.S. Rejects Truce Offer From bin Laden

• Democrats Scold White House Over Spying

• Wetterling drops Senate bid; backs Klobuchar

• Rove Says Democrats Wrong on War on Terror

• Ex-Pentagon Analyst Sentenced to 12 Years

• Bush Leads Defense of NSA Domestic Spying

• U.S. Foreign Aid Machinery Being Reshaped

• Google Resists U.S. Subpoena of Search Data

• Mood of Republicans Worry GOP Activists

• Sen. Clinton Urges U.N. Sanctions Against Iran

• GOP Contest Prompts Yawns Outside Beltway

• Torture flights: what No 10 knew and tried to cover up

• Justice Dept. Defends Domestic Spying

• U.S. Rejects Any ‘Truce’ With Bin Laden

• Rights Group: U.S. Has Torture Strategy

• Bush Names New Coast Guard Chief

• Bush Rules Out Senate Run for First Lady

• Leahy Says He’ll Vote Against Alito

• Leaked Memo Points to British Aid in U.S. Rendition Flights

• Analysis: GOP Re-Embraces Maverick McCain

• Kerry Says 2006 Is ‘Crunch Time’ for Iraq

• Minority Leader Reid Apologizes to GOP

• Bin Laden Warns of Attacks, Offers Truce

• Bush Speech to Focus on Health Care Plans

• Obama Backs Clinton’s Criticism of GOP

• Rep. Menendez Gets New Title: Senator

• DeLay Case Prosecutor Want Charge Revived

• Human rights group: Torture is central to U.S. interrogations

• Brown Now Says He Deserves Much of Blame

• Calling Records Sales Face New Scrutiny

• 2002 Memo Doubted Uranium Sale Claim

• Supreme Court Affirms N.H. Abortion Law

• Bush to Tap Transportation Aide

• White House Lobs Accusations Back at Gore

• White House Silent on Abramoff Meetings

• Lawmakers Jockey for Ethics High Ground

• NASA Will Try Again to Launch Pluto Ship

• S.E.C. Moves to Require More Disclosure on Executive Pay

• Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Suicide Law

• House GOP Leaders Unveil New Ethics Plan

• WASHINGTON Jan 17, 2006 — The White House accused former Vice President Al Gore of hypocrisy Tuesd

• Gore Calls for an Investigation of Warrantless Spy Program

• Russia and China Want More Talks With Iran, Not Sanctions

• Spy Agency Data After Sept. 11 Led F.B.I. to Dead Ends

• Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Suicide Law

• ACLU Sues to Stop Domestic Spy Program

• Zogby Poll: Americans Support Impeaching Bush for Wiretapping

• Gore Says Bush Broke the Law With Spying

• Former President Gerald Ford Hospitalized

• 2,000 More M.P.’s Will Help Train the Iraqi Police

• President Tells Insurers to Aid Ailing Medicare Drug Plan

• Rice: al-Qaida Can’t Be Treated Lightly

• Rice Again Rules Out Presidential Run

• Poll: Concerns Shift From Economy to War

• Feinstein Warns Against Alito Filibuster

• Poll: DeLay Losing Support in Own District

• Challenge to Bush Initiative Reinstated

• Dems Ready Proposal on Code of Conduct

• Glitches Interrupt Medicare Prescriptions

• Ney Under Pressure to Resign Chairmanship

• Bush Rejects Call to Shut Gitmo Prison

• Gonzales to Testify on Domestic Spying

• Katrina cited as deficit likely to top $400B

• States scramble to fill Medicare drug gap

• Democrats Try to Slow Alito Confirmation

• Abramoff Ties Raise Problems for Doolittle

• Frist Weighs Ban on Lobbyist Gifts, Travel

• Alito Appears Headed for Confirmation

• Records Show Army Ended Abuse Probe Early

• Poll: Iraq won’t be governing itself soon

• Blunt Claims Strong Support for GOP Post

• Sen. Biden Suggests Scrapping Hearings

• Former ‘Enemy Combatant’ Pleads Not Guilty

• Alito Says He’d Emulate O’Connor’s Style

• Iran ‘reaps benefit of Iraq war’

• General invokes right to remain silent

• DeLay Faces Challenger With GOP Background

• Bush to Visit Hurricane-Ravaged Gulf Coast

• Army to Send Body Armor Plates to Iraq

• Ex-Political Aide Pleads Guilty to Bribery

• House GOP Considering New Travel Rules

• New Orleans Residents Show Anger at Forum

• Bush Fields Questions About War, Policies

• Alito Turns Aside Democrats’ Criticism

• Both Boehner, Blunt Short of Winning Tally

• Poll: Americans Want Warrants for Spying

• Clinton Surprises Troops Back From Iraq

• Blunt, DeLay Share Abramoff Connections

• Bush Renews Anti-Human Trafficking Law

• Bush to Democrats: Don’t Slam Iraq Policy

• Alito Pleases GOP Senators, Not Democrats

• Two Jockey for House Republicans’ Support

• DeLay Tried, Failed to Aid Abramoff Client

• Alito Defends His Record, Statements

• Bush Predicts More Testing in Iraq in 2006

• Alito Pledges to Do What the Law Requires

• Pentagon Rejected Bremer’s Call for Troops

• Army Begins Action to Discharge Reservists

• Texas Court Won’t Dismiss DeLay Charges

• Vice President Cheney’s Medical History

• Specter Seeks AG’s Testimony on Spying

• Alito Gets Boost From Bush Before Hearing

• Race for Texas Governor Gets Wild

• Cheney Hospitalized, Then Released

• Bush Urges Congress to Save Tax Cuts

• Poll: Most Want Court OK for Gov’t Taps

• Case Dropped Against U.S. Officer in Beating Deaths of Afghan Inmates

• States Intervene After Drug Plan Hits Early Snags

• Bush Moves Forward on Peru Trade Deal

• Analysis: GOP Woes Don’t End With DeLay

• Dems Charge GOP Has Corrupted Congress

• Possible Successors to Tom Delay

• DeLay Abandons Bid to Remain House Leader

• Alito’s Credibility Problem

• DeLay Abandons Bid to Remain House Leader

• Pentagon Study Links Fatalities to Body Armor

• Basis for Spying in U.S. Is Doubted

• AP Poll: Democratic Congress Preferred

• U.S. Marine: Iraqi Police Stronger in ‘06

• After Abramoff, a GOP Scramble

• Abramoff Scandal Gives Impetus to Reform

• Bush Confident About Economy for 2006

• White House Criticizes Pat Robertson

• Foot Problem Forces Cheney to Use a Cane

• Murtha Denies Causing Recruitment Woes

• Dems Weigh Alito Confirmation Vote Delay

• Bush Recess Appointments Meet With Protest

• Gingrich Urges GOP Action After Abramoff

• Gen. Pace Criticizes Sen. Murtha Remark

• Mideast Situation Grows More Uncertain

• Democrats to Delay Alito Confirmation Vote

• Bush Listens to Suggestions on Iraq

• Former Secretaries Discuss Iraq With Bush

• White House Told NSA Briefings Broke Law

• Supreme Court Says U.S. Can Move Padilla

• GOP Leaders Seek Distance From Abramoff

• Analysis: In election year, Abramoff plea has ripple effect

• Winners and losers in the Abramoff scandal

• U.S. to Seek Dismissal of Guantánamo Suits

• Bush Positive About War on Terror

• Abramoff Pleads to Fraud in Florida

• Bush Fights Resistance to Patriot Act

• Bush Assails Democrats Over Patriot Act

• Homeland Security Re-Prioritizing Grants

• Abramoff Pleads Guilty, Will Cooperate

• Abramoff Expected to Plead Guilty to 3 Felony Charges

• New Rules Set for Giving Out Antiterror Aid

• GOP Road to White House May Start in Tenn.

• Sen. Schumer Warns Against Rebate Scams

• Ex-Lawmaker Files to Run Against DeLay

• New Book Reveals Secret War Operations

• U.S. Has End in Sight on Iraq Rebuilding

• Bush Opens ‘06 With Focus on Economy, Iraq

• Experts: Roberts, Alito Side With Business

• Sen. John Kerry Keeps 2008 Options Open

• U.S. Says It’s Making Progress on Bird Flu

• Bush Calls Domestic Spy Program ‘Limited’

• Bush Contends Spying Program Vital, Legal

• On tax front, 2006 brings more good news for the wealthy

• Justice Deputy Resisted Parts of Spy Program

• Bush Radio Speech Highlights Iraq, Economy