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THEWEEK.COM is a trademark owned by Felix Dennis.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:35:57 -0500Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:35:57 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/103120/Warning_on_Medicarehttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/103120/Warning_on_MedicareA plan to cut future Medicare spending would sharply curtail benefits for some senior citizens and could hamper access to health care for others.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102826/Blackwater_bribeshttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102826/Blackwater_bribesTop executives at Blackwater apparently approved secret payoffs to buy the silence of Iraqi officials after the firm’s guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civilians.Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102510/Ethics_disclosurehttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102510/Ethics_disclosureMore than 30 members of Congress are being scrutinized for possible ethics violations.Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500http://www.theweek.com/article/index/102229/Giant_rocket_launchedhttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/102229/Giant_rocket_launchedNASA launched one of the world’s tallest rockets into space in a key test of the vehicle slated to return astronauts to the moon.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/101952/Body_armor_problemshttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/101952/Body_armor_problemsThe Army made serious errors when testing its newest type of body armor and the Pentagon said it would shelve the 240,000 plates it has already ordered.Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/101673/A_bigger_bunker_busterhttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/101673/A_bigger_bunker_busterThe Pentagon has fast-tracked production of its largest non-nuclear bomb, a 30,000-pound model designed to destroy underground weapons bunkers.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/101384/Healthcare_moveshttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/101384/Healthcare_movesThe Senate Finance Committee will delay its vote on health-care legislation until next week, while it awaits an analysis of the bill’s cost from the Congressional Budget Office.Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/101089/Help_for_local_housinghttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/101089/Help_for_local_housingThe Obama administration plans to commit as much as $35 billion to help cash-strapped state and local housing-finance agencies provide mortgages to low- and middle-income home buyers.Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/100836/Border_fence_problemshttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/100836/Border_fence_problemsThe 600-mile-long fence being built along the U.S.-Mexico border is seven years behind schedule, millions of dollars over budget, and will cost taxpayers $6.5 billion to maintain during the next 20 years.Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/100554/Flu_vaccine_is_cominghttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/100554/Flu_vaccine_is_comingA national vaccination program to prevent swine flu will begin in three weeks.Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/100348/White_House_opens_logshttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/100348/White_House_opens_logsThe Obama administration announced that it will publish logs of visitors to the White House, though certain “sensitive” visits would remain secret.Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/100116/Bailout_profits_for_UShttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/100116/Bailout_profits_for_USThe U.S. Treasury has earned a $14 billion profit from short-term loans it made to banks and securities firms during the financial crisis.Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/99772/Vaccine_shortfallhttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/99772/Vaccine_shortfallThe Centers for Disease Control said it would have 45 million doses of H1N1 vaccine on hand when it begins its vaccination program this fall. It anticipated having 120 million doses.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/99534/Jet_plan_is_grounded_and_morehttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/99534/Jet_plan_is_grounded_and_moreCongressional leaders have reversed course on a plan to buy four executive jets that would be used to transport congressional officials on foreign trips.Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/99329/Treasury_to_cut_borrowing_and_morehttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/99329/Treasury_to_cut_borrowing_and_moreThe U.S. Treasury has scaled back its borrowing plans, as banks repay their bailout funds at a better-than-expected pace.Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/99114/Texting_while_driving_and_morehttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/99114/Texting_while_driving_and_moreDrivers who send text messages while at the wheel are 23 times more likely to get into an accident.Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/98889/Uranium_mining_halted_and_morehttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/98889/Uranium_mining_halted_and_moreThe Obama administration declared nearly 1 million acres of Arizona land near the Grand Canyon off-limits to new uranium mining claims.Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/98669/Surgeon_general_named_and_morehttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/98669/Surgeon_general_named_and_morePresident Obama nominated Dr. Regina Benjamin, a rural Alabama family practitioner, to be surgeon general.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/98445/Federal_security_faulted_and_morehttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/98445/Federal_security_faulted_and_moreInvestigators successfully smuggled bomb-making materials into 10 federal buildings.Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.theweek.com/article/index/98059/California_running_out_of_time_and_morehttp://www.theweek.com/article/index/98059/California_running_out_of_time_and_moreFaced with a $24 billion budget gap, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state legislature were weighing deep cuts to schools, welfare programs, and prisons.Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400