Wages and salaries now make up the lowest share of the nation’s economy since the U.S. began recording the data in 1947.

UPDATE: I'm moving this back to the top for a bit. The round-up continues to grow, and I've added some stuff to the end of the post. Today, there are hurricane warnings in Florida as the president makes his thirteenth trip to the Gulf Coast since it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina one year ago. He isn’t planning to make any new aid announcements or policy proposals, nor is he planning to spend much time with people most affected by the storm and its aftermath. He plans to give an address to “persuade local residents and doubters elsewhere that he remains committed to seeing the region rebuilt better than before.” He will spend most of his time in Mississippi, rather than “harder-hit, less-recovered New Orleans,” and after his lunch with community leaders in Biloxi, he will “walk through a damaged

Standing in Jackson Square on Sept. 15, President Bush stated, “This government will learn the lessons of Hurricane Katrina” and promised to “get the work done quickly.” But on the eve of Katrina’s one year anniversary, here’s a look at the current state of New Orleans: – Less than half of the city’s pre-storm population of

Prosecutors abandoned their case against schoolteacher John Mark Karr on Monday, saying that DNA tests failed to link Karr to the slaying of child beauty contestant JonBenet Ramsey.

President Bush launched an initiative this month to combat international kleptocracy, the sort of high-level corruption by foreign officials that he called "a grave and corrosive abuse of power" that "threatens our national interest and violates our values." The plan, he said, would be "a critical...

The trip was an attempt by President Bush to recast the legacy of a year ago.

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By Election Day, how many Republican candidates will have come out against the Iraq war or distanced themselves from the administration's policies?

CQPolitics.com has changed its rating of the race in Texas' 22nd District, which is currently vacant, to Leans Democratic from No Clear Favorite. It is the only House seat won by the GOP in 2004 where CQPolitics.com now gives the Democratic candidate the edge.

Yesterday, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gave a speech in Reno, Nevada to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Rumsfeld could have taken the opportunity to address the critical challenges of the war in Iraq: the security situation in Baghdad, mounting U.S. military and Iraqi civilian casualties and out-of-control costs. Instead, he took the opportunity to

Michael De Kort was frustrated. The 41-year-old Lockheed Martin engineer had complained to his bosses. He had told his story to government investigators. He had called congressmen.

Violence that killed at least 28 people amounted to the most brazen recent clashes between government forces and a Shiite militia loyal to Moktada al-Sadr, a cleric.

It was quite a boner. University of Chicago political scientist John Mearsheimer was in town yesterday to elaborate on his view that American Jewish groups are responsible for the war in Iraq, the destruction of Lebanon's infrastructure and many other bad things. As evidence, he cited the influence...

President Bush said Monday the huge job of rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina was just beginning a year after the massive storm but expressed hope that the $110 billion of help sent from Washington would be enough.

August 29, 2006 Hefley ponders run at seat as write-in Rep. Joel Hefley: Those close to him say he is displeased with Lamborn’s nomination. By ED SEALOVER THE GAZETTE Rep. Joel Hefley is seriously considering running as a writein candidate to retain his seat rather than risk handing it over to Republican nominee Doug Lamborn. In meetings with national political consultants, Hefley and his supporters have come up with yard-sign designs and the key message

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday the world faces "a new type of fascism" and likened critics of the U.S. war strategy to those who tried to appease the Nazis.

US President George W. Bush was to mark one year since Hurricane Katrina with a solemn prayer service, but got the anniversary started with a plateful of pancakes.

AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday called a Nov. 7 special election to temporarily fill the seat left vacant when former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay resigned.

Adolf Hitler and Russian leader Stalin were possessed by the Devil, the Vatican's chief exorcist has claimed.

Lynda Gledhill, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Tuesday, August 29, 2006 Printable Version Email This Article

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist acknowledged Tuesday that he may not have met all the requirements needed to keep his medical license active — even though he gave paperwork to Tennessee officials indicating that he had.

On the Web: http://www.defenselink.mil/Speeches/Speech.aspx?SpeechID=1033 Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 Address at the 88th Annual American Legion National Convention Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Salt Lake

WELFARE REFORM....As long as we're looking at charts from the Census Bureau's latest income survey, here's an excerpt from the chart showing the poverty rate. I've helpfully annotated it. Now, I don't really know anything about welfare reform. It's just...