| | Administration defends takeover of mortgage giants
11:19AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House said Tuesday that the giant federal takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could have been prevented if Congress had acted on its recommendations for changing the system. | | |
 Bush hosts last T-ball game of his term
Sep 7 2008 7:33PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - With only about four months left in office, President Bush hosted his last T-ball game on the South Lawn Sunday, ending a tradition he's carried on for seven years. | | |
 Bush: Takeover of housing giants 'critical'
Sep 7 2008 3:32PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush said Sunday that the historic federal government takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is needed to keep them from failing, a risk he called "unacceptable" for an economy battered by housing and credit crises. | | |
 Bush: Congress should allow more offshore drilling
Sep 6 2008 2:09PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush says if Congress doesn't permit offshore drilling to increase U.S. oil supplies and possibly ease gasoline prices, lawmakers should not expect voters to support them in November. | | |
Cheney says Russia's actions an 'affront'
Sep 6 2008 10:56AM CT
CERNOBBIO, Italy (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney says Russia's actions in the conflict with Georgia are an "affront to civilized standards." | | |
 White House: Bush wasn't detached from war review
Sep 6 2008 1:07AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Friday disputed an assertion in a new book by Bob Woodward that President Bush was slow to react to escalating attacks in Iraq, forcefully arguing that Bush's military buildup was responsible for a sharp drop in the violence. | | |
 Bush tours Gettysburg battleground site
Sep 5 2008 10:17PM CT
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - President Bush brushed up on his Civil War history Friday, touring the battleground of Gettysburg, the site of one of the deadliest battles of the Civil War. | | |
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