A tough economy and the prospect of Cass Sunstein as regulatory czar may moderate the Obama administration’s wholesale elimination of President George W. Bush’s last-minute rules and the direction of U.S. health and safety policy. Transition officials and congressional Democrats ...

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There they stood, a breathing Mount Rushmore, or perhaps just the ghosts of Inaugurals past, present and to come. The three-person former presidents’ club came to the Oval Office at the invitation of its soon-to-be-member, President George W. Bush, and ...

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As capitalism staggers through its first globalized economic crisis, the costs won’t be measured only in dollars and cents. From newly rich Russia to eternally impoverished sub-Saharan Africa, social strains are threatening the established political order, putting some countries’ very ...

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We are in the midst of a crisis caused by so many financial institutions borrowing too much money. Somehow, a critical mass of policymakers now believes that the correct response is for the U.S. government to borrow too much money. ...

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General Motors Corp. said it has enough government loans to cover its worst-case forecast for U.S. auto sales and won’t need more if the economy holds up. Pledges from the U.S. Treasury for as much as $13.4 billion to help ...

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One of President George W. Bush’s legacies will be spelled “NSL,” as in national security letter. Bush did not dream up NSLs. Congress enacted the legislation creating NSLs in 1986. What the president oversaw was an explosion in their use ...

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Armed with temporary fixes and vague assurances, local pools have reopened or are staying open in face of new federal law intended to prevent drain suction from trapping children under water at public pools and spas. The Virginia Graeme Baker ...

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