WASHINGTON (AP) — For at least a year, the Homeland Security Department detoured hundreds of requests for federal records to senior political advisers for highly unusual scrutiny, probing for information about the requesters and delaying disclosures deemed too politically sensitive, according to nearly 1,000 pages of internal e-mails obtained by The Associated Press. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama nominated Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget Tuesday, charging him with putting the nation on a fiscally responsible path. (more)
LONDON (AP) — Britain ushered in its first coalition government since World War II on Wednesday as a pair of rivals-turned-partners pledged to set aside their deep policy differences and tackle the country’s disastrous budget deficit. (more)
KABUL (AP) — The Afghan parliament has approved President Hamid Karzai’s picks for foreign and justice ministers but rejected the nominee for higher education as voting began on a second slate of Cabinet choices after lawmakers rejected most of his first list. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has filled key government jobs about as fast as the Bush administration, but too many top positions — about 40 percent — remain vacant nearly one year after Obama took office, says a report being released Wednesday. (more)
A look at Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s second slate of 16 nominees for his new Cabinet presented Saturday to replace candidates that parliament rejected. No names have yet been submitted to head the Ministry of Energy and Water or the Ministry of Telecommunications. (more)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When Performance Food Group opted to build an operations center in South Carolina rather than its home state of Virginia, then-chairman Bob Sledd said the decision killed him. (more)
