WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, warning that “millions of Americans cannot find affordable financing for basic credit needs,” announced a major expansion of the federal bailout on Tuesday — as much as $800 billion to make mortgages and consumer credit more available and affordable.
The government will buy up to $600 billion in mortgage-backed [...]

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, warning that “millions of Americans cannot find affordable financing for basic credit needs,” announced a major expansion of the federal bailout on Tuesday — as much as $800 billion to make mortgages and consumer credit more available and affordable.
The government will buy up to $600 billion in mortgage-backed [...]

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, warning that “millions of Americans cannot find affordable financing for basic credit needs,” announced a major expansion of the federal bailout on Tuesday — as much as $800 billion to make mortgages and consumer credit more available and affordable.
The government will buy up to $600 billion in mortgage-backed [...]

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, warning that “millions of Americans cannot find affordable financing for basic credit needs,” announced a major expansion of the federal bailout on Tuesday — as much as $800 billion to make mortgages and consumer credit more available and affordable.
The government will buy up to $600 billion in mortgage-backed [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge refused to release two Guantanamo terrorism suspects on Tuesday and upheld the government’s authority to keep them, after ordering freedom last month for five prisoners whose case led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich defied fellow Democrats by appointing a successor on Tuesday to fill Barack Obama’s vacant U.S. Senate seat — the seat the governor is charged with trying to sell to the highest bidder.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich defied fellow Democrats by appointing a successor on Tuesday to fill Barack Obama’s vacant U.S. Senate seat — the seat the governor is charged with trying to sell to the highest bidder.

KAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) - A small group of placard-waving pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered near U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s vacation retreat in Hawaii on Tuesday to protest against the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.

KAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) - A small group of placard-waving pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered near U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s vacation retreat in Hawaii on Tuesday to protest against the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, warning that “millions of Americans cannot find affordable financing for basic credit needs,” announced a major expansion of the federal bailout on Tuesday — as much as $800 billion to make mortgages and consumer credit more available and affordable.
The government will buy up to $600 billion in mortgage-backed assets, [...]