The New York Times
With Democrats in danger of losing control of Congress, some lobbying shops, trade groups and contractors are moving to hire more Republicans.
Senator Lisa Murkowski startled many by saying she might fight on through a third-party or write-in campaign. She could announce a resurrected candidacy as soon as next week.
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has become deeply unpopular with the black middle class that helped to elect him in 2006.
The candidates were recruited by Republicans, and Democrats worry that they will draw away votes.
The ruling said the stay on an order by a federal judge last month was temporary and gave both sides until Sept. 20 to file written arguments in the case.
The administration has pledged tax credits and subsidies to spur manufacturing but has said the lead must come from the private sector.
President Obama called for an end to Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy in a lengthy and sharply populist speech.
Rahm Emanuel is Chicago born and bred, but he has never been seen as one of the city’s towering figures. And that, friends say, is a reason being mayor has been among his biggest ambitions.
Chicago has felt conflicting emotions since Mayor Richard M. Daley said he’d leave the office he has had since 1989.
A sharply divided appeals court dismissed a lawsuit involving the C.I.A.’s “extraordinary rendition” program.
