In his quest for the Labor leadership, Kevin Rudd's greatest allies were the media. The foundation stones of Labor power - the unions and the factions - were, for Rudd , stumbling blocks. Without patronage, Rudd had to find another way to the...

In this article: Kevin Rudd, Chris Mitchell, Rupert Murdoch, John Howard, The Courier-Mail, George Bush, Brisbane, Kirribilli House, and The Monthly

...million to extend the school chaplaincy program until December 2011. The announcement, to be made by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at the Australian Christian Lobby's annual conference in Canberra on Saturday, comes after the opposition...

In this article: Kevin Rudd, Canberra, and Australian Christian Lobby

...total deficit of over GBP200bn this year - the biggest shortfall by far seen in peacetime. In his Budget this spring, the Chancellor, Alistair Darling , forecast a deficit of GBP175bn, already the largest among advanced economies. At the...

In this article: Alistair Darling, UK, Tax, Labour, Liberal Democrat, and Ed Balls

... Geithner , when asked by NBC News whether the 640,000 figure was fact or spin: "This is a fact." Nov. 6, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood , in remarks to the Chamber of Commerce: "We know for a fact that Recovery Act investments have...

In this article: White House, Joe Biden, Darrell Issa, Timothy Geithner, George W. Bush, and Ray LaHood

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates is putting former Army Secretary Togo West and former Navy chief Vernon Clark in charge of a broad Pentagon review of the circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood shootings. Gates says the...

In this article: Eric Holder, Robert Gates, Fort Hood, Togo West, Susan Collins, and Islamic

KABUL -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton lauded the newly sworn-in Afghan president for outlining a plan to crack down on corruption in his inaugural speech Thursday, but warned that Washington and the international community...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S., Afghanistan, Kabul, Stanley McChrystal, Opium, Karim Khalili, Cholesterol, and Heroin

Photograph: Junko Kimura/Getty images The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development today warned Alistair Darling that he could not afford pre-election giveaways, as official figures revealed that last month was the worst...

In this article: Alistair Darling, Tax, UK, China, Balance sheet, Recession, and Unemployment

KABUL -- On the eve of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's inauguration to a second term, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Kabul Wednesday with a message that the Afghan leader needed to "make a new compact" with Afghan people by...

In this article: Hillary Clinton, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Kabul, Stanley A. McChrystal, Taliban, Richard Holbrooke, and U.S.

KABUL -- Hillary Rodham Clinton , on her first trip to Afghanistan as U.S. secretary of state, said Wednesday that President Hamid Karzai's inauguration provides an opportunity for him to improve government accountability and make a...

In this article: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hamid Karzai, U.S., Afghanistan, Kabul, Barack Obama, Europe, and Beijing

... Treasury last night admitted that there would be no absolute cap on the scale of bonuses. Crackdown: But neither Alistair Darling nor Gordon Brown will stop the City's GBP6bn bonus payments in the coming weeks despite promising to protect...

In this article: Alistair Darling, Financial Services Authority, Labour, Gordon Brown, Philip Hammond, and Britain

THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING WASHINGTON - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said yesterday he will create a special panel to develop a plan to restore health to the ailing airline industry, which is losing billions of...

In this article: Ray LaHood, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transport Association, White House, and Washington

...who got Resignation of the Year for leaving his post as Work and Pensions Secretary, and who might have toppled Gordon Brown had Lord Mandelson not rushed to the Prime Minister's rescue, said his career was going really well until the...

In this article: Peter Mandelson, Boris Johnson, Alistair Darling, Joanna Lumley, Labour Party, David Cameron, Beneficiary, and Rothschild family

WASHINGTON - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday he will create a special panel to come up with a plan to restore health to the ailing airline industry, which is losing billions of dollars, shedding jobs and blamed for using a...

In this article: Ray LaHood, Shock, US Airways, Federal Aviation Administration, White House, Bankruptcy, Air Transport Association, and Doug Parker

...Press Writer Joan Lowy, Associated Press Writer - 42 mins ago WASHINGTON - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday he will create a special panel to come up with a plan to restore health to the ailing airline industry, which is...

In this article: Ray LaHood, Shock, US Airways, Federal Aviation Administration, White House, Bankruptcy, Air Transport Association, and Doug Parker

...after scooping one of the top accolades at a Westminster awards ceremony. Published: 4:13PM GMT 12 Nov 2009 Alistair Darling , Lord Mandelson , Boris Johnson and Harriet Harman at the Spectator awards Photo: EDDIE MULHOLLAND The Business...

In this article: Peter Mandelson, Alistair Darling, Harriet Harman, James Purnell, Tony Blair, The Spectator, Rod Liddle, and Fraser Nelson

...with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan this morning at his office. He had other important duties, but I would not let him go until he addressed each and every one of the questions sent in by readers last night and this morning. (Sorry, I...

In this article: Arne Duncan, Usdoe, NCLB, Steven Levitt, Stipulation, and Class struggle

...man in Government, had "consolidated his already powerful position" with his handling of economic and political crises. Another of Gordon Brown's lieutenants, Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman , was named Parliamentarian of the Year - a...

In this article: Peter Mandelson, Alistair Darling, James Purnell, Harriet Harman, Tony Blair, The Spectator, Rod Liddle, Fraser Nelson, William Hague, and Ken Clarke

Chancellor Alistair Darling today urged the world's most powerful finance ministers to treat climate change with the same urgency they gave to the world economic turmoil. He issued his plea at the start of a meeting of G20 finance...

In this article: Alistair Darling, Climate change, St Andrews, Copenhagen, Mervyn King, Timothy Geithner, Bank of England, Ben Bernanke, and US