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Democratic leaders in Congress clashed Thursday with Congressional Budget Office director Doug Elmendorf over his statement that the legislation coming out of the House and Senate this week would significantly raise federal spending on health care.

Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson testified Thursday in the third and final House hearing looking into the government's role in the Bank of America purchase of Merrill Lynch. Jim Lehrer discusses the hearings with Binyamin Appelbaum of the Washington Post.

With Judge Sonia Sotomayor's testimony coming to a close, analysts Marcia Coyle and Tom Goldstein join Judy Woodruff to examine the confirmation hearings and look forward to her prospects with the Senate.

On the Fourth of July, cyber attacks started targeting computers at the White House, the Pentagon and other major U.S. government agencies. Two experts answered your questions about the attacks and how to keep your computers and Web sites secure.

Lawmakers grilled former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Thursday over the government's role in Bank of America's merger with Merrill Lynch, saying authorities withheld information about losses and intimidated bank executives into sealing the deal.

As coalition forces attempt to wrest control of southern Afghanistan from Taliban insurgents, they are experiencing their highest casualties in eight years of war. Analysts discuss the rise in violence with Gwen Ifill.

Sonia Sotomayor faced new questioning from lawmakers Wednesday. Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy and Sen. Charles Grassley give their take on the hearings.

President Barack Obama delivered a rousing speech Thursday to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, paying tribute to the organization's history and challenging its members to confront continued racial disparities.

The Chinese government reported that the country's economy grew by 7.9 percent in the second quarter of this year, fueled by massive stimulus spending and more than $1 trillion in lending by state-run banks.

Suicide bombers detonated a pair of heavy explosives Friday at two American luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens more, police said. At least 18 foreigners were among the dead and wounded.

Four men who claimed to be estate agents and developers, appeared before an Ebute Meta Magistrate's Court on Monday for allegedly defrauding 83 persons of N21.3 million.

For residents of Angwan Mallam Joda, a sleepy suburb of Jalingo the Taraba State capital, June 10, 2007 cannot be forgotten in a hurry. The crescendo of events of that particular day remain fresh in the memory of the inhabitants

The second phase of activities of the anti corruption unit in the Supreme State Audit was officially launched yesterday.

An Abuja magistrate court Wednesday remanded a 35-year-old motorist in police custody for allegedly driving without a licence and causing the death of a passenger through dangerous driving.

Students of the Auchi Polytechnic have appealed to the school authorities to provide them adequate security against local hoodlums. The appeal became necessary because of what the students call constant harassment in the hands of hoodlums.

Experts are concerned that "ungah", a smoked mixture of dagga and heroin, could spread rapidly among township youth due to its low cost and addictive nature, coupled with a lack of rehabilitation centres.

Efforts to improve the nation's economy through checking the menace of smugglers is being frustrated by 'well to do Nigerians', Comptroller of Customs (Import and Export), Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters Julius Nwagwu has said.

The police yesterday arraigned a 57-year-old house wife for allegedly forging a document with the official stamp and signature of the Chief of Nyanya, Danladi Iya.

Smuggling goes right up to senior government officials and their wives, said the Customs on Thursday, as Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Director General, John Akanya, raised the alarm over threats to his life by the kingpins.