AP – Leading GOP senators on Sunday offered more subtle criticism of the first Hispanic nominated to the Supreme Court, but passed up the chance to stifle racially charged critiques of Sonia Sotomayor by some fellow Republicans.
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Reuters – General Motors Corp and the U.S. government finalized plans on Sunday for the battered company to reorganize, setting the stage for America’s largest-ever industrial bankruptcy and heralding a new and uncertain era for the No. 1 U.S. automaker.
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Reuters – Oil prices extended their rally to near their highest in seven months on Monday, as dollar weakness, stock market optimism and sustained hope for economic recovery supported the market’s best monthly gains in a decade.
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AP – With the clock ticking on a June 1 government deadline to restructure, General Motors Corp. worked feverishly Sunday to shore up its global businesses to clear the way for a speedy reorganization in bankruptcy court.
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AP – Spain’s bullet train system is a model to follow as America plans how to spend the money the government is injecting to stimulate the economy, the U.S. transportation secretary said Saturday.
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AP – A diplomatic tug-of-war over Cuba’s outcast status in the Organization of American States takes center stage at the group’s meeting this week in Honduras, testing U.S. efforts to engage the communist nation.
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AP – A session of the Guantanamo war crimes court that starts Sunday will likely show the difficulties President Barack Obama faces in changing the system and closing the prison by January.
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AP – Wall Street sealed the third month of its spring rally with a huge advance. The fourth month looks a little less certain.
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AP – Republican senators on Sunday avoided joining those in the party using racially charged criticism against President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, underscoring the party’s challenge in opposing the first Hispanic to be chosen for the nation’s highest bench.
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AP – After years of acrimonious economic relations with China, the U.S. insists it wants to turn the page and develop closer ties with the world’s third largest economy.
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