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The Environmental Protection Agency is working on new clean air rules that would allow coal-fired power plants to be built closer to national parks.

It's part of an effort by the Bush administration to put looser environmental regulations in place before leaving office.

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President-elect Barack Obama's transition from the Bush administration to his own Cabinet and staff will be the toughest since the Civil War, according to Paul Light of New York University's School of Public Service.

"There are enough Republicans in the Senate to place legislative holds on nominations," Light said.

Spreading democracy worldwide may continue with the new president, but policies are likely to look different than they did under the Bush administration.

Both candidates have close ties to international democracy-promoting organizations.

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A pair of classified memos from the Bush administration have surfaced showing the executive office endorsed the use of harsh interrogation techniques, including waterboarding. Washington Post investigative reporter Joby Warrick discusses the memos.

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The Bush administration unveiled a historic plan aimed at restoring confidence in the financial system and blunting further damage to the economy.

The government plans to spend about $250 billion to buy equity stakes in banks and will guarantee new bank debt for the next three years.

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Victor Cha, director of Asian studies at Georgetown University and a senior fellow at the Pacific Council, explains the Bush administration's recent move to delist North Korea from the list of states that sponsor terrorism.

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Markets were jittery Thursday even as the Bush administration signaled some of the money in the $700 billion bailout package could be used to invest directly in troubled banks in exchange for equity stakes.

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The Bush administration came under fire for the sacking of nine U.S. attorneys said not to support his policies.

Now criminal charges could be filed related to firings. We examine who's being named in a report released Monday.

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Lawmakers are hardly the only ones questioning whether the Bush administration's $700 billion plan to bailout Wall Street will work — or whether it's even the right option.

Here, a look at some of the objections being raised on and off Capitol Hill.

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The Bush administration is embarking on what promises to be the biggest government financial intervention since the Great Depression, asking Congress to approve a comprehensive plan to rescue a financial system besieged by bad loans.

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