US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner is to face a congressional grilling about suppressed details about deals that funnelled billions to big investment banks while he was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The FBI is investigating allegations of theft and other wrongdoing by American Red Cross volunteers who distributed relief supplies after Hurricane Katrina.

AT least five medications now sold to consumers pose such risks that their sale should be limited or stopped, said a government drug reviewer who raised questions earlier about the arthritis drug Vioxx.

The investigation by the US Congress into why the FBI did not anticipate the September 11 attacks is entering a new public phase, with Director Robert Mueller facing tough questioning from senators.