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Catholic hospitals support health care bill (AP)
AP - A group representing Catholic hospitals Saturday rallied behind President Barack Obama's health care bill ahead of a House vote in which anti-abortion lawmakers could play a decisive role.
Pubished :Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:30:10 GMT2 hours ago )
Port Authority, developer continue WTC talks (AP)
AP - Both sides negotiating a new completion plan for the World Trade Center site say they're continuing to talk despite a deadline.
Pubished :Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:07:14 GMT20 hours ago )
U.S. expects to agree on new arms deal "soon" (Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama and Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev are committed to concluding a new pact to cut nuclear arms soon, the White House said after the two leaders spoke by telephone on Saturday.
Pubished :Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:05:48 GMT59 minutes ago )
Divided party? It's not just GOP, but also Dems (AP)
AP - For all the evidence of a divided GOP, the Democratic Party has its own widening cracks that could make a potentially bleak election year even more dour.
Pubished :Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:38:49 GMT6 hours ago )
Obama to unveil education plan (Politico)
Politico - The blueprint he is sending to Congress will flesh out details of his plan.
Pubished :Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:45:09 GMT11 hours ago )
Obama's reluctant populism irks left (Politico)
Politico - Liberals are looking to Obama for leadership, but complain he is falling short.
Pubished :Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:44:35 GMT11 hours ago )
Obama chooses 1st young appeals court nominee (AP)
AP - Thirteen months into his presidency, Barack Obama finally gave liberal supporters the kind of judicial nominee they had sought and conservatives feared.
Pubished :Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:46:53 GMT8 hours ago )
Obama prepares education overhaul (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday promised to rewrite the nation's sweeping and controversial education law known as No Child Left Behind with a plan to prepare students for life after high school and to place better teachers at the blackboards.
Pubished :Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:07:31 GMT10 hours ago )
GOP warns again against passing health bill (AP)
AP - Newly arrived Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts accused President Barack Obama and Democrats on Saturday of a "bitter, destructive and endless" drive to pass health overhaul legislation that Brown warned would be disastrous.
Pubished :Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:12:05 GMT10 hours ago )
US gov't knew about NJ man before Yemen arrest (AP)
AP - A law enforcement official says the U.S. government knew about the New Jersey man charged in Yemen with being a member of al-Qaida, even before Yemeni officials arrested him.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:52:14 GMT
Health care battle delays Obama Pacific trip (AFP)
AFP - The fierce and fateful battle over health care reform forced President Barack Obama to delay his departure on a trip to Indonesia and Australia by three days, to March 21.
Pubished :Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:46:53 GMT15 hours ago )
Massa media: The week on cable (Politico)
Politico - Eric Massa has provided a story line that's proven irresistible to right-wing media.
Pubished :Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:12:37 GMT21 hours ago )
Clinton's tough talk with Netanyahu (Politico)
Politico - Secretary of state expresses opposition to Israel creating settlements in East Jerusalem.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:14:30 GMT24 hours ago )
Al-Qaida may be encouraging lone jihadists in U.S. (AP)
AP - Ever since al-Qaida attacked the United States in 2001, U.S. authorities have worked to detect and prevent the next big terrorist strike.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:06:10 GMT
Obama eyes Fed picks in central bank revamp (AFP)
AFP - US President Barack Obama is strongly considering three candidates to fill vacancies at the Federal Reserve board, the White House said Friday as he moves to revamp the central bank.
Pubished :Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:35:03 GMT20 hours ago )
Obama convenes Afghan war cabinet (AFP)
AFP - US General Stanley McChrystal briefed President Barack Obama and his war cabinet on Friday on "progress" in the first big offensive of the US Afghan surge strategy, the White House said.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:18:50 GMT24 hours ago )
New Shots Fired in Health Care Ad War (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Another round in the health care debate advertising assault were fired off Friday, with groups both for and against the Democratic-backed legislation dropping approximately $1.5 million on television and radio buys to push their side of the debate.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:03:21 GMT
It's time to spring forward again (AP)
AP - Good evening sunshine, America says hello, you light up our evenings, we light charcoal below.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:45:35 GMT
States scramble after high court election ruling (AP)
AP - The U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of decades-old campaign spending limits gives states scant time to face an election-year dilemma: brace for a flood of new money in politics, or find new ways to rein it in.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:44:13 GMT
Where Obama's Nobel money is going (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, drawing attention to organizations he said "do extraordinary work."
Pubished :Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:59:41 GMT
Sen. Reid's wife has surgery after serious crash (AP)
AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife underwent surgery Friday after breaking her neck and back in a traffic accident that also injured the senator's daughter, a spokesman said.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:42:11 GMT
Government sends e-mails; it just can't save them (AP)
AP - As the Justice Department hunts for the latest batch of missing federal e-mails, the officials who oversee spending of $71 billion a year for information technology got a big raspberry Friday for a 14-year-long failure to ensure that government e-mails are preserved.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:43:00 GMT
Pelosi: House vote may be next week (Politico)
Politico - The speaker vows to stay in session until the chamber comes to a vote on health care reform.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:38:19 GMT
Rove 'proud' of waterboarding (Politico)
Politico - “Yes, I'm proud that we kept the world safer than it was," former Bush adviser tells BBC.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:51:13 GMT
AG Holder didn't reveal all legal papers to Senate (AP)
AP - Justice Department officials say that when senators were considering Eric Holder's nomination to be attorney general last year, he didn't given them all the legal briefs he had signed from his time in private practice.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:16:23 GMT
AP Interview: Kerry: Energy bill more about jobs (AP)
AP - Sen. John Kerry says he is pushing environmental reforms to create jobs and spark energy independence, with climate benefits along "for the ride."
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:23:53 GMT24 hours ago )
Pelosi: Hill closing in on health care overhaul (AP)
AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is voicing fresh confidence there are enough votes to pass sweeping health care legislation, saying lawmakers are "one day closer" to a historic achievement.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:27:50 GMT
Gavin Newsom's next act (Politico)
Politico - San Francisco Democratic mayor plans to launch a bid for lieutenant governor.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:42:36 GMT
Kilpatrick summoned by grand jury (Politico)
Politico - The Detroit congresswoman has been called to testify along with one of her aides.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:06:23 GMT
For Obama, big agenda and small window for results (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama's intense juggling of domestic issues reflects all the realities he faces at once: a vast agenda, a smaller window for results this year and a need to keep promises to constituencies that will have a huge say in the fall congressional elections.
Pubished :Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:24:36 GMT
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