Updated : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:03:24 GMT
 AP - Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans — and some fellow Democrats — just two months before bruising midterm elections.
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:25:00 GMT
 AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates is adding his voice to those of top U.S. generals and others who say that a Florida church's plan to burn the Quran could endanger U.S. forces in the field.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:08:33 GMT
CQPolitics.com - Even as the tea party movement vows to spend $250,000 in the coming days to defeat Rep. Michael N. Castle, campaign officials from both sides of the aisle concede that Castle should capture the Republican Senate nomination in next week's Delaware primary.
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:04:04 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans, as President Barack Obama proposes to do, probably wouldn't wreck the moribund U.S. economy, but extending the tax cuts they've enjoyed since 2001 could spur some economic benefit.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:03:00 GMT
Time.com - Florida Senate candidate Charlie Crist fights flip-flopping charges as the GOP's Marco Rubio surges ahead in some polls and the Democrats' Kendrick Meek appeals to the left
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:10:00 GMT
Politico - An emerging survival strategy depends on winning a handful of GOP-controlled seats.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:22:14 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - In mid-August in the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz, the Taliban carried out a horrific sentence against two young Afghan lovers who had eloped against their families’ wishes. The punishment was death by stoning. Deemed by Islamic extremists to be justified under sharia law, the process involves partially burying the accused, after which a male crowd hurls stones at the victims’ exposed heads until they die.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:12:12 GMT
 AP - The top two national security advisers in President Barack Obama's Cabinet on Wednesday denounced plans by a small church in Florida to burn the Muslim holy book to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying it would inflame tensions and put Americans abroad at risk.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:18:25 GMT
Politico - The DSCC has bought upwards of $2 million in airtime across Washington state for the incumbent.
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:55:39 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The health care overhaul law will drive health care spending up only slightly over the next decade, new estimates found.
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:00:00 GMT
 AP - Britain is likely to overhaul its extradition laws amid concerns the United States is able to fly suspects out of the U.K. with little proof they have committed a crime, a senior government minister said Wednesday.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:27:39 GMT
CQPolitics.com - Sen. Lisa Murkowski is strongly considering a mounting a November write-in campaign to keep her seat and could make an announcement as soon as tomorrow, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:54:40 GMT
 AP - The nation's health care tab will go up — not down — as a result of President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul. That's the conclusion of a government forecast released Thursday, which also finds the increase will be modest.
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:29:53 GMT
CQPolitics.com - The 111th Congress has a lot to do before it gives way to the 112th next year, but one thing it certainly should do is make clear where it stands on embryonic stem cell research.
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:03:54 GMT
 Reuters - Some Tea Partiers admit mistakes were made. Others are quick to describe the movement's recent efforts in the political arena as not quite ready for prime time.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:45:39 GMT
 AP - After a regional airliner crashed in western New York a year and a half ago, killing 50 people, the Obama administration promised swift action to prevent similar tragedies. High on the list: new rules governing the number of hours pilots may work, to prevent tired flight crews from making fatal errors.
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:26:47 GMT
The Upshot - Nevada GOP Senate hopeful Sharron Angle is pushing back against rival Harry Reid's claims that she would be "too extreme" to serve, telling CNN in an interview that she would be a "mainstream senator" if elected. Angle's record in Nevada doesn't exactly offer strong evidence she'd be willing to work with Democrats, even when other [...]
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:45:49 GMT
 AP - Months of political jockeying began in earnest Wednesday as speculation grew about who would try to succeed Mayor Richard M. Daley as leader of the nation's third-largest city, including one-time aide and current White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:04:59 GMT
 AP - President Barack Obama doesn't go there anymore.
Publ.Date : Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:57:48 GMT
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