Friday, July 30, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News


GOP gets wish: Rangel case in campaign season (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:57 AM PDT

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., puts on his jacket as he leaves his office to go for a vote on the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 29, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.


Obama to sell auto bailout good news in Michigan (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:58 AM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama is going to the heart of the U.S. auto industry to push an important election-year claim: his administration's unpopular auto industry bailout has turned into an economic good-news story.


Obama Mocks Polls But Spends More On Them ($4.4M) Than Bush Did (Huffington Post)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 09:36 AM PDT

Huffington Post - With Reporting By Julian Hattem

Immigration Debate: Border Cities See Less Violent Crime (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:20 AM PDT

Time.com - The crime rates in large U.S. cities near the border, contrary to the fears that lie behind Arizona's tough new immigration law, are among the lowest in the country

Conservatives doubt Sherrod’s case against Breitbart (The Upshot)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 02:06 PM PDT

The Upshot - Shirley Sherrod caused liberals to rejoice Thursday by telling a San Diego audience that she'll "definitely" sue conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart. But are things so bad for Breitbart, a media provocateur who appears to thrive off controversy? Despite posting the misleading clip of Sherrod that led to her resignation,  Breitbart hasn't apologized and continues using [...]

Rod Blagojevich's Trial: A Look at the Court's 12 Jurors (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:20 AM PDT

Time.com - A brief look at the six men and six women who are tasked with deciding whether the guilt or innocence of the ex-governor of Illinois and his brother

Meet Basil Marceaux, Tennessee’s most famous gubernatorial candidate (The Upshot)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 11:34 AM PDT

The Upshot - If the conclusion of Alabama's primary season found you mourning the lack of eccentric candidates with super weird political goals, meet Basil Marceaux, America's latest viral superstar. A former Marine, Marceaux is running dead last in a four-way race for Tennessee's GOP gubernatorial nomination. Last week, as they have done with the other candidates, a [...]

Budget-cutting Dems are undercut (Politico)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:13 AM PDT

Politico - A fight breaks out behind closed doors over an amendment slashing programs by $1.02 billion.

Speaker defends troubled majority (Politico)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:27 AM PDT

Politico - Nancy Pelosi says House Democrats are going home with a "portfolio of accomplishments."

Soldier accused of leaking secrets flown to US (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:23 AM PDT

AP - The Army intelligence specialist charged with leaking U.S. military secrets to the WikiLeaks website has been moved from Kuwait to a military jail in Virginia.

Obama signs Tribal Law and Order Act (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 03:09 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has signed a bill giving American Indian tribes more authority to combat crime on their reservations.

UK's Iraq inquiry may recall witnesses (AP)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:19 AM PDT

The homepage of the WikiLeaks website is seen on a computer after leaked classified military documents were posted on it on July 26 in Miami, Florida. A US soldier accused of leaking military video footage from Iraq and suspected in the release of thousands of classified documents about the war in Afghanistan has been transferred to a US military jail, the US Defense Department said on Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AP - Britain's Iraq inquiry says it may recall witnesses to offer new testimony — which could see ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair return to face the panel.


Palestinians Hold to Preconditions for Talks with Israel (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:35 AM PDT

Time.com - U.S. efforts to cajole Mahmoud Abbas into talks with the Israelis have yet to yield results. But the Obama Administration could soon find itself on the spot if such talks go ahead

A Democrat Goes into a Psychiatrist's Office ... (Mona Charen)

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Mona Charen - Come in. Make yourself comfortable. What's that?

Hope Exists for Immigration 'Down Payment' (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 08:13 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - There's not a prayer that comprehensive immigration reform will pass Congress this year, but there's a slim one that a smaller "down payment" measure might. And it should.

Senate panel grills former Arlington cemetery officials (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 03:52 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Two former top officials of Arlington National Cemetery faced hostile questioning on Capitol Hill Thursday about years of negligence that led to unmarked and mismarked graves and mishandled remains.

Recess Lesson: 'There Is No Private' Anymore (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 08:13 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - These are things that strike fear in the hearts of Members of Congress hitting the campaign trail this August recess: angry voters, bad poll numbers, damaging political ads by opponents. But perhaps most of all, they fear the unflattering video clip.

House ethics panel charges Rangel on 13 counts (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 29 Jul 2010 03:20 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A special House of Representatives subcommittee on Thursday outlined 13 counts of ethics violations against Rep. Charles Rangel, the former chairman of the powerful tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. The charges place his political career in jeopardy and could put Democrats on the defensive as November's elections approach.

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