Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Wary meeting: Obama, GOP leaders pledge tax talks (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:06 PM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks to the press in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC following a meeting with bipartisan Congressional leadership. Obama and top Republicans ended their first post-election summit Tuesday with cordial words about future cooperation but still far apart on taxes and a landmark treaty with Russia.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AP - Heralding a new era of divided government, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans pledged warily to seek common ground on tax cuts and reduced spending Tuesday in their first meeting since tumultuous midterm elections.

WikiLeaks: How could one person leak so much? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:40 AM PST

FILE - This undated file photo obtained by The Associated Press shows U.S. Army Pfc.Bradley Manning. The Obama administration has told whistleblower WikiLeaks that its expected imminent release of classified State Department cables will put 'countless' lives at risk, threaten global counterterrorism operations and jeopardize U.S. relations with its allies. The U.S. says it has known for some time that WikiLeaks held the diplomatic cables. No one has been charged with passing them to the website, but suspicion focuses on U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning. (AP Photo, File)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Marc Ambinder National Journal To date, Bradley Manning stands accused only of providing a classified video of U.S. operations in Iraq to WikiLeaks. But U.S. government officials say they consider Manning the prime suspect behind the flood of documents …

Pentagon leaders say gays won't hurt the military (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:52 PM PST

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, speaks to reporters on gays in the military, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Gay troops can serve openly in the armed forces without harming the military's ability to fight, the Pentagon's top leaders said Tuesday, declaring the 17-year-old "don't ask, don't tell law" should be scrapped and pointing to a new survey to show most troops won't mind.

Senate passes bill to boost food safety (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:19 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2010 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Food and Drug Administration would have to step up inspections of food processors under legislation the Senate is expected to pass this week. The bill, which has stalled in that chamber for more than a year, would give the FDA authority to order a recall of tainted products. Today, the agency must negotiate with sellers of tainted food to do a voluntary recall. The bill would also require food manufacturers and farms to follow stricter standards to keep food safe. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to make food safer in the wake of deadly E. coli and salmonella outbreaks, potentially giving the government broad new powers to increase inspections of food processing facilities and force companies to recall tainted food.

'There oughta be a law' movement lets fed-up citizens write their own laws (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:38 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - While Democrats and Republicans are at odds and polls expressing historic voter dissatisfaction, disgruntled voters in a handful of states now an outlet that could channel that populist anger into real-world solutions, say several political analysts.

Climate summit: Will Cancun succeed where Copenhagen failed? (The Week)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 08:32 AM PST

The Week - After last year's disastrous talks, negotiators are giving it another go in Mexico

Don't understand the economy? It's not your fault. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:58 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Why is it that economists don't understand â€" at a deep and scientific level â€" how the economy works?

Senate takes up DREAM Act (Politico)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:16 PM PST

Politico - The bill would provide some young, undocumented immigrants with a path to citizenship.

Rangel: To be just, Congress must be fair (Politico)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:56 AM PST

Politico - Opinion: The House censure of Rangel is not about race or politics. It’s about fairness.

US cuts access to files after leak embarrassment (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:11 PM PST

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs pauses during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov., 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - The State Department severed its computer files from the government's classified network, officials said Tuesday, as U.S. and world leaders tried to clean up from the embarrassing leak that spilled America's sensitive documents onto screens around the globe.

Interior may force drillers to disclose chemicals (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:05 PM PST

AP - The Interior Department may require natural gas drillers to disclose the chemicals being used in a controversial drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing.

83-year-old murderer caught in Poland (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:04 AM PST

AP - Austrian authorities say an 83-year-old murderer has been caught in Poland after she disappeared from her apartment.

Tax talks handed off to small group of lawmakers (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:25 PM PST

AP - Congressional leaders have appointed a small bipartisan group of lawmakers to meet with Obama administration officials to negotiate a deal to extend Bush-era tax cuts that expire at the end of the year.

NEW FOREIGN POLICY FOR A NEW CENTURY (Georgie Anne Geyer)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:07 PM PST

Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- So this is supposed to be a "new world" after the fall elections. So we were told we will be seeing daring new policies for everything -- from the Tea Partiers' domestic policies to the Obama foreign policy. So, what are we seeing?

Democrats urge Congress to pass Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (Daily Caller)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:15 PM PST

Daily Caller - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the congressmen spearheading the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act made a last-minute plea to the House  – “in the name of the child” — to support passage of the act on Wednesday.

Chaffetz calls Postmaster General’s retirement package ‘ridiculous’ (Daily Caller)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:51 PM PST

Daily Caller - Rep. Jason Chaffetz called the $5.5 million retirement package for outgoing Postmaster General John Potter absurd and unfair in the wake of the United States Postal Service’s announcement that it had lost $8.5 billion this year.

Is WikiLeaks a Terrorist Organization? (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:33 AM PST

The Atlantic Wire - WikiLeaks' release of hundreds, and eventually hundreds of thousands, of secret U.S. diplomatic cables has drawn sharp rebuke from all reaches of the U.S. government. But as calls to prosecute WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange mount, some have taken their outrage a step further. Republican Congressman Peter King, who is widely expected to become the next chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, is calling for WikiLeaks to be classified as a terrorist organization. Sarah Palin wants Julian Assange to be handled (read: killed) in the same manner as a Taliban or al-Qaeda leader. Are they right? What would be the implications of treating WikiLeaks as a terrorist organization?

Christine O’Donnell would vote for Hillary Clinton (The Ticket)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:31 AM PST

The Ticket - Hillary Clinton has said she won't challenge President Obama in 2012, but Christine O'Donnell hopes Clinton changes her mind. O'Donnell, who lost her GOP Senate bid in Delaware, said in an interview with "Good Morning America" on Tuesday that she might even be willing to switch parties to help Clinton. "I hope she runs," the [...]
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