Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Obama secures GOP votes for US-Russia nuclear pact (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 02:30 PM PST

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., right, and Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., talk about the New START Treaty on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama locked up enough Senate Republican votes Tuesday to ratify a new arms control treaty with Russia that would cap nuclear warheads for both former Cold War foes and restart on-site weapons inspections.

Yahoo! readers: Little consensus on how to fix deficit (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 02:00 AM PST

US President Barack Obama seen speaking in June 2010. A high-profile panel set up by President Barack Obama recommended controversial spending cuts and sweeping tax reforms today in a bid to slash US budget deficits by four trillion dollars over the next decade.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - Look quickly, before it disappears: After two years of intense partisan battling, compromise seems to be breaking out all over Washington. Republicans and Democrats came together last week to extend the Bush-era tax cuts, renew unemployment benefits, offer new tax …

Census shows slowing US growth, brings GOP gains (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 02:04 PM PST

Census Bureau Director Robert Groves announces results for the 2010 U.S. Census at the National Press Club, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Republican-leaning states will gain at least a half dozen House seats thanks to the 2010 census, which found the nation's population growing more slowly than in past decades but still shifting to the South and West.

The Fast Fix: Michele Bachmann for Senate? (The Newsroom)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 08:30 AM PST

The Newsroom - Could Minnesota's Rep. Michele Bachmann, a tea party favorite, make a successful run for Senate?

Barbour defends comments on race, but is the damage done to his potential 2012 bid? (The Ticket)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 09:03 AM PST

The Ticket - Could Haley Barbour's comments on race doom his potential 2012 GOP presidential run before it even starts? On Tuesday, the Mississippi governor sought to clarify his remarks to the Weekly Standard's Andrew Ferguson about growing up at the height of the civil rights movement in Mississippi. "I just don't remember it as being that bad," [...]

Does the GOP Have a Tea Party Problem? (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 10:42 AM PST

The Atlantic Wire - Many wondered not whether the Tea Party would become a headache for Republicans, but when. The answer might be: right now. John Boehner hasn't even claimed his speakerly throne yet, and already there are "signs of a rift" between top Republicans and the Tea Party that helped them win a majority in the House, ABC News' Huma Khan reports. Tea Partiers aren't happy about compromises on the Bush tax cuts, food safety, gays in the military, and other compromises that they see as more of politics as usual.

Vitter: Don't count illegal immigrants (Politico)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 01:04 PM PST

Politico - "States that welcome illegal immigrants stand to unfairly benefit," Republican says.

Arlen Specter says goodbye (Politico)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 09:46 AM PST

Politico - Pennsylvania’s longest-serving senator closes his 30-year Senate career.

Census: South leads US in fastest growth (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 08:45 AM PST

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke arrives at the presentation of the 2010 Census U.S. population at the National Press Club in Washington December 21, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)AP - Census director Robert Groves says the South and West continued their strong population growth over the last decade.

US orders nearly all personnel out of Ivory Coast (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 12:19 PM PST

AP - The State Department is ordering most of its personnel to leave Ivory Coast because of what officials are calling a deteriorating political and security situation and growing anti-Western sentiment.

Montenegro's PM Djukanovic resigns (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 10:10 AM PST

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic smiles during a press conference in Podgorica, Montenegro, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. Djukanovic, the longest-serving Balkan leader who led his tiny Balkan nation to independence and European Union membership candidacy, resigned on Tuesday. Djukanovic, who also faced allegations of crime and corruption, said he is stepping down because he has fulfilled his task to bring Montenegro closer to the EU and NATO membership. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)AP - Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, who has led Montenegro for almost 20 years, resigned abruptly Tuesday but insisted it was not due to international pressure over his alleged criminal past.

Group pushes for nationwide wolf restoration (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 02:49 PM PST

FILE - This undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a gray wolf. An environmental group has filed notice that it will sue the federal government to force it to adopt a plan for the recovery of gray wolves across the lower 48 states. Biologists with the Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity said Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010 they want to expand that recovery nationwide. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,file)AP - Environmentalists intend to sue the Obama administration to force it to restore gray wolves across the lower 48 states — even as Republicans seek to strip the animals of their existing protections.

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Ain't Over Til It's Over (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 11:17 AM PST

ContributorNetwork - "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the U.S. military policy banning gays, lesbians and bisexuals from serving openly in the military, in place for 17 years, has been repealed by Congress. The legislation is to be signed by President Obama Wednesday morning.

Julian Assange’s son tweets: ‘father declared me a sociopath’ (Daily Caller)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:34 PM PST

Daily Caller - It appears that while WikiLeaks founder and alleged rapist Julian Assange may have won the adulation of leftists around the world, his relationship with his son is a bit stranger.

2010 Census data released: Texas gains seats, New York and Ohio lose seats (Daily Caller)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 09:05 AM PST

Daily Caller - Texas will gain four seats in the House of Representatives, while Ohio and New York will each lose two, according to the results of the 2010 Census, released Tuesday morning.

As she considers a 2012 run, Palin loses a key staffer (The Ticket)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 01:48 PM PST

The Ticket - Sarah Palin is losing a key member of her closely knit inner circle. As the Anchorage Daily News first reported, Thomas Van Flein, a longtime lawyer and adviser to the ex-Alaska governor, is moving to Washington to work for Paul Gosar, a freshman GOP congressman from Arizona. According to Gosar's office, Van Flein will serve [...]

Specter farewell speech slams GOP 'cannibalism' (AP)

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:03 PM PST

AP - Departing Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter on Tuesday said conservative Republicans who backed tea party challengers against establishment candidates in the recent elections engaged in political cannibalism.
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