Monday, February 7, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Obama's olive branch to big business: Will it work? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 07:31 AM PST

President Barack Obama speaks about the future of energy and technology competitiveness during his visit to Pennsylvania State University, February 3, 2011. REUTERS/Jason ReedExclusive to Yahoo! News - If any doubt exists about whether President Obama gets the message that the American public wants him to put revitalizing job growth at the top of his priority list, the last two weeks should surely put them to rest.

Obama sees progress in Egypt political talks (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:42 PM PST

President Barack Obama listens to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a joint news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, February 4, 2011. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - Talks to resolve Egypt's crisis are making progress, President Barack Obama said on Monday, despite few concrete advances between President Hosni Mubarak's government and protesters demanding his immediate ouster.

The Fast Fix: Return of the Bush family? (The Newsroom)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 05:21 AM PST

The Newsroom - Will the Bush family return to the national spotlight? Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for the Morning Fix newsletter. Click here for the Afternoon Fix newsletter. Follow The Fix on Twitter @thefix or @thehyperfix.

By one measure, federal taxes lowest since 1950 (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 12:39 PM PST

President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the stage after speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Taxes too high?

O’Reilly brings Fox News arguments to the White House (The Cutline)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 09:10 AM PST

The Cutline - Fox News and the White House have had some fierce battles over the past two years. Despite the tension, Bill O'Reilly's much-anticipated showdown with President Obama on Sunday started on a comparatively civil note. O'Reilly thanked President Obama and his administration for helping rescue Fox News correspondent Greg Palkot and cameraman Olaf Wiig after they were [...]

Senate memo shows fight awaits Dodd-Frank foes (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 12:57 PM PST

Reuters - The uphill push faced by Republicans in trying to roll back last year's Dodd-Frank law was made clear on Monday by a memo from the Senate Banking Committee pledging to protect financial reforms.

Rights groups vow to hunt Bush over torture (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:40 PM PST

Human rights groups vowed Monday to pursue George W. Bush, seen here in 2010 signing his memoir, wherever he travels, claiming that the former US president had cancelled a trip to Switzerland over fears that he could be probed for torture.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Tom Pennington)AFP - Human rights groups vowed Monday to pursue George W. Bush wherever he travels, claiming that the former US president had cancelled a trip to Switzerland over fears that he could be probed for torture.

Nancy Pelosi has been diagnosed with Bieber fever (The Ticket)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 11:20 AM PST

The Ticket - We already knew that Nancy Pelosi is a U2 superfan. But should Bono be jealous? Per Politico's Jennifer Epstein, the Democratic House leader waxed on about teen pop heartthrob Justin Bieber in a radio interview today with Oprah pal Gayle King. "He's adorable, but also substantial," Pelosi declared. (Photo of Bieber: Peter Kramer/AP)

Egypt: It's not about Mubarak (Politico)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 11:17 AM PST

Politico - Opinion: Focusing on the president is a short term mistake, Egypt's political system is the real problem.

HuffPost to AOL: Leaving left behind? (Politico)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 10:33 AM PST

Politico - The sale may signal a distancing from liberal roots.

Obama to CEOs: Ask what you can do for America (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 02:31 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Echoing John F. Kennedy, President Barack Obama prodded business leaders Monday to "ask yourselves what you can do for America," not just for company bottom lines, even as he sought to smooth his uneasy relations with the nation's corporate executives.

Feds settle case of woman fired over Facebook site (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 02:29 PM PST

AP - Employers should think twice before trying to restrict workers from talking about their jobs on Facebook or other social media.

Boehner a no-show at White House state dinner (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:50 PM PST

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, takes part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, to discuss the upcoming vote to repeal the health care bill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - House Speaker John Boehner's decision to skip the White House state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao, following his declining to join President Barack Obama aboard Air Force One last week, has again raised the question of whether the two political leaders are having trouble getting along.

UK's Cameron: Egypt reforms must be irreversible (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 08:58 AM PST

AP - British Prime Minster David Cameron says he told Egypt's Vice President Omar Suleiman political reforms must be "irreversible, urgent and real."

PROMISES, PROMISES: Charting anti-obesity progress (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:05 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2010 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama runs a 40-yard sprint as she participates in the Let's Move! Campaign and the NFL's Play 60 Campaign festivities with area youth, to promote exercise and fight childhood obesity, in New Orleans. Michelle Obama had doubts about making a campaign against childhood obesity one of her signature issues.“I wondered to myself whether we could really make a difference, because when you take on a problem this big and this complicated, at times it can be a little overwhelming,” she said in a recent speech. The anti-obesity campaign Mrs. Obama calls “Let’s Move!” celebrates its first anniversary Wednesday. Is it making a difference? (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Michelle Obama had doubts about making a campaign against childhood obesity one of her signature issues.

Is Our Man in Cairo a Pro-Mubarak Lackey? (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:49 PM PST

The Atlantic Wire - Frank Wisner, President Obama's envoy to Egypt, ignited a firestorm over the weekend by asserting that "President Mubarak's continued leadership is critical." The remark contrasted starkly with Obama's previously stated calls for an "orderly transition" to begin in Egypt immediately. Why the mixed messages? Well, it may have something to do with the fact Wisner is on the payroll for a New York-DC law firm that works for the Egyptian government. The Independent's Robert Fisk discovered the apparent conflict of interest earlier today:The US State Department and Mr Wisner himself have now both claimed that his remarks were made in a "personal capacity". But there is nothing "personal" about Mr Wisner's connections with the litigation firm Patton Boggs, which openly boasts that it advises "the Egyptian military, the Egyptian Economic Development Agency, and has handled arbitrations and litigation on the [Mubarak] government's behalf in Europe and the US". Oddly, not a single journalist raised this extraordinary connection with US government officials â€" nor the blatant conflict of interest it appears to represent.

Utah governor will face tough choice if both Romney and Huntsman run for president (Daily Caller)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:00 PM PST

Daily Caller - SALT LAKE CITY— Things could get a little awkward for Utah Gov. Gary Herbert in the 2012 Republican primaries, but he's not sweating it yet.

Is the Air Force planning to prosecute service members’ families for reading WikiLeaks? (Daily Caller)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 10:44 AM PST

Daily Caller - Are you a spy? If you have a family member in the Air Force and have seen any of the material released by WikiLeaks, USAF lawyers are saying you may be in violation of the Espionage Act.

Florida governor wants spending and tax cuts (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 02:58 PM PST

Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott waves to the crowd near the end of his victory rally in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, November 3, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew InnerarityReuters - Florida's Tea Party-backed Governor Rick Scott proposed cutting more than $5 billion from state spending on Monday while also slashing taxes as he laid out his first budget proposal aimed at closing a deficit of at least $3 billion.

Only in America: Can Sarah Palin trademark her name? (The Week)

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:50 AM PST

The Week - The divisive Alaskan and her daughter want to block impersonators from profiting off them. Will Palin soon be Palin®?
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