Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

How outcome in Egypt could affect the United States (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 11:29 AM PST

Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Steve Clemons The turmoil in Egypt is intensifying and the outcome of the increasingly bloody demonstrations remains unclear. Anti-government protesters and pro-government supporters are clashing in the streets of Cairo, and the Egyptian military is ordering everybody to go …

Senate Republicans forcing a vote on health law (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:07 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., accompanied by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2011, to respond to Republican critics on health care and the aviation bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - On a day rich in political theater, Senate Republicans pushed for repeal of the year-old health care law on Wednesday, certain of defeat yet eager to force rank-and-file Democrats to take a stand on an issue steeped in controversy.

The Fast Fix: Why North Carolina won the Dems’ 2012 convention (The Newsroom)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 06:37 AM PST

The Newsroom - What's behind Obama's conventional thinking? The key reasons why the 2012 Democratic National Convention will take place in the Tar Heel state. Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for the Morning Fix newsletter. Click here …

AP sources: House GOP readies restrictions on EPA (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:04 AM PST

AP - In a sharp challenge to the Obama administration, House Republican leaders intend to unveil legislation to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases, officials said. They expect to advance the bill quickly.

US welcomes inter-Korean talks (AFP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:11 PM PST

South Korean policemen wearing gas masks stand guard during a civil defence drill at an apartment village in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, in 2010. The United States on Wednesday welcomed talks between the two Koreas as a key step to resuming dialogue with the North, but renewed concerns about the communist state's nuclear program.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - The United States on Wednesday welcomed talks between the two Koreas as a key step to resuming dialogue with the North, but renewed concerns about the communist state's nuclear program.

Obama and McCain end long-running feud (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:08 PM PST

Then President-elect Barack Obama speaks with U.S. Senator John McCain at a bipartisan dinner honoring McCain in Washington, DC January 19, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama and Republican Senator John McCain, bitter rivals from the 2008 election campaign whose feud festered for two years, completed a thaw on Wednesday when they sat down for Oval Office talks.

Clinton calls Suleiman, urges probe of violence (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:16 PM PST

(L-R) Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Director of National Intelligence Gen. James Clapper attend a meeting of cabinet-level officials to discuss efforts against human trafficking, at the State Department in Washington, February 1, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Egypt's newly named vice president to hold accountable those responsible for violence in Cairo on Wednesday, the U.S. State Department said.

Issa battles DHS over FOIA requests (Politico)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:34 PM PST

Politico - He claims he has information from a whistleblower that suggests officials restricted information.

Fla. to Obama: Keep the health cash (Politico)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 11:05 AM PST

Politico - The state is taking back its request for a $1 million grant to implement the new health law.

White House challenges Mubarak to show who he is (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:10 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks about the situation in Egypt in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Confronted by scenes of bloody chaos in Cairo, the White House on Wednesday challenged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to show the world "exactly who he is" by quickly leading a peaceful transition to democracy. That outcome seemed ever more elusive.

Too big to stop? Obama's overhaul lumbers on (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 12:28 PM PST

FILE - In this March 19, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about healthcare reform at the Patriot Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Back when the big health care law was little more than a dream, and when he was a presidential hopeful, Obama spoke out against the idea of forcing people to get health insurance. He said that would be like solving homelessness by passing a law making people buy a house. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama's health care law has too much momentum for one judge to stop it. Most insurers, hospital executives and state officials expect they'll keep carrying out the overhaul even after a federal judge cast its fate in doubt by declaring it unconstitutional.

House Republicans eye UN budget in vote next week (AP)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 07:49 AM PST

AP - House Republicans are eyeing reclaiming hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. contributions to the United Nations in a vote slated for next week.

Reagan's '80s Brought Worries Equal to Obama's Present (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 02:13 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - Ronald Reagan would have been 100 years old on Sunday. To mark the date, Yahoo! News asked readers to compare their lives today with their lives during his presidency. Below is an essay from a reader.

President Obama Could Be Given an Internet 'Kill Switch' (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 03:10 PM PST

ContributorNetwork - In the wake of the Egyptian Internet blackout, which sparked anti-government protests, American senators have proposed legislation that would grant President Barack Obama a "kill switch" power to shut down the Internet should the U.S. suffer a cyber attack. The blackouts in Egypt were intended to stop the demonstrations in the country, but instead, shutting off the people of Egypt from the rest of the world resulted in mass riots.

Upton investigates Obamacare advertising campaign, stimulus funding (Daily Caller)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:57 PM PST

Daily Caller - Top GOP health-care official Rep. Fred Upton is taking a close look at the Obama administration's advertising blitz for Obamacare, giving the president two weeks to provide all documents related to the P.R. push that included spots by aging TV star Andy Griffith.

Guardian book: Assange paid Holocaust denier to represent WikiLeaks (Daily Caller)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:08 PM PST

Daily Caller - On Monday, The Guardian published "WIKILEAKS: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy."

FIRST TICKET: Romney praises Palin; Huckabee doesn’t go anywhere without a guitar (The Ticket)

Posted: 02 Feb 2011 05:26 AM PST

The Ticket - Welcome to First Ticket, a morning snapshot of the day's political news. • Mitt Romney thinks Sarah Palin is an "extraordinarily powerful and effective voice" in the GOP. (CNN) • David Axelrod insists President Obama will be competitive in red states in 2012. (Huffington Post) • Is Jon Huntsman the "No Labels" candidate? (Hotline on [...]

Rachel Maddow and NBC Struggle With Satire (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 08:22 PM PST

The Atlantic Wire - Update: See belowThe Internet's finest satirists hooked a big fish in the media world last night. In an embarrassing segment on her MSNBC show, Rachel Maddow slammed conservatives for attacking President Obama's Egypt policies. Her targets included Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, former ambassador to the UN John Bolton and Stephenson Billings at ChristWire.org. Only problem is Stephenson Billings is not a real person. He's a fictional byproduct of a website that also warns readers that the Xbox Kinect is a terrorist training tool and the Japanese have created scary robot babies which "threaten humanity."The article that caught Maddow's eye called for an "American-led invasion" into Egypt and begged former Alaska governor Sarah Palin to lead the war cry. "The escalating crisis in Egypt could become a defining moment for Sarah Palin," Billings wrote. "Governor Palin needs to speak out publicly and forcibly for an American-led invasion to protect our interests in North Africa." In the following clip (which MSNBC scrubbed from its website) Maddow falls for the article hook, line and sinker:The fact that ChristWire isn't a sincere Christian web forum has been a difficult lesson for the mainstream media to learnâ€"especially NBC and its affiliates. The Atlantic Wire first outed ChristWire last July, when NBC's New York and Los Angeles affiliates published an article about the Christian right boycotting actor Bill Murray. NBC's Drew Magary linked to a ChristWire article calling Murray a "murderer of lambs" and a "fatal disease" to America's children. The article's author? Stephenson Billings. Maybe the company should flag this guy in its employee handbook.Now to Maddow's credit, her blog acknowledged the mistake quickly after the broadcast aired. Last night, the Maddow Blog tweeted:
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