Sunday, May 1, 2011

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Yahoo! News: Politics News

Obama mocks Trump's presidential ambitions (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 03:43 AM PDT

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, attend the White House Correspondents̢۪ Association Dinner in Washington, Saturday, April 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - President Barack Obama exacted his revenge Saturday after weeks of attacks from his would-be Republican challenger Donald Trump, joking that the billionaire businessman could bring change to the White House, transforming it from a stately mansion into a tacky casino with a whirlpool in the garden.

Yin to Obama's yang, Huntsman eyes presidential run (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2011 08:40 AM PDT

Reuters - When Republican Jon Huntsman headed to China as ambassador nearly two years ago he praised his new boss, U.S. President Barack Obama, as "a remarkable leader." Now he is expected to launch a campaign to boot him from the White House.

Bachmann uses Holocaust to illustrate tax point (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 09:55 AM PDT

Possible 2012 presidential hopeful, U.S. Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn. speaks during a We the People candidates forum, Saturday, April 30, 2011 in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann on Saturday described the loss of "economic liberty" that young Americans face today as a "flash point of history" in which the younger generation will ask what their elders did to stop it.

Group of 6 senators hones plan to cut US deficits (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 11:14 AM PDT

In this photo taken Dec. 3, 2010, Vice President Joe Biden makes a statement to reporters during a meeting with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on tax policy negotiations on Capitol Hill. Biden is to begin leading a series of bipartisan talks this week in May 2011 on reducing the debt. The Gang of Six, three Republican and three Democrat senators, who want to to trim federal deficits with benefit cuts and higher taxes, wants its plan to be part of the discussion. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - A bipartisan group of six senators is closing in on what could represent the best chance for tackling a deficit crisis that has forced the government to borrow more than 40 cents of every dollar it spends.

Top officials tour storm-ravaged South (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2011 02:46 PM PDT

Volunteers from neighboring Blount County, Alabama help clean up rubble in the Pleasant Grove community April 30, 2011. REUTERS/Marvin GentryReuters - Top government officials planned to survey the devastated landscape left by tornadoes in the South on Sunday as President Barack Obama's administration tries to show it is on top of the deadliest U.S. natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina.

McCain says if NATO kills Gaddafi that's 'fine' (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2011 09:24 AM PDT

Reuters - U.S. Republican Senator John McCain on Sunday said it would be "fine" if NATO air strikes killed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi while targeting his command centers.

NRA focused on ousting Obama (Politico)

Posted: 01 May 2011 11:08 AM PDT

Politico - Its anti-Obama focus resonates because some activists aren't enamored with anyone running.

Meet the new New Hampshire GOP (Politico)

Posted: 01 May 2011 08:54 AM PDT

Politico - In the first primary state, Republicans say they want a nominee who can reenergize the 2010 coalition.

Middle East politics at play in passport dispute (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:42 AM PDT

AP - Menachem Zivotofsky was born in a Jerusalem hospital in 2002. Two months later, his mother showed up at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, to get him a passport.

Sen. Rubio says no way he'll be on GOP 2012 ticket (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 11:07 AM PDT

In this photo released by NBC Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is interviewed on NBC's 'Meet the Press' in Washington, Sunday, May 1, 2011. (AP Photo/NBC, William B. Plowman)AP - First-term GOP Sen. Marco Rubio says he won't be on the Republican presidential ticket in 2012 under any circumstances.

Britain expels Libyan Ambassador (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 07:27 AM PDT

AP - The British government says it is expelling the Libyan Ambassador after the British embassy in Tripoli was attacked.

Thousands march to demand US immigration reform (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 01:58 PM PDT

A woman wearing a Mexican traditional costume attends a march to demand legalization for all immigrants and to stop deportations and the attacks on workers in Los Angeles, California.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)AFP - Thousands of immigrants poured into the streets of Los Angeles on Sunday to demand that President Barack Obama fulfill his campaign promise to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants.

FROM NOBODIES TO NOMINEES (David Shribman)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 05:02 PM PDT

David Shribman - WASHINGTON -- The conventional wisdom is that Barack Obama cannot be beaten. The root of this wisdom is the aphorism, sometimes attributed to former New York Gov. Benjamin B. Odell Jr. and sometimes to former House Speaker Joe Cannon, that you can't beat somebody (Obama) with nobody (any one of the dozen Republican nobodies, male and female, Trump and trumped).

Katy Perry covers ‘Friday’ during concert [VIDEO] (Daily Caller)

Posted: 01 May 2011 11:27 AM PDT

Daily Caller - "Teenage Dream" singer Katy Perry covered Rebecca Black's wildly unpopular single "Friday" during a Friday performance in Melbourne.

Tiger Mother meets Mama Grizzly at WHCD after-party (Daily Caller)

Posted: 01 May 2011 09:39 AM PDT

Daily Caller - "Tiger Mother" Amy Chua bumped into "Mama Grizzly" Sarah Palin at Saturday's Vanity Fair/Bloomberg White House Correspondents' Dinner after-party.

Tea Party's Increasing Unpopularity -- Nobody Likes to Be Threatened (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 01 May 2011 09:38 AM PDT

ContributorNetwork - A recent poll conducted by USA Today/Gallup indicates the tea party movement could be headed for a bit of trouble in the coming months.

Palin to speak at Central Calif. community college (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 08:27 AM PDT

AP - Sarah Palin is returning to Central California's agricultural region to speak at a community college, a year after secrecy over her contract to visit another school in the region drew intense criticism and scrutiny.
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