Saturday, June 25, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Gay marriage backers: NY vote has national impact (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 11:05 AM PDT

This April 12, 2011 picture provided by Freedom to Marry shows Richard Dorr, 84, left, and John Mace, 91, at their home in New York City where they both work as voice teachers. They have been partners for 61 years, and have been hoping that legislation passes that would enable them to get married in New York. (AP Photo/Freedom to Marry, EqualityPhotography.com, Jamie McGonnigal)AP - Many obstacles still lie ahead for supporters of same-sex marriage, and eventually they will need Congress or the Supreme Court to embrace their goal. For the moment, though, they are jubilantly channeling the lyrics of "New York, New York."

Obama steps into high-stakes debt-limit talks (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:22 PM PDT

A silhouetted President Barack Obama walks back to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, June, 24, 2011, following his arrival on Marine One helicopter. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Struggling to break a perilous deadlock, President Barack Obama took direct control Friday of national debt-limit negotiations with both Republicans and Democrats. With the White House warning the nation's economic stability is at stake, it's one of the most severe tests yet of Obama's presidency.

House sends a muddled message on Libya: no support, but funding untouched (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 01:22 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The House of Representatives sent the White House a muddled message on Libya Friday.

Huntsman: Issues not religion will decide GOP race (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 09:26 PM PDT

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and his wife, Mary Kaye, compete in a Fast Draw competition during a campaign stop at the Reno Rodeo in Reno, Nev., Friday, June 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Clifford).AP - Former Utah Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman said Friday that he doesn't believe his Mormon faith will be an issue in his bid for the White House, adding that he's running for president — not to be the nation's spiritual "guru."

Obama pitches plan to promote high-tech innovation (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 07:03 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Friday, June 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama says technological innovations can help create jobs and spur growth in clean energy and advanced manufacturing.

Top GOP fundraiser: 'There's not too much money in politics' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:47 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Is politics awash with too much money?

Indiana can't end Planned Parenthood funds: judge (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 07:51 AM PDT

Reuters - A judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction preventing the state of Indiana from enforcing a law that eliminated funding to Planned Parenthood because it performs abortions.

'Dramatic change' to marijuana laws? What bill before Congress would do. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:49 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A bipartisan bill introduced Thursday by Reps. Barney Frank (D) of Massachusetts and Ron Paul (R) of Texas, will â€" if passed â€" have a substantial effect on the enforcement, acceptance, and creation of marijuana laws coast-to-coast, say a number of analysts.

W.H.'s lost liberal voice on economy (Politico)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 08:16 AM PDT

Politico - Now on the outside, he's taking his crusade to TV, radio, and the blogosphere.

Obama: Invest in manufacturing (Politico)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 03:59 AM PDT

Politico - In his weekly address, the president called on Americans to invest in the manufacturing industry.

AP-GfK Poll: People divided on looming debt crisis (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 11:09 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 23, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in New York. It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning 'the creditors are coming.' Americans seem not to have awakened to the fast-looming debt crisis that could summon a new recession, imperil their stock market investments and shatter faith in the world's most powerful economy. Those are among the implications, both sudden and long-lasting, expected to unfold if the U.S. defaults on debt payments for the first time in history. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)AP - It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning "the creditors are coming."

Business, free speech cases top Supreme Court term (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 08:29 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 21, 2001 file photo, demonstrators gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington to protest the court's Wal-Mart sex discrimination class action lawsuit decision . (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - The Supreme Court's conservative majority made it harder for people to band together to sue the nation's largest businesses in the two most far-reaching rulings of the term the justices are wrapping up on Monday.

UN food agency to elect new chief (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:01 PM PDT

AP - Representatives at the Food and Agriculture Organization vote this weekend to give the largest U.N. agency its first new chief in almost two decades — an election that comes at a time of critically high food prices and malnutrition across the world.

Bomb attack on Afghan hospital kills at least 20 (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:43 PM PDT

A map locating the Logar province of Afghanistan where at least 20 people, including women and children, have been killed in a suicide car bombing at a hospital.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - A bomb at an Afghan hospital Saturday killed at least 20 people including women and children, days after President Barack Obama said 10,000 US troops would leave the country this year.

Analysis: No turning back for Obama on Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 08:23 AM PDT

President Barack Obama greets members of the military before boarding Air Force One at the 171st Air Refueling Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard Base in Coraopolis, Pa., Friday, June 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - We're getting out.

Who gave Mrs. Brady crabs? (Daily Caller)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Florence Henderson, best known for playing Carol Brady on the television show, “The Brady Bunch,” wasn’t as wholesome as she’d have you believe.

Christie slams NJ Democrats’ budget plan (Daily Caller)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 12:18 PM PDT

Daily Caller - If New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants everyone to stop begging him to run for president, he sure isn’t doing himself any favors with his statement on the budget proposed by state Democrats.

Palin to Iowa for film premiere (Daily Caller)

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 07:33 AM PDT

Daily Caller - Sarah Palin is going to Iowa next week.

Tea party reps split on war cash for US in Libya (AP)

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:15 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 17, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential hopeful, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks in New Orleans. Bachmann plans to formally launch her campaign for president on Monday from her birthplace of Waterloo, Iowa, a campaign aide said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)AP - The House's tea party caucus split on a major foreign policy vote Friday — whether to cut off money for air attacks in Libya — revealing a divide on the philosophical question of how often and under what terms the U.S. should intervene in foreign conflicts.
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