Yahoo! News: Politics News |
- Health ruling to end campaign mystery, unleash ads
- THE RACE: Polls: White House race stable and close
- Boehner: House will go ahead with contempt vote
- Holder faces House contempt vote on gun probe
- Obamacare Predictions: What Will the Supreme Court Decide?
- Lawmakers reach transportation deal, Keystone out
- World powers to meet in Geneva on Syria
- Rangel's margin of victory over Espaillat narrows
- Health ruling to end campaign mystery, unleash ads
- U.S. bars business with four in Hezbollah laundering link
- AP sources: Tentative deal on roads, student loans
- Lawmakers press for open Trans-Pacific trade talks
- Spanish forced to pay for drugs as cuts take toll
- Biden: Economy a 'Depression for Millions and Millions of Americans'
- SEC charges Falcone, Harbinger with fraud
- Old rivalries dog Romney foreign policy team
- Senate, House negotiators reach transport deal: Sen. Boxer
- Congressional panel clears way for Fed audit bill
- Obama to learn Supreme Court health verdict from news
- Welcome to the Romney Fundraiser at the Zweigs', One of the World's Most Expensive Homes
- Health care ruling to end one campaign mystery
- Obama to Visit Colorado Fire Areas
- Lawmakers wrapping up budget to send to governor
- Mississippi's sole abortion clinic sues over new law
- U.S. should be open to crude oil exports: EIA head
- House Democrats want more open Pacific trade talks
- Tea Party Candidates Losing Steam in 2012
- Iran says ready to help solve Syria crisis
- Mexico would need major reforms for better rating: Fitch
- Argentina's Moyano ups the ante with truck strike
- Obama: (Insert Issue Here) 'It's the Right Thing to Do'
- Egypt's Islamist president-elect seeks wide support
- Lawmakers reach tentative deal on highway bill
| Health ruling to end campaign mystery, unleash ads Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:57 PM PDT
|
| THE RACE: Polls: White House race stable and close Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:42 AM PDT
|
| Boehner: House will go ahead with contempt vote Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:59 AM PDT Speaker John Boehner says the House will move forward with a contempt of Congress vote Thursday against Attorney General Eric Holder over the botched gun-tracking operation known as Fast and Furious. The White House said Republicans are seeking to score political points. |
| Holder faces House contempt vote on gun probe Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:52 PM PDT
|
| Obamacare Predictions: What Will the Supreme Court Decide? Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:40 PM PDT ABC's Jilian Fama and Meghan Kiesel report: Tomorrow is decision day for the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a Obamacare, and the controversial individual mandate included within it. What kind of decision will SCOTUS hand down? Though no one can... |
| Lawmakers reach transportation deal, Keystone out Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:38 PM PDT
|
| World powers to meet in Geneva on Syria Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:33 PM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from the global powers and Middle East countries will meet in Geneva on Saturday to work out a way to end the worsening conflict in Syria and bring about a political transition. International mediator Kofi Annan called the meeting on Wednesday just as the situation in Syria took an even more serious turn, with insurgents attacking a pro-government television station in Damascus and fighting breaking out in the capital's suburbs. Annan, who acts as envoy for the United Nations and Arab League, said he had invited foreign ministers from the five permanent ... |
| Rangel's margin of victory over Espaillat narrows Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:33 PM PDT
|
| Health ruling to end campaign mystery, unleash ads Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:57 PM PDT
|
| U.S. bars business with four in Hezbollah laundering link Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday banned Americans from doing business with three Lebanese-Venezuelans and a Lebanese man it accused of helping to launder drug money to the benefit of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group. It also designated one Colombian-Lebanese man, Ali Mohamad Saleh, as a global terrorist for his involvement with Hezbollah fund-raising. The action freezes any assets Saleh may have in the United States and also bars Americans from doing business with him. ... |
| AP sources: Tentative deal on roads, student loans Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:57 PM PDT
|
| Lawmakers press for open Trans-Pacific trade talks Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:55 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California congressman at the center of a legal battle with the White House on Wednesday asked U.S. trade officials to let him sit in on negotiations in San Diego next week between the United States and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. "Given the immense impact that this agreement will have on many areas of the American economy, including intellectual property, I respectfully request that you allow me and certain members of my staff to be present as observers for this round of negotiations," Republican lawmaker Darrell Issa said in a letter to U.S. ... |
| Spanish forced to pay for drugs as cuts take toll Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:50 PM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Patients in Spain will have to pay the full price for some prescription medicines under a new measure to cut healthcare costs approved on Wednesday, Health Minister Ana Mato confirmed at a press conference. The new measure, which will come into effect in August, will apply to 425 drugs for "minor ailments", including migraines. Patients will have to pay 100 percent of the cost for codeine, some anti-inflammatories and laxatives, among other drugs. "We're revising the financing of a series of drugs with little therapeutic use and for minor ailments. ... |
| Biden: Economy a 'Depression for Millions and Millions of Americans' Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:47 PM PDT Vice President Joe Biden today offered a blunt assessment of the plight of the unemployed, telling supporters at a campaign rally in Iowa that the economy remains "a depression for millions and millions of Americans." "The unemployed are in real trouble," Biden said in a... |
| SEC charges Falcone, Harbinger with fraud Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:47 PM PDT
|
| Old rivalries dog Romney foreign policy team Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:46 PM PDT
|
| Senate, House negotiators reach transport deal: Sen. Boxer Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:43 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After seven weeks of talks, lawmakers from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have reached agreement on a transportation funding bill that will support 3 million jobs, Senator Barbara Boxer said on Wednesday. "I am so glad that House Republicans met Democrats half way, as Senate Republicans did months ago," said Boxer, the chairman of the negotiating panel, in a statement. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Sandra Maler) |
| Congressional panel clears way for Fed audit bill Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:40 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Wednesday approved a measure that would allow an audit of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions, a level of scrutiny the central bank says would compromise its independence. The measure was proposed by Republican Representative Ron Paul, a long-time critic of the central bank, and has 257 co-sponsors, more than half of all House members. Its approval by the House Oversight Committee clears the way for a vote in the full House. ... |
| Obama to learn Supreme Court health verdict from news Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:40 PM PDT
|
| Welcome to the Romney Fundraiser at the Zweigs', One of the World's Most Expensive Homes Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:34 PM PDT While the will he or won't he speculation continues around whether Mitt Romney will appear at a Thursday fundraiser with Donald Trump, he is expected appear at one later that evening at the same location: the penthouse at the Pierre in New York City. The... |
| Health care ruling to end one campaign mystery Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:29 PM PDT One of the biggest factors in the fight for the White House is still a mystery. But that will change on Thursday. |
| Obama to Visit Colorado Fire Areas Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:29 PM PDT President Obama announced that he will travel to the fire-plagued areas of Colorado this Friday to "view the damage and thank the responders bravely battling the fire." Obama told Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach about his plan to visit in... |
| Lawmakers wrapping up budget to send to governor Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:21 PM PDT Democratic lawmakers rushed Wednesday to wrap up work on nearly two dozen budget-related bills intended to satisfy the governor's demand for deeper cuts to close a $15.7 billion deficit. |
| Mississippi's sole abortion clinic sues over new law Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:21 PM PDT TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - The lone abortion facility in Mississippi asked a federal court on Wednesday to block a new state law that will require doctors who perform the controversial procedure to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. The law, set to take effect on Sunday, threatens to make Mississippi the only U.S. state without an abortion clinic. Some anti-abortion state lawmakers say they hope that would mean an end to abortions there. ... |
| U.S. should be open to crude oil exports: EIA head Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should be open to exporting domestically produced crude oil, the head of the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday, arguing that such exports could actually benefit the U.S. economy. Adam Sieminski, the former Deutsche Bank economist who was sworn in as EIA administrator earlier this month, said selling U.S. oil abroad could help provide a market for light sweet crude produced from shale formations in places like North Dakota, since the Gulf coast refining hub is more suited to process heavier crudes. ... |
| House Democrats want more open Pacific trade talks Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:06 PM PDT Two-thirds of House Democrats on Wednesday wrote to the White House's top trade official complaining they are being left out of the loop as the Obama administration negotiates the most consequential trade deal in decades, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement. |
| Tea Party Candidates Losing Steam in 2012 Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:04 PM PDT Tea Party candidates seem to lack the momentum and, well, victory rate that they enjoyed two years ago, particularly with regard to Senate races. With four months to go until the general election, and several states yet to hold their state and congressional primaries, it's too... |
| Iran says ready to help solve Syria crisis Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:00 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran is ready to help international envoy Kofi Annan's bid to bring peace to Syria, but if some countries do not want Tehran at a meeting of global powers then "that's their problem," Iran's U.N. Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee said on Wednesday. The meeting, called by Annan, will take place in Geneva on Saturday to work out a way to end the worsening conflict in Syria and bring about a political transition. The United States, Britain and France objected to any Iranian participation because of stalled talks over Tehran's nuclear program. ... |
| Mexico would need major reforms for better rating: Fitch Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:57 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Meaningful reforms to Mexico's energy sector and tax base after Sunday's presidential election could move the country toward a higher credit rating, a top official with ratings agency Fitch said on Wednesday. Any boost to growth from reforms, though, would have to be weighed against a worsening global environment, said Shelly Shetty, who heads sovereign ratings for Fitch in Latin America. Opinion polls give front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto a wide lead ahead of the vote, putting the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, on track to return to power. ... |
| Argentina's Moyano ups the ante with truck strike Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:53 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Thousands of striking Argentine truckers rallied outside the presidential palace on Wednesday to demand tax cuts in the biggest protest against President Cristina Fernandez's rule since a 2008 farm revolt. Their one-day strike was led by Hugo Moyano, a gruff truck driver who has gone from being a close ally of Fernandez to become one of her most dangerous rivals in less than 18 months. Moyano is running for re-election as head of the country's CGT labor federation. ... |
| Obama: (Insert Issue Here) 'It's the Right Thing to Do' Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:47 PM PDT Doing the right thing seems to be hard for everyone, except President Obama. He always seems to know the "right thing to do." Indeed, he uses his presidential remarks to instruct the American people on the right thing to do over and over again. At... |
| Egypt's Islamist president-elect seeks wide support Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:35 PM PDT
|
| Lawmakers reach tentative deal on highway bill Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:22 PM PDT Congressional leaders have tentatively agreed on a two-year bill to overhaul federal highway programs that drops a requirement that the government approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline. |
| You are subscribed to email updates from Politics News Headlines - Yahoo! News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
No comments:
Post a Comment