Sunday, December 26, 2010

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Venezuelan ex-president Carlos Andres Perez dies (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:49 PM PST

** CORRECTS OBJECT NAME ** In this undated photo released by Carlos Andres Perez's family, Venezuela's former President Carlos Andres Perez looks on at his home in Miami. Perez died on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010, in Miami of a heart attack, his daughter Maria Francia Perez said. (AP Photo/Carlos Andres Perez's family)AP - Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, whose popularity soared with his country's oil-based economy but who later faced riots, a severe economic downturn and impeachment in his homeland, has died in Miami, his family said Saturday.

Medicare regulation revives end-of-life planning (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 09:02 PM PST

AP - A new health regulation issued this month offers Medicare recipients voluntary end-of-life planning, which Democrats dropped from the monumental health care overhaul last year.

Bill Clinton to campaign for Emanuel in Chicago (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 01:50 PM PST

AP - Former President Bill Clinton will campaign in support of former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's bid for Chicago mayor.

Obama caps Christmas by visiting US troops (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 07:21 PM PST

President Barack Obama poses for photographs with a marine during Christmas dinner at Anderson Hall on Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe, Hawaii, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. The first family is in Hawaii for the holidays. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - President Barack Obama capped a quiet Christmas Saturday with a surprise visit to a Marine base to thank U.S. troops for the sacrifices they've made, including being away from their families at the holidays.

Best, worst of YouTube politics (Politico)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 02:58 AM PST

Politico - POLITICO takes a look at the top viral videos that shook the political arena this year.

Hawaii gov. seeks to combat birthers (Politico)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 09:04 AM PST

Politico - Democrat Neil Abercrombie knew Obama's parents at the time their son was born.

In Congress, a harder line on illegal immigrants (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:05 AM PST

FILE - In this June 26, 2010 file photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa is seen in Des Moines, Iowa. The end of the year means a turnover of House control from Democratic to Republican and, with it, Congress' approach to immigration. In a matter of weeks, Congress will go from trying to help young, illegal immigrants become legal to debating whether children born to parents who are in the country illegally should continue to enjoy automatic U.S. citizenship. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)AP - The end of the year means a turnover of House control from Democratic to Republican and, with it, Congress' approach to immigration.

Pope celebrates Christmas Eve amid security fears (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 05:03 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Christmas mass in St. Peter's Basilica at Vatican to mark the nativity of Jesus Christ.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AP - Pope Benedict XVI ushered in Christmas Eve with an evening Mass on Friday amid heightened security concerns following the package bombings at two Rome embassies and Christmas Eve security breaches at the Vatican the past two years.

Obama hails Saudi king's 'progress' after surgery (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 03:20 PM PST

A handout picture released by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) shows Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz (C) leaving New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City for a period of convalescence and physiotherapy on December 22. US President Barack Obama called King Abdullah on Sunday to congratulate him on the AFP - US President Barack Obama called Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Sunday to congratulate him on the "progress" while recovering from last month's back surgery in the United States, the White House said.

Hawaii's New Governor Takes Up the Fight Against Birthers (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 05:57 AM PST

The Atlantic Wire - On Friday, The New York Times reported that Neil Abercrombie, the new Democratic governor of Hawaii, plans to take aggressive steps to address the "birther" movement--the conspiracy theorists who believe Barack Obama was born overseas rather than in the United States. The Obama campaign has already posted a certificate of birth from the Hawaii Department of Health on its Web site, and two independent fact-checking organizations have verified its legitimacy, but Abercrombie is trying to get additional documentation released that would further prove that the president was born in a Honolulu hospital. Here's a look at some of the reactions to Abercrombie's anti-birther campaign.

Obama takes victory lap, attributes legislative wins to bipartisanship and his own persistence (Daily Caller)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 03:32 PM PST

Daily Caller - President Obama touted a series of accomplishments over the six week lame duck session of Congress at a brief White House press conference Wednesday afternoon before he jetted off to Hawaii to join his wife and daughters for the Christmas holiday.
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