Monday, April 11, 2011

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Yahoo! News: Politics News

Obama's debt cutting plan: Everything on the table (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 03:13 PM PDT

President Obama smiles as he walks to meet students from Altona Middle School in Longmont, Colo., Monday, April 11, 2011, on the South Portico of the White House in Washington. Obama received a letter from a mother at the school worried that her son's trip would be canceled if there were to be a government shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama, plunging into the rancorous struggle over America's mountainous debt, will draw sharp differences with Republicans Wednesday over how to conquer trillions of dollars in spending while somehow working out a compromise to raise some taxes and trim a cherished program like Medicare.

Romney in — almost — announcing exploratory effort (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 03:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 2, 2011, file photo, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas. On Monday, Romney announced his presidential bid, saying it's time to restore America greatness. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)AP - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the closest to a front-runner in a wide-open Republican field, took a major step toward a second White House candidacy Monday, formally announcing a campaign exploratory committee.

The Fast Fix: Could Trump win the nomination? (The Newsroom)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 05:31 AM PDT

The Newsroom - Could Donald Trump be the 2012 GOP contender? To watch more episodes of "The Fast Fix", click here. Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for the Morning Fix newsletter. Click here for the Afternoon Fix …

What's really going on with Gabby Giffords? (The Daily Beast)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 07:57 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shows her, left, with her husband, NASA astronaut Mark Kelly. Aides to Giffords have been preparing for her to travel to Florida to watch her husband's space shuttle launch planned for the end of April, although doctors have yet to clear her to go, her office said Friday, April 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, File)The Daily Beast - Three months after the Arizona attack that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a coma, she is walking, talking, and wants to attend her husband’s space shuttle launch. But will she ever fully recover? In this week’s Newsweek, Peter J. Boyer has the untold story of the congresswoman’s struggle.

CIA head Leon Panetta, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus top contenders to replace Gates as Defense Secretary (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 07:41 AM PDT

Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Yochi J. Dreazen National Journal Defense Secretary Robert Gates wound up his final trip to Iraq this weekend, prompting a wave of speculation about who'll replace him. Most of the attention has centered on CIA chief Leon Panetta, a …

Bachmann burns up Iowa (Politico)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:21 PM PDT

Politico - In a barn-burning speech to social conservatives, she calls for abolishing the entire tax code and the Department of Education, labels Planned Parenthood the "LensCrafters of big abortion" and slams same-sex marriage advocates for going against what she calls 5,000 years of human history.

Trump talks about religion (Politico)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 12:26 PM PDT

Politico - Donald Trump highlighted his religion in an interview with the Christian Broadcast Network, declaring "I am Christian" and saying he stores away Bibles he gets sent from fans.

Obama prevents budget cuts to favorite programs (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 02:59 PM PDT

President Obama smiles as he walks to meet students from Altona Middle School in Longmont, Colo., Monday, April 11, 2011, on the South Portico of the White House in Washington. Obama received a letter from a mother at the school worried that her son's trip would be canceled if there were to be a government shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - A close look at the government shutdown-dodging agreement to cut federal spending by $38 billion reveals that lawmakers significantly eased the fiscal pain by pruning money left over from previous years, using accounting sleight of hand and going after programs President Barack Obama had targeted anyway.

Obama sizes up options for health care cuts (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 02:53 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 8, 2011 file photo, President Obama poses for photographers in the Blue Room at the White House in Washington after he spoke regarding the budget and averted government shutdown. Don’t look for President Barack Obama to endorse a Medicare voucher plan or turning Medicaid over to the states when he unveils his approach to controlling the government’s health care costs on Wednesday. But less government money for providers and more costs shifted to beneficiaries will still be in the plan. The president is expected to draw from proposals issued by his debt commission and from the work of a small group of senators of both parties trying to devise a strategy that will force Congress to deal with the cost of health benefits. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - President Barack Obama's plans to curb health care costs that drive the deficit would mean less taxpayer money for providers and more costs for beneficiaries as he draws from bipartisan ideas already on the table.

Chernobyl tours offered 25 years after blast (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:14 AM PDT

FILE- This June 20, 2000 file photo shows a Ferris wheel in the town of Pripyat, near the Chernobyl nuclear power station, Ukraine. Pripyat's most affecting point may be its rusting amusement park, where a Ferris looms as an inadvertent monument. No giddy couples ever rode the wheel; it was to have opened the week after the explosion at Chernobyl in 1986. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, FILE)AP - For the visitor, Chernobyl makes heavy demands on the imagination — much of what's important can be seen only in the mind's eye.

Prosecutor: Obama election church fire was racism (AP)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 03:32 PM PDT

AP - Racism that had been brewing for years "reached its boiling point" when a white man and two friends burned a predominantly black church in the hours after President Barack Obama's 2008 election, a federal prosecutor said Monday in closing arguments.

The 2012 Ticket (The Weekly Standard)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:51 AM PDT

The Weekly Standard - Remember Barack Obama? He's the president of the United States. As a candidate he promised hope and change. Now he defends the status quo. The fact that the status quo is clearly unsustainable doesn't deter him. His budget's endless deficits and rising debt takes us down a perfectly obvious road to ruin. But Obama asks us to close our eyes, pretend not to see, and hope against hope that we don't need to change.

Michele Bachmann: ‘Committed to being a one-term president if that’s what it takes’ (Daily Caller)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 02:49 PM PDT

Daily Caller - As Michele Bachmann ponders a presidential run, the Minnesota congresswoman told the Des Moines Register that she would serve only one-term as president if necessary.

Rihanna: ‘I want to spank Britney’ (Daily Caller)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:54 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Pop legend Britney Spears may be pushing 30, but she hasn't lost a speck of her sex appeal. Forget about the men who pine for Spears, two successful female entertainers are after her. Last week, pop star Ke$ha gave Spears an open invitation to go skinny dipping. But "S&M" singer Rihanna is more upfront about her girl crush, having flat out admitted her desire.

The Left Asks Itself: 'Why Is the Tea Party Winning?' (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 12:10 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | In the wake of the budget deal that averted a government shutdown and cut $38.5 billion from this year's federal budget, Richard Eskow asks a question: "Why does the tea party seem to be so much more effective than the left as a movement?"

Sarah Palin Still Doesn't Understand U.S. Policies (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:38 AM PDT

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | In the middle of the budget showdown and possible government shutdown, Sarah Palin mentioned two things regarding what was happening in Washington. And yet again she still doesn't understand what's going on.
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