Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Yahoo! News: Politics News

Budget deficit slips to $1.28T; red ink continues (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:43 PM PDT

AP - After months of unrelieved gloom and discord, Congress and President Barack Obama are starting to make a dent in the federal budget deficit. It's projected to shrink slightly to $1.28 trillion this year, and bigger savings from this month's debt ceiling deal are forecast over the next decade.

Pentagon: China military growing rapidly (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 03:42 PM PDT

AP - Bolstered by the development of a new stealth fighter, an aircraft carrier and a record number of space launches over the past year, China is on pace to achieve its goal of building a modern, regionally focused military by 2020, according to the Pentagon.

Obama gets vacation briefings on Hurricane Irene (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 09:34 AM PDT

AP - The White House is urging people living in the path of Hurricane Irene to follow the advice and warning of state and local officials as the storm approaches.

AG calls phone hacking report 'very disturbing' (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:35 PM PDT

Attorney Norm Siegel speaks to reporters at the Justice Department on behalf of relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York following their meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder about allegations that a British newspaper attempted to gain access to the cell phones of their loved ones who perished in the World Trade Center, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. From left to right are retired firefighter James Riches, whose firefighter son Jimmy died on Sept. 11, Peter Gadiel, whose 23-year-old son James worked on the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center's North Tower, attorney Norm Siegel, Charles Wolf, whose British wife Katherine was one of many British victims who died in the New York attacks, and Maureen Santora and husband Al Santora, whose son Christopher, a New York city fireman, died Sept. 11. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday called a report of possible phone hacking targeting 9/11 victims and their families very disturbing and he assured them in a lengthy meeting that the department is pursuing a preliminary criminal investigation of the matter.

Nancy Reagan stumbles at Reagan library event (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:34 AM PDT

Former first lady Nancy Reagan is helped by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., as she takes a tumble at the Reagan Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Former first lady Nancy Reagan is said to be doing fine after stumbling as she was escorted into an event at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley.

With CIA help, NYPD moves covertly in Muslim areas (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:42 PM PDT

In this photo made Aug. 18, 2011, people pass below a New York Police security camera, upper left, situated above a mosque on Fulton St., in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant in New York. After the attacks of Sept. 11, the New York Police Department has dispatched teams of undercover officers into minority neighborhoods and used informants to monitor sermons at mosques, even when there’s no evidence of wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the New York Police Department has become one of the nation's most aggressive domestic intelligence agencies, targeting ethnic communities in ways that would run afoul of civil liberties rules if practiced by the federal government, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Cheney had a secret resignation letter while veep (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:01 PM PDT

AP - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he had a secret resignation letter signed and stored in a safe for most of the Bush administration in case he became incapacitated.

Obama in Martha's Vineyard golf trifecta (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 03:55 PM PDT

Deputy White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest is seen on a monitor during a news conference at a hotel in Vineyard Haven, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - President Barack Obama has once again hit the golf trifecta as he vacations on Martha's Vineyard.

Romney tweaks climate stance (Politico)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:46 PM PDT

Politico - He's unsure if climate change is caused by humans.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs resigns (Politico)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 04:14 PM PDT

Politico - Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple Inc., announces that he is resigning immediately.

White House: No evidence Gadhafi has left Libya (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 11:32 AM PDT

Deputy White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest faces reporters during a news conference at a hotel in Vineyard Haven, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - The White House said Wednesday there was no evidence to indicate Moammar Gadhafi had left Libya, but a spokesman said it was clear his hold on power had slipped even as loyalists waged scattered battles across Tripoli.

US brushes off Syrian complaint over envoy trip (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 03:13 PM PDT

Syrian supporters of President Bashar Assad carry a giant flag which depicts Assad during a pro-regime protest in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)AP - The Obama administration is brushing off a complaint by Syrian authorities that the U.S. ambassador violated their travel rules by leaving the capital this week without permission.

Obama meets economic aide, talks to CEOs (AP)

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 10:59 AM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers a statement on Libya from his vacation on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts August 22, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueAP - A vacationing President Barack Obama has been meeting with a key economic aide and phoning top investors as he prepares for next month's unveiling of a new jobs and debt plan.

Russian space ship fails to reach orbit (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 10:12 AM PDT

In this image made from Rossiya 24 television channel a Soyuz rocket booster carrying Progress supply ship is launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. An unmanned Russian supply ship bound for the International Space Station failed to reach its planned orbit Wednesday, and pieces of it fell in Siberia amid a thunderous explosion, officials said. (AP Photo/Rossiya 24 TV Channel) TV OUTAP - An unmanned Russian supply ship bound for the International Space Station failed to reach its planned orbit Wednesday, and pieces of it fell in Siberia amid a thunderous explosion, officials said.

Survey: Overhaul may push employee benefits shift (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:18 PM PDT

AP - Nearly one of every 10 midsized or big employers expects to stop offering health coverage to workers after insurance exchanges begin operating in 2014 as part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, according to a survey by a major benefits consultant.

Obama's Deal for the Bankers: Amnesty for the Indefensible (The Nation)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 07:02 AM PDT

The Nation - The Nation -- This story originally appeared at Truthdig.

Marshall campaign mistakenly leaves note in statement explaining political strategy (Daily Caller)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 06:47 PM PDT

Daily Caller - People watching the special election in Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District saw Wednesday some of the political strategy behind Democratic candidate Kate Marshall’s campaign, when an internal comment was mistakenly left in a statement emailed out.

Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple (Daily Caller)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 04:07 PM PDT

Daily Caller - Steve Jobs, the visionary CEO at the helm of the most valuable tech company in the world, has stepped down.

Inside Redstate's 'Junior High' Scandal (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:06 PM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - Today, the prominent conservative blog Redstate is in a mess of right-wing drama following a Politico scoop that Redstate managing editor Erick Erickson was pressured by his bosses to pull support for a Republican candidate in a key Virginia Senate race. The race involves GOP frontrunner and former Virginia Senator George Allen and the former head of the Virginia Tea Party Patriots, Jamie Radtke, who are both vying for the GOP's nomination. The pressure on Erickson to back away from his previous support for the Tea Party candidate was evident in one of Erickson's emails, obtained by Politico:
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