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June 19, 2010

Democrats spend big to lure Obama's minority and young voters back to the polls

As political gambles go, it's a big and risky one: $50 million to test the proposition that the Democratic Party's outreach to new voters that helped make Barack Obama president can work in an election where his name is not on the ballot.


Democratic - Barack Obama - United States - President - Obama

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Guests to be interviewed Sunday on major television talk shows:


Talk radio - Arts - Talk show - Radio - Formats

Records suggest Kagan played small part in settling Harvard-military dispute

When Elena Kagan suspended help to military recruiters as dean of Harvard Law School, consternation inside the Pentagon reached all the way to then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, according to government documents released Saturday. The records show that the controversy was resolved by Harv...


Harvard University - Elena Kagan - United States - Education - Massachusetts

June 18, 2010

Election-year deficit fears stall Obama stimulus plan

Barely a week after President Obama tried to re-energize his push for more spending on the economy, his agenda is stalled on Capitol Hill, mired in election-year anxiety about the deficit.



Barack Obama - United States - President - Elections - Republican

U.S. military criticized for purchase of Russian copters for Afghan air corps

The U.S. government is snapping up Russian-made helicopters to form the core of Afghanistan's fledgling air force, a strategy that is drawing flak from members of Congress who want to force the Afghans to fly American choppers instead.


United States armed forces - Afghanistan - Military - Asia - Russia

Kagan's newly released e-mails reveal confident voice in Clinton White House

In the spring of 1997, Elena Kagan fired off a caustic e-mail to her superiors in the Clinton White House, cautioning that "we definitely should not" announce that the president planned to select the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to become the next surgeon general.


White House - President - United States - History - Government

In the halls of Congress, the pitter-patter of paws lightens the tension of governing

T hey are the ultimate Capitol Hill insiders, privy to high-powered meetings between lawmakers and lobbyists, able to just saunter into congressional offices -- no appointment necessary. Want this kind of access? Tuff.


Education - United States - Sports - Organizations - England

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British media denounce BP chief's 'savage grilling' by House panel

LONDON -- British newspapers and commenters turned on President Obama, members of Congress and Americans in general Friday as they denounced the treatment of BP chief executive Tony Hayward by a House investigative panel.



Media of the United Kingdom - People - Business - Rupert Murdoch - Media

In S.C. to campaign for Nikki Haley, Mitt Romney decries Obama oil spill efforts

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Former Massachusetts governor and 2008 presidential contender Mitt Romney on Friday criticized President Obama's leadership of efforts to cap the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.


Mitt Romney - Nikki Haley - United States - President - Republican

June 17, 2010

Apologies and anger dominate gulf oil-spill hearing as BP goes before Congress

The much-anticipated congressional hearing Thursday on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill came down to a single word: Sorry.


Oil spill - Environment - Energy - BP - Petroleum in the Environment

Pentagon to continue developing conventional weapons after ratification of START

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told lawmakers Thursday that the United States continues to encourage Russia to join a European missile-defense system intended to counter the threat posed by Iranian missiles. He also sought to reassure Republicans that the United States would not agree to Russian...


Pentagon - Terrorism - September 11 2001 - United States - Weapons

Cases against Wall Street lag despite Holder's vows to target financial fraud

Since taking office at the height of the financial crisis, President Obama has promised to hold Wall Street accountable for the meltdown. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. reinforced that message in November when he vowed to prosecute Wall Street executives and others responsible for the crisis.



Wall Street - Fraud - United States - Law - United States Department of Justice

Gulf oil spill puts industry-friendly Republicans in tight spot

Who says there's no such thing as loyalty in politics?


Oil spill - Environment - Energy - Petroleum in the Environment - Spill Containment and Remediation

Even after BP oil spill, fundraising events were hopping

Lobbyists for BP hosted at least 53 fundraising parties for lawmakers and candidates in recent years -- four of them since the explosion and oil spill at a BP-run oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a watchdog group's analysis.


BP - Oil spill - Tony Hayward - Gulf of Mexico - Oil

Disclose Act in jeopardy after interest groups balk at NRA deal

One of President Obama's top legislative priorities is in serious doubt after top House Democrats' attempt to satisfy the National Rifle Association backfired badly.


Jeopardy - National Rifle Association - Television - Programs - Game Shows

National Labor Relations Board decisions were illegal, Supreme Court rules

Hundreds of recent federal rulings in disputes between unions and employers could be reopened after the Supreme Court said on Thursday that it was illegal for the National Labor Relations Board to decide the cases with only two sitting members.



Supreme Court of the United States - Supreme Court - National Labor Relations Board - United States - Government

Obama to order federal agencies to compile 'do not pay list'

President Obama will order federal agencies Friday to establish a national "do not pay list" to prevent the government from paying benefits, contracts, grants and loans to ineligible people or organizations, according to senior administration officials.


Barack Obama - United States - President - Government - History

Demand for imports helps widen trade deficit

ECONOMY Higher oil prices and stronger demand for imported goods widened the broadest measure of the U.S trade deficit in the first three months of the year. The result is viewed as a positive step for the recovery.


Business - International trade - Economic - International Business and Trade - United States

New Democrat Coalition opposed to derivatives-spinoff plan

A provision in financial overhaul legislation that would force the nation's largest banks to spin off profitable derivatives-trading operations continues to divide lawmakers on Capitol Hill, most recently drawing criticism from a group of business-friendly Democrats.


Liberal Democrats - Politics - Parties - Conservatives - New Democrat Coalition

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