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Obama visits spy museum
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:45:40 GMT
AP - It's hard to travel incognito when you're the president — even on a mission to a spy museum.
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Ethics panel to charge California Rep. Waters
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:32:22 GMT
AP - A House investigative panel has decided to charge Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California with ethics violations, raising the possibility of a second high-profile trial with political implications for Democrats this fall.
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Obama calls charges against Rangel 'troubling'
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:55:25 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama on Friday called ethics charges against Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel "very troubling" and said he hopes the longtime lawmaker can end his career with dignity. Several House Democrats went further, flat-out urging the New York congressman to resign.
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House approves bill on drilling, oil spills
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:38:57 GMT AP - The House approved a bill Friday to boost safety standards for offshore drilling, remove a federal cap on economic liability for oil spills and impose new fees on oil and gas production. |
Inside the FLOTUS office
(Politico)
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:15:00 GMT
Politico - The Oval Office is nearly as familiar an image as the president himself.
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White House urges halt to spilling of war secrets
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:45:34 GMT
AP - The Obama administration on Friday implored the website WikiLeaks to stop posting secret Afghanistan war documents, as the Pentagon pressed its investigation of the massive security breach by bringing a soldier under scrutiny back to the U.S. for trial.
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Obama hails auto bailout as good news in Michigan
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:01:26 GMT
AP - A year after the government's big auto-industry bailouts, President Barack Obama on Friday trumpeted increased car sales and progress on battery-powered vehicles as a beacon of success in his administration's battle to revive a hurting U.S. economy. But his upbeat assessment can't mask daunting challenges for U.S. automakers and painfully high unemployment.
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Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:30:34 GMT
AP - The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo.
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Paperwork nightmare: A struggle to fix new law
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:26:08 GMT AP - Talk about a paperwork nightmare: Tucked into the massive new health care law is a demand that nearly 40 million U.S. businesses file tax forms for every vendor that sells them more than $600 in goods. |
Dems hope for first lady's stardust in campaign
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:18:08 GMT
AP - She's not a political animal, Michelle Obama is quick to say.
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Kan. Senate race turns nasty as GOP seeks fighter
(AP)
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:31:37 GMT
AP - The big issue in Kansas' U.S. Senate race is which of two veteran Republican congressmen will fight hardest — and loudest — against President Barack Obama's agenda.
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Key Florida campaign-finance provision blocked by federal court
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:25:21 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - A federal appeals court in Atlanta has blocked Florida election officials from providing potentially millions of dollars from the state’s campaign finance system to Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum in his race against multimillionaire challenger Rick Scott. |
House approves oil spill reform bill
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:16:05 GMT Reuters - The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response to BP's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. |
Obama calls Rangel charges `very troubling'
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:05:00 GMT AP - President Barack Obama calls the ethics charges against longtime Rep. Charlie Rangel "very troubling" and says he hopes Rangel can end his career with dignity. |
FAA downgrades Mexico's air safety rating
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:45:28 GMT AP - Mexico's aviation safety rating was downgraded Friday due to concerns about the country's safety oversight, the Federal Aviation Administration said. |
Obama urges Iran to release three U.S. hikers
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:44:02 GMT
Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday called on Iran to immediately release three Americans who were detained a year ago after straying across the border while hiking in the mountains of northern Iraq.
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Judge lets paper publish info on juicemaker probe
(AP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:14:02 GMT AP - A judge has lifted an order that prevented a legal newspaper from publishing information found in court records that were supposed to have been shielded from public view. |
Obama slips behind wheel of a Volt in Motor City
(McClatchy Newspapers)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:47:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - DETROIT — Out to convince voters that the bailout of the U.S. auto industry has been a success — and to build buzz for its controversial poster child, Chevy's Volt electric car — President Barack Obama on Friday drove a car publicly for the first time in more than three years and implored consumers, "Don't bet against the American people." |
Obama defends economy, takes wheel of electric car
(AFP)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:56:43 GMT
AFP - President Barack Obama took to the wheel of a new electric car Friday on a Detroit-area tour of the revitalized auto industry, touting his economic policies but urging the need to do more.
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Obama hails news economy growing, wants more
(Reuters)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:50:35 GMT
Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday he welcomed news that the U.S. economy grew by 2.4 percent in the second quarter, but said more work was needed to increase that growth rate and generate jobs.
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