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Barack Obama began his presidency with an open hand toward the man he had just defeated in a race that was at times bitter. Full Story »
Barack Obama began his presidency with an open hand toward the man he had just defeated in a race that was at times bitter. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - A loophole in the Senate health care bill would let insurance companies place annual dollar limits on medical care for people struggling with costly illnesses such as cancer. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - CIA Director Leon Panetta has canceled a secret contract with the former Blackwater security firm that had allowed the company's employees to load missiles on Predator drones in Pakistan. Full Story »
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama had not even accepted his Nobel Prize in Oslo yesterday before environmental advocates began calling on him to earn it when he attends climate talks in Copenhagen next week. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is refusing to back a posthumous pardon for Jack Johnson, the black heavyweight boxing champion who was imprisoned nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - The El Nino climate phenomena has strengthened and is expected to last into spring, potentially affecting weather around the globe for the next few months, the government said Thursday. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - At a critical time, the uproar over stolen e-mails suggesting scientists suppressed contrary views about climate change has emboldened skeptics — including congressional Republicans looking to scuttle President Barack Obama's push for mandatory reductions in greenhouse gases. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - A U.S. government official says a top al-Qaida operative has been killed in a drone attack in western Pakistan. Full Story »
In my business the most often heard complaint is one of liberal bias in the media. Full Story »
Senate moderates who are the linchpin to passing a health care reform bill raised fresh worries Thursday about a proposed Medicare expansion, complicating Majority Leader Harry Reid’s hopes of putting together a filibuster-proof majority for the legislation in the coming days. Full Story »
President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech Thursday is drawing praise from some unlikely quarters – conservative Republicans – who likened Obama’s defense of “just wars” to the worldview of his predecessor, Republican George W. Bush. Full Story »
WASHINGTON — Exercising his newly influential role national Republican politics, South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint on Thursday threw his support — and his financial resources — behind a conservative candidate in a Texas Senate race. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - Democrats trying to push President Barack Obama's health care overhaul plan through the Senate got a sober warning Friday that costs will keep going up and proposed Medicare savings may harm the program. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pakistani intelligence officials were Thursday questioning six men, at least three of them US citizens, arrested over alleged links to Al-Qaeda, security officials said. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $447 billion bill that boosts funding for a large part of the U.S. government and reflects priorities of Democrats who control Congress and the White House. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democratic US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she hoped the US House of Representatives will vote "next week" on a new jobs bill to confront the soaring US unemployment rate. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - It's a dilemma no parent wants to face — fearing a son or daughter may be mixed up in terrorism, wondering whether to turn in a loved one. Full Story »
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