Politics

US Senate Majority leader Reid speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington Reuters

Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle

AP – 1 hr 52 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare. Full Story »

Biden says Senate handed Obama a big victory

AP – Sat Nov 21, 11:17 pm ET
  • EU leaders face flak as new president keeps low profile

    AFP – Sat Nov 21, 1:11 am ET  
    (L-R) European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, Belgian... AFP/File

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - Incoming EU president Herman Van Rompuy kept a low profile as the 27-nation bloc's leaders faced flak for picking him and a little-known British peer to lead a revamped Europe on the world stage. Full Story »

  • Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found

    AP – Fri Nov 20, 10:53 pm ET  
    In this image provided by Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza... AP

    ROME - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday. Full Story »

  • Obama health drive clears key Senate hurdle

    AFP – 23 mins ago  

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care barely cleared a key Senate hurdle in a narrow party-line vote the White House immediately hailed as a "historic" victory. Full Story »

  • Is imam a terror recruiter or just an incendiary preacher?

    McClatchy Newspapers – Fri Nov 20, 6:12 pm ET  

    CAIRO, Egypt — The Yemeni-American imam who's been under renewed scrutiny after the deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, preaches against alcohol, birthday parties, black magic and extramarital sex. He also supports armed struggle — jihad — against the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Iraq, and has encouraged extremist insurgents in Pakistan and Somalia. Full Story »

  • Political Economy: Hatin' on the Fed

    CQPolitics.com – Sat Nov 21, 3:24 pm ET  

    Andrew Jackson would assuredly be pleased at the rising congressional distrust of the Federal Reserve. The populist president, who won re-election in 1832 on a platform of abolishing the Second Bank of the United States, was an early hater of power concentrated in huge financial institutions. Full Story »

Lincoln on board, 60 in hand

Politico – Sat Nov 21, 12:47 pm ET

Sen. Blanche Lincoln is a yes for debating health reform, but a no for the public option, and she and fellow centrists are making clear they expect Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to scrap his current plan for a government-run insurance program. Full Story »

Levin: More e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect possible

AP – Sat Nov 21, 6:49 pm ET

WASHINGTON — The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials. Full Story »

McCain: Tension between aides, Palin 'no big deal'

AP – Sat Nov 21, 10:25 pm ET

U.S. Sen. John McCain said Saturday that he enjoyed reading running mate Sarah Palin's new memoir and downplayed any tension between their campaign aides as "no big deal." Full Story »