Obama using 'bounty hunters' to root out fraud
(AP)
6 hours ago
AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.
Reconciliation bill will be hard for GOP to derail
(AP)
2 hours ago
AP - Democrats are tying the fate of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul to a fast-track process that will make the bill tough for Republicans to derail in the Senate. But GOP lawmakers will still be able to force votes and make arguments that could give them ammunition for November's congressional elections.
Behind the scenes, crafting the US no-fly list
(AP)
2 hours ago
AP - It starts with a tip, a scrap of intelligence, a fingerprint lifted from a suspected terrorist's home.
Massa denies he sexually groped male staffer
(AP)
5 hours ago
AP - Former Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, offered contradictory explanations for his behavior Tuesday, acknowledging he groped a male staffer in a non-sexual way but later denying any groping.
Lights, camera, reconcile!
(Politico)
1 day ago
Politico - The yearlong debate over health care reform — a titanic contest involving big ideas, passionate convictions and lofty principles — is headed toward a highly unlikely endgame: a clash between parliamentary procedure attorneys.
Biden's West Bank tour clouded by settlement plans
(AP)
1 hour ago
AP - Israel's new plan to build 1,600 apartments for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday.
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Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early
(AP)
2 hours ago
AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.
Roberts: Scene at State of Union 'very troubling'
(AP)
7 hours ago
AP - U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech to Congress has "degenerated into a political pep rally."
AP-GfK Poll: Public wants elusive accord on health
(AP)
11 hours ago
AP - Americans and their lawmakers are dramatically out of sync on health care, with large majorities of people looking for bipartisan cooperation that's nowhere in sight.
Obama pushes senators for climate bill
(AP)
9 hours ago
AP - President Barack Obama made a renewed push for a long-stalled climate and energy bill Tuesday, urging lawmakers at a White House meeting to pass a comprehensive bill this year.
AP-GfK Poll: Obama more popular than Congress
(AP)
2 hours ago
AP - Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off expected losses in elections this fall.
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UK PM Brown warns of bumpy economic road ahead
(Reuters)
4 hours ago
Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sees risks to the economic recovery and says it is not the moment to change course as he prepares for an election by June.
FACT CHECK: Lawmaker quits amid changing stories
(AP)
2 hours ago
AP - New York congressman Eric Massa resigned his House seat this week under a sexual harassment cloud, claiming fellow Democrats forced his ouster to keep him from voting against their health care bill.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi faces new law: spokesman
(AFP)
6 hours ago
AFP - Myanmar's new election laws mean the opposition National League for Democracy must expel detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi from its ranks ahead of polls this year, a spokesman said Wednesday.
Obama: Greece, facing bad days, has US as ally
(AP)
8 hours ago
AP - President Barack Obama stood with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Tuesday and pledged that the United States would work with its ally, even as Greece's enormous debts sparked frenzied trading.
A policy change on abortion, but how radical?
(AP)
9 hours ago
AP - President Barack Obama's health care bill would change federal policy on abortion, but it would not open the spigot of taxpayer dollars as some abortion opponents fear.
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US general eyes 'months' before Iraq government
(AFP)
10 hours ago
AFP - The commander of US forces in Iraq on Tuesday predicted it would take "a couple of months" for leaders to form a post-election government but downplayed fears of instability.
Opponent files ethics complaint on La. Sen. Vitter
(AP)
10 hours ago
AP - A challenger to Louisiana Sen. David Vitter filed an ethics complaint Tuesday, claiming a fundraising letter for the Republican incumbent's campaign makes illegal use of a government emblem.
Govt to warn on baby slings because of deaths
(AP)
11 hours ago
AP - The government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings — those popular and fashionable infant carriers that parents strap around their chests to give the little ones a cuddle on the move.
Jobless aid measure clears Senate hurdle
(AP)
12 hours ago
AP - Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees it will soon pass the Senate.