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Today's Politics News: Baucus, White House in deal with drug industry Obama to Iran's leaders: Stop 'unjust' actions Obama asks men to be better fathers than his own House Dems release health care outline How Obama could lose health fight Analysis: Obama offers split verdict on economy Obama ready for fight on financial overhaul THE INFLUENCE GAME: Excuse me! Lobby wins on burps Gov't delays release of report on interrogations Sotomayor quits women's club after GOP criticism Clinton full recovery expected after elbow surgery Russia wants US assurances on missile defense Thatcher's son says surgery successful Obama urges Iran to stop 'violent and unjust actions' Tehran demonstrations smaller but met with violence Political Economy: Embracing Risk Obama Says Proposed Agency Will Protect Financial Consumers Baucus, White House in deal with drug industry Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:39 pm PDT AP - The pharmaceutical industry agreed Saturday to spend $80 billion over the next decade improving drug benefits for seniors on Medicare and defraying the cost of President Barack Obama's health care legislation, capping secretive negotiations involving key lawmakers and the White House. Full Story Top Obama to Iran's leaders: Stop 'unjust' actions Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:45 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday challenged Iran's government to halt a "violent and unjust" crackdown on dissenters, using his bluntest language yet to condemn Tehran's post-election response. Full Story Top Obama asks men to be better fathers than his own Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:48 pm PDT AP - Barack Obama got a basketball, his first name and ambition from his father. Little else. Full Story Top House Dems release health care outline Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:38 am PDT Politico - The proposal would create a public insurance option. Full Story Top How Obama could lose health fight Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:36 am PDT Politico - Obama's campaign for health care reform by this fall, once considered highly likely to succeed, suddenly appears in real jeopardy. Full Story Top Analysis: Obama offers split verdict on economy Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:02 pm PDT AP - It's a difficult balancing act. Full Story Top Obama ready for fight on financial overhaul Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:58 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday that current financial rules exploit consumers and he put critics of his proposed overhaul on notice: "While I'm not spoiling for a fight, I'm ready for one." Full Story Top THE INFLUENCE GAME: Excuse me! Lobby wins on burps Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:02 pm PDT AP - One contributor to global warming — bigger than coal mines, landfills and sewage treatment plants — is being left out of efforts by the Obama administration and House Democrats to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Full Story Top Gov't delays release of report on interrogations Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:34 pm PDT AP - The Obama administration is delaying by a week its release of an internal CIA report on the agency's Bush-era secret detention and interrogation program. Full Story Top Sotomayor quits women's club after GOP criticism Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:40 pm PDT AP - Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor resigned Friday from an elite all-women's club after Republicans questioned her participation in it. Sotomayor said she resigned from the Belizean Grove to prevent the issue from becoming a distraction in her confirmation hearings. Full Story Top Clinton full recovery expected after elbow surgery Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:18 pm PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has had successful surgery to repair a fractured right elbow. The State Department says she's expected to make a full recovery. Full Story Top Russia wants US assurances on missile defense Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:18 am PDT AP - Russia is ready for deep cuts of strategic nuclear weapons in a new deal with the United States if the U.S. eases Moscow's concerns about plans for a missile defense system, President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday. Full Story Top Thatcher's son says surgery successful Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:51 am PDT AP - The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher says she had a good night after a successful operation to insert a pin in her broken arm. Full Story Top Obama urges Iran to stop 'violent and unjust actions' Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:46 pm PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama called on Iran's government to stop "violent and unjust" action against its own people, in his sharpest challenge yet to top leader on a day of bloodshed and violence. Full Story Top Tehran demonstrations smaller but met with violence Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:37 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - Iran descended further into chaos Saturday, as security forces used guns, tear gas and metal batons against defiant protesters, protesters fought back and the toll of dead and injured mounted in the country's escalating post-election crisis. Full Story Top Political Economy: Embracing Risk Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:07 am PDT CQPolitics.com - Some will disagree, but a big reason we're in this current financial mess is because a bunch of folks thought they could eliminate risk. They were wrong. It can't be done, and no one should try. Full Story Top Obama Says Proposed Agency Will Protect Financial Consumers Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:00 am PDT Bloomberg - June 20 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said a new agency he proposed this week as part of an overhaul of U.S. financial regulations will protect consumers from deceptive lending practices. Full Story Top

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