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Today's Politics News: US: Kurd-Arab friction top problem in Iraq AP sources: Bipartisan group eyes Medicare savings Judiciary Committee OKs Sotomayor for high court Dems scramble for pre-recess progress Sotomayor clears committee Powell: Harvard scholar might have reacted quickly US general: Iran working to influence Iraq vote Tenn. state senator quits after affair with intern NTSB: Aircraft vulnerable to large bird strikes La. Sen. Vitter says he'll vote against Sotomayor Obama Cabinet to meet at Blair House this weekend UN orders Iranian to give up Facebook Web address British government tells civil servants to tweet Fox's Glenn Beck says he believes Obama is racist More funding is sought for hurricane research CQ Ratings Change in New Jersey as Corzine Slips U.S. Pays $2.5 Trillion for Care Costing $912 Billion US: Kurd-Arab friction top problem in Iraq Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:52 pm PDT AP - Friction between Arabs and Kurds in northern Iraq is the greatest threat to security in Iraq, American military commanders said, overtaking the old Sunni-Shiite divide that threatened to push Iraq into civil war three years ago. Full Story Top AP sources: Bipartisan group eyes Medicare savings Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:16 pm PDT AP - A bipartisan group of senators agreed tentatively Tuesday on a plan to squeeze an additional $35 billion out of Medicare over the next decade and larger sums in the years beyond, according to congressional officials, a step toward fulfilling President Barack Obama's goal of curbing the growth of health care spending. Full Story Top Judiciary Committee OKs Sotomayor for high court Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:09 pm PDT AP - Pushing toward a historic Supreme Court confirmation vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice, over nearly solid Republican opposition. Full Story Top Dems scramble for pre-recess progress Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:30 pm PDT Politico - But marathon negotiating sessions in the House yielded no breakthroughs Tuesday. Full Story Top Sotomayor clears committee Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:03 am PDT Politico - The Senate Judiciary Committee approves Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination on a sharp party-line vote. Full Story Top Powell: Harvard scholar might have reacted quickly Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:43 pm PDT AP - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell was mildly critical Tuesday of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., whose angry response to a Cambridge, Mass., police officer touched off a national debate involving President Barack Obama. Full Story Top US general: Iran working to influence Iraq vote Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:43 pm PDT AP - The top U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday that Iran is still training and equipping Iraqi insurgents but is shifting its focus to influence the upcoming Iraqi elections and exerting "soft power" over its majority-Shiite neighbor. Full Story Top Tenn. state senator quits after affair with intern Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:48 pm PDT AP - A Tennessee lawmaker resigned from the state Senate on Tuesday after his extramarital affair with a 22-year-old intern was revealed by an investigation into an extortion case. Full Story Top NTSB: Aircraft vulnerable to large bird strikes Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:58 pm PDT AP - The risk of commercial airplanes crashing because they've struck large birds is increasing and design standards should be strengthened so that aircraft can withstand the collisions, federal safety officials said Tuesday. Full Story Top La. Sen. Vitter says he'll vote against Sotomayor Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:50 pm PDT AP - Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana says he will vote against confirming Sonia Sotomayor to be a Supreme Court justice. Full Story Top Obama Cabinet to meet at Blair House this weekend Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:47 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama's Cabinet members are going to spend part of their weekend at work. Full Story Top UN orders Iranian to give up Facebook Web address Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:35 am PDT AP - Social networking site Facebook has won control of a Web address using its name and the country suffix .ir for Iran. Full Story Top British government tells civil servants to tweet Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:32 am PDT AP - The British government has told civil servants: Go forth and tweet. Full Story Top Fox's Glenn Beck says he believes Obama is racist Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:03 pm PDT AP - Fox News Channel commentator Glenn Beck said he believes President Barack Obama is a racist. Beck made the statement during a guest appearance Tuesday on the "Fox & Friends" morning show. He said Obama has exposed himself as a person with "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture." Full Story Top More funding is sought for hurricane research Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:06 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ Florida's senators on Tuesday renewed a push to boost federal funding for research into predicting, modeling and preventing damage from hurricanes. Full Story Top CQ Ratings Change in New Jersey as Corzine Slips Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:38 pm PDT CQPolitics.com - New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has so much to overcome in his 2009 re-election campaign that CQ Politics is changing the rating of that race from Tossup to Leans Republican. Full Story Top U.S. Pays $2.5 Trillion for Care Costing $912 Billion Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:32 am PDT Bloomberg - July 28 (Bloomberg) -- The last time a president tried to overhaul U.S. health care, Americans were spending $912 billion on the system and 40 million were uninsured. Today they’re spending $2.5 trillion and almost 50 million lack coverage. Full Story Top

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