Obama must wait to meet drivers
The Patriot-News Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:09 PM PDT
LONG POND - It isn't often that the President of the United States gets bumped. But in the case of Pocono Raceway vs. Barack Obama, Pocono comes out the winner. |
Dems look to limit increases in cost of insurance
The Uniontown Herald Standard Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:08 PM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats sought to limit increases in the cost of insurance sold under a sweeping health care bill Friday as they labored to clear the final committee obstacle to a September showdown on President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. |
Obama administration hopeful on "clunker" extension
The Star Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:07 PM PDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration was optimistic on Sunday that the U.S. Senate would extend the federal "cash for clunkers" auto sales program, but warned the incentive would be suspended at midweek without new funding. |
James Surowiecki: Not Home Yet
The New Yorker Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:06 PM PDT
Last week, when the Obama Administration sat down in Washington with the country’s biggest mortgage servicers, it was sending a clear message: it’s time for banks to be more aggressive in modifying the mortgages of troubled borrowers. But the meeting was also a tacit admission that, while the government has . . . |
Military-Civilian Prisons Considered For Detainees
CBS 13 Sacramento Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:06 PM PDT
The Obama administration is looking at creating a courtroom-within-a-prison complex in the U.S. to house suspected terrorists, combining military and civilian detention facilities at a single maximum-security prison. The White House is reportedly eyeing a state maximum security prison in Michigan and the 134-year-old military penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., as possible locations. |
Obama Officials: No Guarantee Taxes Won't Increase
CBS4 Miami Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:04 PM PDT
President Obama's treasury secretary said Sunday he cannot rule out higher taxes to help tame an exploding budget deficit, and his chief economic adviser would not dismiss raising them on middle-class Americans as part of a health care overhaul. |
Kelefa Sanneh: Discriminating Tastes
The New Yorker Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:04 PM PDT
The Reverend Jeremiah Wright, President Obama’s former pastor, has often described his preaching style as prophetic, and, sure enough, his brief but spectacular turn in the campaign limelight last year has proved a harbinger of things to come. After months of criticism, Obama renounced Wright, whose fiery sermons had been . . . |
PBS chief welcomes public TV funding under Obama
San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:02 PM PDT
PBS chief Paula Kerger (KUR'-gur) says budget numbers tell the tale of how public TV is faring under the Obama administration, compared to that of former President George W. Bush. Kerger said that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's $430 million budget... |
LaHood: 'Clunkers' Scrapped Unless Senate Acts
CBS4 Miami Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:00 PM PDT
The Obama administration will suspend the "cash for clunkers" program unless the Senate provides $2 billion more for the popular car incentive plan, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Sunday. He said he expected the current $1 billion pool to be exhausted before Monday. |
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