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Today's Politics News: Wis. governor says protests haven't swayed him AP sources: Gingrich closer to presidential run Clinton: U.S. reaching out to Libyans amid uprising NJ's gov speaks loudly and carries a big stick Tea party uses Ariz. summit to scope out 2012 role SKorea, US begin annual drills amid NKorean threat Christian medical plans get pass from health law Former Rep. Chris Lee may have been searching for transgender women on Craigslist POLITICO interview: Gov. Schweitzer Defiant Clarence Thomas fires back US wants tough European sanctions on Gadhafi GOP governors undermine Obama's agenda in states Turkey: Former pro-Islamic prime minister dies Scenarios: Messy U.S. budget, spending prospects Costly fence on US-Mexico border is effective – only in hurting nature What would a smoke-free America cost the government? No shutdown after all? Senate Dems ‘encouraged’ by GOP short-term funding plan Ron Paul, Herman Cain win Tea Party poll to run against Obama Tea party 2012 poll favors Ga.'s Cain, Texas' Paul Wis. governor says protests haven't swayed him Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:40 am PST AP - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says the two weeks of protests in the state capital haven't swayed his resolve to eliminate collective bargaining rights for most public employees. Full Story Top AP sources: Gingrich closer to presidential run Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:47 pm PST AP - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich intends to take a formal step toward entering the 2012 presidential race within the next two weeks, Republican officials said Sunday, after months spent traveling to important primary and caucus states. Full Story Top Clinton: U.S. reaching out to Libyans amid uprising Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:39 pm PST Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday the United States was reaching out to Libyan opposition groups seeking to oust longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi. Full Story Top NJ's gov speaks loudly and carries a big stick Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:01 pm PST AP - It was the kind of dilemma that could make a new governor wring his hands. Full Story Top Tea party uses Ariz. summit to scope out 2012 role Sat, 26 Feb 2011 02:59 pm PST AP - Tea party supporters packed a Phoenix convention center Saturday to hear from two possible contenders for next year's Republican presidential nomination — an election the conservative populist movement is determined to shape after helping the GOP to big gains in the midterm elections. Full Story Top SKorea, US begin annual drills amid NKorean threat Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:46 pm PST AP - South Korean and U.S. troops began annual military drills Monday that rival North Korea warned could trigger a nuclear war on the divided peninsula. Full Story Top Christian medical plans get pass from health law Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:12 am PST AP - The brain tumor came back. An ugly mass growing in plain view threatened Karen Niles' remaining eye. She needed more surgery. Full Story Top Former Rep. Chris Lee may have been searching for transgender women on Craigslist Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:39 am PST Daily Caller - The Craigslist cruising of former New York Republican Rep. Chris Lee may have been more expansive than first reported. Full Story Top POLITICO interview: Gov. Schweitzer Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:50 pm PST Politico - Brian Schweitzer made time for POLITICO during this weekend’s NGA meeting. Full Story Top Defiant Clarence Thomas fires back Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:22 am PST Politico - Justice lashes out at his critics, asserting that they "seem bent on undermining" the High Court. Full Story Top US wants tough European sanctions on Gadhafi Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:14 pm PST AP - The United States is pressing its European allies to set tough sanctions on the Libyan government, to turn up the heat on Moammar Gadhafi and convince his remaining loyalists to abandon the regime, U.S. officials said. The Obama administration also declared it stood ready to aid Libyans seeking to oust their longtime leader. Full Story Top GOP governors undermine Obama's agenda in states Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:15 pm PST AP - Their ranks swollen after the last election, Republican governors from Florida to Alaska are undermining President Barack Obama's agenda at every turn ahead of the Democrat's 2012 re-election campaign. Full Story Top Turkey: Former pro-Islamic prime minister dies Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:41 am PST AP - Necmettin Erbakan, a longtime leader of Turkey's Islamic political movement and briefly the country's prime minister in the first Islamic-led coalition in Turkey's modern history — died on Sunday. He was 85. Full Story Top Scenarios: Messy U.S. budget, spending prospects Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:35 pm PST Reuters - The deeply divided U.S. Congress faces a Friday deadline for sending President Barack Obama legislation to keep the federal government funded and running. Full Story Top Costly fence on US-Mexico border is effective – only in hurting nature Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:30 pm PST The Christian Science Monitor - Last month, the Obama administration finally pulled the plug on the "virtual fence" that was supposed to line the border between the United States and Mexico with cameras and radar towers. Full Story Top What would a smoke-free America cost the government? Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:05 pm PST Daily Caller - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and others in the anti-tobacco movement are working to turn America into a land without smokers. But what would an America without smokers look like? Full Story Top No shutdown after all? Senate Dems ‘encouraged’ by GOP short-term funding plan Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:02 pm PST Daily Caller - Senate Democrats suggested Friday that the upper chamber could come to a short-term agreement to extend government funding with House Republicans after all, which would put off the threat of a government shutdown for at least two more weeks. Full Story Top Ron Paul, Herman Cain win Tea Party poll to run against Obama Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:50 pm PST Reuters - Rep. Ron Paul and Georgia businessman Herman Cain were conservative Tea Party activists' top picks to run against Barack Obama for president in 2012, leaving former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in third place. Full Story Top Tea party 2012 poll favors Ga.'s Cain, Texas' Paul Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:16 pm PST AP - Tea party supporters voting in a straw poll at a national summit favor conservative Texas Rep. Ron Paul and Georgia radio host Herman Cain for president in 2012. Full Story Top

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