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Frantic US debt talks near deal Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news Sun, 31 Jul 2011 05:13 AM PDT US President Barack Obama and top lawmakers raced against the clock Sunday in hopes of hammering out a deal that would avert a disastrous US debt default and a downgrade in its credit rating. 'US debt talks only political theatre' Press TV Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:57 AM PDT President Barack Obama and the members of both Houses of Congress are attending debt ceiling talks to gain their self-interests, rather than staving off the country's default crisis, says an analyst. Obama jumps back into debt talks Livingston County Daily Press & Argus Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:54 AM PDT President Barack Obama jumped back into the debt-ceiling negotiations Saturday, meeting with the top two Democrats in Congress and speaking by phone with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Obama says multiple ways out of debt ceiling mess Community News Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:52 AM PDT Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says there are multiple ways to resolve the debt ceiling mess, but it has to be bipartisan and it has to happen fast. Partisan sniping in Congress continues as Obama warns the U.S. is "almost out of time" for debt deal Community News Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:51 AM PDT WASHINGTON â€" Partisan to the core, Congress groped uncertainly Friday for a way to avoid a government default threatened for early next week. "We are almost out of time," warned President Barack Obama as U.S. financial markets trembled. Why the GOP is more a two-part 'coalition' than a party CNN Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:51 AM PDT Hardly a day goes by without dismissive and arrogant invective from the White House about the House Republican Conference and its alleged fear of, or fealty to, "the tea party." Too many Fourth Estaters have lazily bought the line and played along with President Obama's spaghetti western construct. That's not the right explanation for this drama. Comment on No joy, valor in "centrism" Denver Post Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:39 AM PDT Mr. Obama's naivete in dealing with his opposition has severely handicapped his presidency. The opposition has presented consistent obstacles to his objectives and as a result of his pursuit of antiquated myths of "bi-partisanship" instead of using the "bully pulpit" of his office to achieve his ends, his will be the best 1-term, GOP president the country has ever seen. Deal reached on auto fuel economy Worcester Telegram & Gazette Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:10 AM PDT WASHINGTON - Ushering in the largest decrease in auto fuel consumption since the 1970s, President Barack Obama and automobile manufacturers Friday announced a deal that will save drivers money at the pump and dramatically cut heat-trapping gases coming from tailpipes. Debt stalemate lasts into the night The Marion Star Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:08 AM PDT WASHINGTON - After weeks of intense partisanship, Republican congressional leaders and President Barack Obama made a last-minute stab at compromise Saturday to avoid a government default threatened for early next week. Women's veteran services available The Spectrum Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:03 AM PDT Medal of Honor awardˆ­: President Obama will award the Medal of Honor to former Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer, who in September 2009 braved intense enemy gunfire in Afghanistan to recover the bodies of four fallen comrades.

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