Plan tightens Medicare squeeze
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:14 AM PDT
WASHINGTON - When it comes to health care savings, President Barack Obama's deficit plan borrows a familiar strategy from corporate America's playbook: cut costs or shift them to others. |
US, allies try to stall Palestinians at UN
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:13 AM PDT
NEW YORK - The U.S. and its allies changed tactics Tuesday on how to avert a crisis over a Palestinian statehood bid, as the White House announced that President Barack Obama would meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. At the same time, U.S. officials conceded they could not stop Abbas from officially launching his case for the Security Council's approval of the statehood effort. |
Young adults take advantage of health law
The Tennessean Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:13 AM PDT
At least one part of President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul has proved popular. With the economy sputtering, the number of young adults covered by health insurance grew by about a million as families flocked to take advantage of a new benefit in the law. |
GOP's top investigator targeted by critics
Washington Examiner Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:11 AM PDT
LARRY MARGASAK Associated Press WASHINGTON Rep. Darrell Issa is finding himself in the spotlight as a target as well as the Republicans' chief inquisitor in investigations of the Obama administration, which are producing potential GOP campaign issues for 2012. The California Republican has used his perch atop the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to expose the Justice Department's ... |
Obama stumps for jobs bill in GOP leaders' turf
KING5 Seattle Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:11 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) â€" President Barack Obama is marketing his $447 billion boost to the economy on the turf of House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. |
Lawmakers to question top brass on Pakistan, Iraq
Washington Examiner Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:11 AM PDT
ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON As the U.S. military marches warily toward the exits in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Obama administration is on an increasingly uncertain path in Pakistan. Islamabad's suspected ties to Taliban and al-Qaida-linked militants risk drawing the U.S. deeper into conflict in that nuclear-armed nation. The Pakistan problem is certain to surface Thursday ... |
Obama pushes for Palestinian state by negotiation, not UN vote
The News Journal Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:09 AM PDT
UNITED NATIONS -- Furiously scrambling to head off a U.N. showdown, the United States warned world leaders Wednesday that trying to create a Palestinian nation by simple decree instead of through hard negotiations was bound to fail as a shortcut to peace with Israel. Europeans worked to defuse the dispute, too, with France urging new talks within a month. |
1 million young adults get health insurance
Lansing State Journal Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:08 AM PDT
WASHINGTON - As many as a million young adults have signed up for health insurance in the last year, new data indicate, suggesting the success of an early benefit of the health care law President Barack Obama signed last year. |
House Rejects Spending Bill Needed to Prevent Government Shutdown
New York Magazine Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:05 AM PDT
In a surprise move, the House failed to pass a special budget measure needed to keep the government functioning after September 30. Though the bill was backed by the GOP, 48 conservatives â€" many of whom are said to be irritated by House Speaker John Boehner's recent spending negotiations with President Obama â€" voted against it, leaving the final tally at 230-to-195. The rejection will force ... |
Worldview: U.S. politics join Mideast fray
The Philadelphia Inquirer Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:01 AM PDT
"Peace is hard," said President Obama, at the United Nations, in what seemed like a cri de coeur. "Remember, peace is hard," he repeated again. |
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