Daily News Alert | Wednesday, March 2, 2011 12:02 AM PST |
Gov't shutdown averted as House votes $4B cuts
Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:48 pm PST
 AP - The House passed emergency short-term legislation Tuesday to cut federal spending by $4 billion and avert a government shutdown. Senate Democrats agreed to follow suit, handing Republicans an early victory in their drive to rein in government. Full Story | Top |
Pentagon is cautious on military moves in Libya
Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:14 pm PST
 AP - Top Pentagon officials strongly suggested Tuesday that American military intervention in Libya is unlikely, even as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a congressional panel that the Obama administration was looking at "every single lever it can use" to push Moammar Gadhafi out of power. Full Story | Top |
Wis. governor proposes deep cuts for schools
Tue, 1 Mar 2011 05:55 pm PST
 AP - After focusing for weeks on his proposal to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights, Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday presented his full budget — a plan that cuts $1 billion in aid to public schools and local government but avoids any tax or fee increases, furloughs or widespread layoffs. Full Story | Top |
As federal investigation winds down, John Edwards vanishes from public eye
Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:07 am PST
The Ticket - Even with his political image shattered and his private life in shambles, John Edwards used to be a regular at the bars and restaurants near his home in North Carolina. But as federal prosecutors wind down their investigation into whether Edwards broke campaign finance laws trying to cover up an affair with a former campaign [...] Full Story | Top |
Two ‘shadow GOP’ groups plan to spend $120 million on the 2012 campaign
Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:22 am PST
The Ticket - A pair of conservative groups with ties to former Bush advisers Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie plans to nearly double what they spent in 2010 to boost Republicans in next year's elections. American Crossroads and its sister group, Crossroads GPS, plans to raise and spend at least $120 million on the 2012 campaign. That eclipses [...] Full Story | Top |
US launches new missile defense program for Europe
Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:32 pm PST
AP - The U.S. is sending a special radar-equipped warship to the Mediterranean Sea next week, the first step in the development of a broad anti-ballistic missile system to protect Europe against a potential Iranian nuclear threat, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
Greece: 59 migrants on hunger strike hospitalized
Tue, 1 Mar 2011 11:39 am PST
 AP - In the opulent settings of a central Athens mansion, more than 200 North African immigrants are slowly starving themselves to death in a bid to secure legal residence — the latest headache for debt-crippled Greece's governing Socialists. Full Story | Top |
Oops! Awkward Dictator Photos
Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:21 pm PST
The Daily Beast - A Western leader might break off a relationship with a despot, but no one can erase the snapshots of them together in happier days. From Bush holding hands with the Saudi king to Obama chatting up Hugo Chavez, see photos. Full Story | Top |
THANK PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR HIS DOMA DISASTER
Tue, 1 Mar 2011 07:11 pm PST
Maggie Gallagher - In refusing to defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act, President Obama has just made a huge mistake -- a telling mistake that demonstrates what a hard-left bubble he must now be in. Full Story | Top |
Secretary Salazar continues to face pressure from all sides over oil drilling in Gulf
Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:38 pm PST
Daily Caller - As Ken Salazar heads to Capitol Hill Wednesday for the first of two days of hearings, the interior secretary will be facing pressure from all sides of the deep-water drilling debate. Despite his own personal agenda, Salazar is in many ways the middle man between two opposing forces pushing on him to act in different directions on issuing permits to drill in the Gulf of Mexico. Full Story | Top |
Nikki Haley is not exactly a big fan of Newt Gingrich
Tue, 1 Mar 2011 01:45 pm PST
The Ticket - As Republicans ramp up their 2012 campaigns, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is certain to be one of the most sought-after endorsements in the country, considering she's a rising star GOPer who presides over a key early primary state. Haley, like other politicians, has been cagey about who she will support, but she's already giving [...] Full Story | Top |
First-term Republicans press Obama on trade deals
Tue, 1 Mar 2011 12:14 pm PST
Reuters - Sixty-seven freshmen Republican lawmakers swept into office with help from the Tea Party movement told President Barack Obama on Tuesday they wanted to work with him to approve long-delayed trade deals with South Korea, Panama and Colombia. Full Story | Top |
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