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Sunday, May 1, 2011 12:05 AM PDT

Today's Politics News: Obama keeps up push to end gas, oil tax breaks Palin raises profile; 2012 plans unclear NH GOP gets back-to-back look at 2012 hopefuls Indiana GOP releases video lauding Daniels’ record Indiana governor vows to block federal funds for Planned Parenthood Obama pledges help for illegal immigrant grads Obama meets with wounded congresswoman Giffords Stem cell research: Court gives Obama a victory, but policy still on trial Obama trumps adversaries Brown has surgery for cancerous growth Obama mocks Trump's presidential ambitions Political perils abound in online rumor hothouse Six killed as Syrians prepare to bury protest dead Obama zings Trump at White House dinner FROM NOBODIES TO NOMINEES NH forum: Romney wants to ‘hang’ Obama with misery index, Bachmann wants omnibus Obama repeal Only Huntsman can come from China Polls on Tea Party: Nearly 50 Percent Have Unfavorable Opinion of Movement Activist sues Sarah Palin for $100K over traffic Obama keeps up push to end gas, oil tax breaks Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:33 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama says oil companies are profiting from rising pump prices and he wants Congress to end $4 billion in annual tax breaks for the oil and gas industry. Full Story Top Palin raises profile; 2012 plans unclear Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:28 pm PDT AP - Sarah Palin's support among Republicans has shrunk and there's no evidence she's close to saying whether she will run for president in 2012. Full Story Top NH GOP gets back-to-back look at 2012 hopefuls Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:45 pm PDT AP - With back-to-back events featuring multiple presidential hopefuls, it's been something of an instant-replay kind of weekend for New Hampshire Republicans. Full Story Top Indiana GOP releases video lauding Daniels’ record Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:08 pm PDT Daily Caller - Following the close of the Indiana legislative session just before midnight on Friday, the Indiana Republican Party released a video lauding Gov. Mitch Daniels’ record this session and overall. The video, entitled “Mitch Daniels: Change That’s Still Working!” almost has the feel of a campaign ad for the potential Republican presidential candidate. Full Story Top Indiana governor vows to block federal funds for Planned Parenthood Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:38 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Indiana will become the first state to block funding for Planned Parenthood following an announcement made late Friday by Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) that he will sign a bill to deny the group about $2 million in federal dollars. Full Story Top Obama pledges help for illegal immigrant grads Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:52 pm PDT AP - Stepping up his demand to change the nation's immigration laws, President Barack Obama on Friday promised graduates at a vast, multicultural community college that he'll keep working to help students not legally in the U.S. to become American citizens. Full Story Top Obama meets with wounded congresswoman Giffords Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:56 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama met Friday with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in January. The reunion was a bright spot for the president in a day otherwise marked by storm devastation in Alabama and by disappointment in the cancellation of the space shuttle Endeavour's final launch. Full Story Top Stem cell research: Court gives Obama a victory, but policy still on trial Fri, 29 Apr 2011 06:07 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A divided federal appeals court handed the Obama administration a significant victory on Friday when it reversed a judge’s ruling that sought to block government funding of human embryonic stem cell research. Full Story Top Obama trumps adversaries Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:30 pm PDT Politico - The president took aim at expected targets such as Donald Trump as well as Matt Damon. Full Story Top Brown has surgery for cancerous growth Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:32 pm PDT Politico - The California governor had the procedure Friday, after tests revealed cancerous cells on his nose. Full Story Top Obama mocks Trump's presidential ambitions Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:21 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama exacted his revenge Saturday after weeks of attacks from his would-be Republican challenger Donald Trump, joking that the billionaire businessman could bring change to the White House, transforming it from a stately mansion into a tacky casino with a whirlpool in the garden. Full Story Top Political perils abound in online rumor hothouse Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:54 am PDT AP - How quaint: Candidate Bill Clinton's big weapon against political attacks in 1992 was an impressive new technology called the blast fax. Full Story Top Six killed as Syrians prepare to bury protest dead Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:46 am PDT AFP - Troops and snipers killed six civilians on Saturday as Syrians prepared to bury scores of people killed in a "day of rage," while the United States and EU imposed sanctions on Damascus. Full Story Top Obama zings Trump at White House dinner Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:47 pm PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama went to town on Donald Trump Saturday night, mocking his possible presidential ambitions in a sendup at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Full Story Top FROM NOBODIES TO NOMINEES Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:02 pm PDT David Shribman - WASHINGTON -- The conventional wisdom is that Barack Obama cannot be beaten. The root of this wisdom is the aphorism, sometimes attributed to former New York Gov. Benjamin B. Odell Jr. and sometimes to former House Speaker Joe Cannon, that you can't beat somebody (Obama) with nobody (any one of the dozen Republican nobodies, male and female, Trump and trumped). Full Story Top NH forum: Romney wants to ‘hang’ Obama with misery index, Bachmann wants omnibus Obama repeal Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:49 am PDT Daily Caller - Five potential Republican presidential candidates gathered at a New Hampshire forum hosted by Americans for Prosperity on Friday night. Full Story Top Only Huntsman can come from China Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:05 am PDT Daily Caller - Jon Huntsman officially ends his tenure as U.S. Ambassador to China Saturday, and will switch gears into what many predict to be a presidential campaign. Full Story Top Polls on Tea Party: Nearly 50 Percent Have Unfavorable Opinion of Movement Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:42 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - A recent poll released by USA Today/Gallup indicates that the Tea Party may be gradually losing traction among Americans. It corroborates a poll conducted by CNN/Opinion Research Corporation conducted in March. Full Story Top Activist sues Sarah Palin for $100K over traffic Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:33 pm PDT AP - An activist is suing Sarah Palin for at least $100,000, claiming she undertook a campaign to "punish, embarrass, discredit and silence" him while she was Alaska's governor. Full Story Top

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