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Wehner: Trump Focuses On Absurdities

Peter Wehner writes in the Wall Street Journal : Thanks to Donald Trump—real-estate mogul, reality-TV star, and possible candidate for the Republican presidential nomination—a fringe conspiracy theory is now front and center in American politics: the claim that President Barack Obama might not …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 16, 2011

25th Anniversary Of US Bombing Of Libya

The Washington Post reports: TRIPOLI, LIBYA —Moammar Gaddafi’s glamorous daughter, Aisha, showed a different public face Friday morning, delivering a defiant and venomous speech to an adoring crowd from the ruins of a building in her father’s Tripoli compound, 25 years to the day after it …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 16, 2011

The Original Human Language?

The Wall Street Journal reports: The world's 6,000 or so modern languages may have all descended from a single ancestral tongue spoken by early African humans between 50,000 and 70,000 years ago, a new study suggests. The finding, published Thursday in the journal Science, could help …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 16, 2011

Iraqi Immigrant Gets 34 Years For Honor Killing

BBC News reports: An Iraqi immigrant has been sentenced more than 30 years in jail in the US state of Arizona for killing his 20-year-old daughter because she had become too Westernised. Jurors found Faleh Hassan Almaleki guilty of second-degree murder in connection to Noor Almaleki's …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 16, 2011

WH: Obama Wants 'Clean' Debt Vote

The Hill reports : White House officials maintained Friday that the administration wants to see a "clean" increase to the federal debt limit, despite President Obama saying it will likely be paired with spending cuts. The administration has maintained for months that Congress should not …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

FBI Shuts Down Online Poker Sites

The Hill reports : Executives at PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker have been charged with bank fraud and money laundering. The FBI shut down three of the largest poker websites Friday in what appears to be the largest crackdown on illegal online gambling to date. Eleven …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

Syria Hit By Biggest Protests

Al Jazeera English reports : Syrian security forces have dispersed thousands of protesters marching towards central Damascus from the suburb of Douma, witnesses say. Haitham al-Maleh, an activist and lawyer, told Al Jazeera on Friday that protesters were close to Abasyeen Square when …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

House Passes Ryan Budget Plan

The Washington Post reports : The House on Friday passed a Republican budget plan for 2012 aimed at privatizing Medicare and dramatically scaling back the size of the federal government. Voting along party lines, the House approved the $3.5 trillion GOP blueprint 235 to 193 after …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

Qaddafi Forces Hit Civilian Areas

The New York Times reports: Military forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, who have surrounded this city and vowed to crush its anti-Qaddafi rebellion, have been firing into residential neighborhoods with heavy weapons, including cluster bombs that have been banned by much of the …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

Protesters Interrupt House Budget Debate

The Hill reports : Protesters in the House gallery interrupted members eight times during closing debate on the FY 2012 budget resolution, closing out a hectic day as the House tried to pass a FY 2012 budget resolution. Several protesters interrupted by singing "The Star Spangled Banner, …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

GOP Alternative Budget Goes Down

The Hill reports : House lawmakers defeated a proposal by conservative Republicans to make deeper cuts to spending and tax rates than those proposed in the Republican budget, but only after last-minute maneuvering by Democrats on the House floor. In a chaotic scene characterized by …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

SCOTUS May Fast-Track Health Bill Review

The Hill reports : The Supreme Court could decide as early as Friday whether to expedite a review of challenges to Democrats' healthcare reform law, though legal experts expect the high court will decline to get involved for now. Two federal judges have ruled the law's individual …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

Trump Defends Donations to Dems

The Hill reports : On Fox last night, Donald Trump defended his history of substantial donations to prominent Democrats. I've lived in New York. This building, this great tower, and many other great towers are here in New York. Everyone's Democratic. So what am I going to do -- …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

Insurers Worried About Ryan Medicare Plan

Benjy Sarlin writes at TalkingPointsMemo: At first glance, Paul Ryan's plan to send millions of seniors into the free market with dwindling vouchers in hand might seem a boon to the private insurance industry. But would companies even want to participate? Unlike the Affordable Care Act, …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

Obama to GOP: 'You Think We're Stupid?'

CBS News reports : In what he thought was a private chat with campaign donors Thursday evening, President Obama offered the most revealing behind-the-scenes account to date of his budget negotiations with GOP leaders last week. CBS Radio News White House correspondent Mark Knoller …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

Nuke Plant to Pay Evacuees

Yahoo! News reports : TOKYO – The crisis at Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear plant forced Kazuko Suzuki to flee her home without packing, ended her job at a welfare office and cost her 18-year-old son an offer for work of his own. The plant operator's announcement Friday that it would pay …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

Obama: Most Voters Know I Was Born in Hawaii

ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports : I thought the president would take a pass when I asked him about Donald Trump’s rise to the top of the Republican field in my exclusive interview today. Far from it. He grabbed at the chance with a big smile – saying he thinks the whole issue …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

Palin to Attend WI Tax Day Rally

The Hill reports : Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) will attend a Tea Party Tax Day rally in Wisconsin this Saturday, according to an adviser. The potential presidential candidate is expected to be at the event sponsored by Americans for Prosperity Wisconsin, a Tea Party organizer. …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

WH Pushes Gang of Six on Deficit Deal

The Hill reports : Senate Democrats and the White House are pressuring Republican members of the Gang of Six to reach an agreement on a deficit-reduction package so it can be used as a credible alternative to the budget unveiled last week by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011

Labor Leaders Rip Obama, Reid

Politico reports : Top labor leaders excoriated President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in a closed session of the AFL-CIO’s executive board meeting in Washington Wednesday, three labor sources said. Furious union presidents complained about budget cuts, a new …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 15, 2011