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Obama Jokes About Birther Rumors

Obama Jokes About Birther Rumors CNN reports: President Obama joked about the ongoing "birther" debate surrounding his birthplace at a Democratic fundraiser in Boston Tuesday night. "I think there's nothing – there's no weakness in us trying to reach out and seeing if we can …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Daley Mends Obama Cabinet Rift

Daley Mends Obama Cabinet Rift Washington Post reports: News this week of the first departure of a Cabinet secretary from the Obama administration comes amid a wide-ranging effort under the new chief of staff, William M. Daley, to repair badly frayed relations between the White …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

O'Keefe: I Targeted NPR Over Juan Williams' Firing

O'Keefe: I Targeted NPR Over Juan Williams' Firing CNN reports: The conservative activist responsible for producing an undercover video showing a National Public Radio senior executive slamming the Tea Party as "racist" and "scary" is speaking out about why he went after the …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

House Investigates Health Law Waivers

House Investigates Health Law Waivers The Hill reports: Republicans on a second House panel with oversight power are investigating waivers the Obama administration has awarded to more than a thousand organizations for a provision of the healthcare reform law, The Hill has …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

NPR CEO Resigns

NPR CEO Resigns CNN reports: National Public Radio CEO Vivian Schiller resigned Wednesday, according to NPR. Schiller's resignation comes a day after Ron Schiller, NPR's former senior vice president for fundraising, was shown in an undercover video calling the Tea Party …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Trump Promises June 'Surprise'

Trump Promises June 'Surprise' Politico reports: Donald Trump is talking up his White House bid and promises a June "surprise," he said in an interview. “I will make a decision by June – and it may surprise you,’’ Trump, who has been making the media rounds to talk about his …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Newt: I Did 'Things That Were Wrong'

Newt: I Did 'Things That Were Wrong' Politico reports: Newt Gingrich addressed his multiple nuptials and admitted affairs more head-on than he has to date, telling the Christian Broadcast Network that he sought God's "forgiveness" for the things he did wrong and that he now has …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

King Defends Past IRA-Support

King Defends Past IRA-Support The New York Times reports: For Representative Peter T. King, as he seizes the national spotlight this week with a hearing on the radicalization of American Muslims, it is the most awkward of résumé entries. Long before he became an outspoken …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Blago: Call off Retrial

Blago: Call off Retrial Politico reports: Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is asking a federal judge to cancel his upcoming retrial and to sentence him on his one conviction from his previous trial. In a motion filed early Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

US Sees Stalemate Forming In Libya

US Sees Libya Entering Stalemate The Wall Street Journal reports: The U.S. believes Col. Moammar Gadhafi has solidified control in parts of Libya, creating a stalemate with rebels and raising the stakes in the Obama administration's internal debate about whether to take military …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Manchin: Obama "Failed To Lead" On Budget

Manchin: Obama "Failed To Lead" on Budget Politico reports: West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin ripped President Barack Obama on his budget proposals in a Senate floor speech Tuesday, a rare rebuke from a freshman Democrat who clearly is worried about the politics of deficit …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

George F. Will: Questions On Libya

George F. Will: Questions On Libya George F. Will writes in the Washington Post: Following an attack, he said, "I shall run wild considerably for the first six months or a year, but I have utterly no confidence" after that. Yamamoto knew America: He had attended Harvard and been …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

25 Killed In Pakistan Intelligence Office Bombing

25 Dead In Pakistan Bombing The Washington Post reports: A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban asserted responsibility for the attack and said it was aimed at the intelligence office, the Associated Press reported. Police said the bomb, which was detonated at a gas station, …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Fractured Libyan Opposition Struggles To Unify

Fractured Libyan Opposition Struggles To Unify The New York Times reports: BENGHAZI, Libya — In less than three weeks, an inchoate opposition in Libya , one of the world’s most isolated countries, has cobbled together the semblance of a transitional government, fielded a ragtag …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Hollywood Hiding From Qaddafi Money Connection

Hollywood Hiding From Qaddafi Connection The New York Times reports: LOS ANGELES — Things have gotten chilly here for Natural Selection, the film production company backed by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi ’s son Saadi. On its office line, a recorded message has been the only answer …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Bill Gates Pushes For Final Eradication Of Polio

Bill Gates Pushes For Polio Eradication The New York Times reports: On Monday, in a Manhattan town house that once belonged to polio ’s most famous victim, Franklin D. Roosevelt , Bill Gates made an appeal for one more big push to wipe out world polio. Although that …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Mexico's Youngest Police Chief Flees To US

Mexican Police Chief Wants US Asylum The Wall Street Journal reports: A young woman who volunteered to lead her Mexican hometown's police department after a predecessor was beheaded by drug gangs has fled her post to seek asylum in the U.S., authorities said Tuesday. Marisol …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Cantor Wants to See WH Spending Plan

Cantor: Let's See WH Spending Plan The Hill reports: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said he has told the White House to put forward a plan to cut spending for the remainder of 2011, as the House and Senate attempt to avert a government shutdown. Cantor said he told …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 8, 2011

Dems: We'll Force Spending Bill Vote

Dems: We'll Force Spending Bill Vote The Hill reports: Sensing division, Senate Democrats declared Tuesday that they will force Republicans to vote on the House GOP’s bill to cut $57 billion in spending. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he would bring a cloture vote …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 8, 2011

Feds Want Psych Exam for Loughner

Feds Want Psych Exam for Loughner The New York Times reports: Prosecutors asked a federal judge on Monday night to order Jared L. Loughner, the suspect in the Tucson shooting spree, to undergo psychiatric testing to determine if he is competent to stand trial. “The defendant’s …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 8, 2011