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McCotter To Join Presidential Race Friday

Politico reports : Thaddeus McCotter will file paperwork on Friday to become the eighth Republican candidate for president, a McCotter adviser told POLITICO. McCotter spent four days in Iowa this week and came away “feeling positive” about his reception, the adviser said. His presidentia…

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

Romney, Dems Engage On Jobs

Politico reports : Mitt Romney skipped past his Republican rivals and brought his campaign right to the general election on Thursday — and the Democrats accepted the fight. Instead of knocking his primary opponents, staging his jobs event in a primary battleground, or even acknowledgin…

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

House Members Clash Over Border Gun Program

The New York Times reports : Republicans and Democrats on the House oversight committee this week intensified their efforts to shape the narrative surrounding Operation Fast and Furious, the border-security strategy that allowed guns to be shipped illegally into Mexico in an effort to …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

Chavez Recovering After Surgery For Cancer

Reuters reports : Venezuela's flamboyant socialist leader Hugo Chavez said on Thursday he had undergone a successful operation in Cuba to remove cancerous cells from a tumor and was on the road to full recovery. tumour The 56-year-old president looked grave and emotional in his first speech to …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

GOP Candidates' Fundraising Starts Slowly

The New York Times reports : Fund-raising by the Republican presidential candidates appears to be off to a slow start this year, hindered by the struggling economy, the absence of a clear and compelling front-runner, and the desire of many of the party’s biggest donors to wait and see how …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

Geithner Denies He's Leaving Treasury

The Daily Beast reports : Tim Geithner denied on Thursday that he had decided to leave his position as the nation's Treasury secretary "for the foreseeable future." Earlier today, Bloomberg News reported that Geithner would leave the Obama administration after Congress forged a deal …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

Strauss-Kahn Case Falling Apart

The New York Times reports : The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is on the verge of collapse as investigators have uncovered major holes in the credibility of the housekeeper who charged that he attacked her in his Manhattan hotel suite in May, according to two well-plac…

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

WH Rejects McConnell Invite

The Hill reports : The White House has rejected Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell's (Ky.) invitation for President Obama to meet Thursday with Senate Republicans about their position on the debt-ceiling talks. White House press secretary Jay Carney said McConnell was asking Obama to …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

New Law Could Free 12K Drug Users

Politico reports : On the heels of a law signed last year by President Barack Obama limiting sentences for crack cocaine offenses, thousands of prisoners for crimes related to the drug will be eligible for early release, the U.S. Sentencing Commission ruled Thursday. More than 12, 000 …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

China Eases Rules That Irked Foreign Firms

The Wall Street Journal reports : China's Ministry of Finance said it is scrapping certain rules that foreign companies say favored domestic products for government procurement, a significant step toward easing concerns that global companies would be excluded from billions of dollars in …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

US Caught China Buying More Treasuries

Reuters reports : When the Treasury Department revamped its rules for participating in government bond auctions two years ago, officials said they were simply modernizing outdated procedures. The real reason for the change, a Reuters investigation has found, was more serious: The Treasury …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

Colbert Gets His Own PAC

The Los Angeles Times reports : The Federal Election Commission Thursday granted faux talk-show host Stephen Colbert a special exemption to establish a corporate-backed political action committee to run ads on his program. Colbert had asked the FEC for permission to create a "Colbert …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

Rubio Launches Constituent Mail Box

The Daily Caller reports : Marco Rubio quickly glanced at several papers handed to him by an aide as he sat in a wooden chair in a small television studio in the U.S. Capitol complex. “I’m ready, ” the telegenic Republican senator from Florida said before flashing a smile and staring into …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

Herzfeld: Dutch Ritual Slaughter Ban Is Bigotry

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld writes : The lower house of the Dutch parliament recently passed legislation that would ban ritual slaughter in accordance with both Jewish law, known as shechita, and Muslim law, known as halal. The legislation would require the stunning of animals before their …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

Gaza Flotilla Organizers Report 2nd Damaged Boat

The Washington Post reports : Organizers of a flotilla seeking to break Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip said Thursday that another of their boats had been damaged in port, and accused Israel of sabotage. It was the second boat reported damaged in recent days, setting back …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

40% Think Economy Is In "Permanent Decline"

Politico reports : Nearly 4 in 10 Americans say they think the economy is in permanent decline, a new polls shows as deep pessimism about the economy becomes more widespread. Thirty-nine percent of those surveyed for a New York Times/CBS News poll released late Wednesday say they see the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

Schumer Lays Out Senate Dems' Jobs Plan

Politico reports : A bill to create construction jobs and fund new highway infrastructure. A clean-energy jobs program. Reforming the immigration system for high-skilled workers. And a variety of tax cuts and credits. None of them are new ideas, but they’re all part of Senate Democrats’ …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

Burma's Suu Kyi Plans First Trip Since Release

Reuters reports : Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will next week travel outside her home city for the first time since her release from a seven-year stint of house arrest last November, a spokesman for her former party said. Suu Kyi plans to join her son, Kim, on a four-day …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

Gates Receives Presidential Medal Of Freedom

The Associated Press reports : President Barack Obama on Thursday honored outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates' four decades of service, including the past 4 1/2 years in charge of the Pentagon, by surprising him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It's the highest honor a president can …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011

Greece Passes 2nd Austerity Bill

Reuters reports : The Greek parliament passed a second austerity bill Thursday, opening the way for the EU and IMF to release a 12 billion euro ($17 billion) loan installment which Athens urgently needs to stave off bankruptcy. The vote on detailed measures to implement 28 billion euros in …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday June 30, 2011