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What We Don't Know About the Muslim Brotherhood

What We Don't Know About the Muslim Brotherhood Josh Block writes at Progressive Fix: Events unfolding in Egypt are cause both for celebration and concern. Extremely important questions for American national security are at stake in the orientation of the Egyptian government that …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 5, 2011

Protest Leaders Hold Talks with Mubarak

Protest Leaders Hold Talks with Mubarak The AP reports: Leaders of Egypt's unprecedented wave of anti-government protests have held talks with the prime minister over ways to ease President Hosni Mubarak out of office. Under one proposal, the 82-year-old leader would hand his …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 5, 2011

Obama, Harper Pledge Border Security Revamp

Obama, Harper Pledge Border Security Revamp AFP reports: US President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper launched an initiative Friday aiming at improving border cooperation that would boost the free flow of trade despite tougher security. "We agreed to a …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 5, 2011

GOP Senators: $32B in Cuts Not Enough

GOP Senators: $32B in Cuts Not Enough The Hill reports: Nearly a dozen Republican senators sent a letter on Friday urging the House to make at least $100 billion in spending cuts this year. In a letter to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), the Republican senators said the …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 5, 2011

Mubarak Moves to Jumpstart Economy

Mubarak Moves to Jumpstart Economy BBC News reports: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has held talks with ministers to try to revive an economy hit by a wave of anti-government protests. Banks will reopen on Sunday, with Finance Minister Samir Radwan saying the economic …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 5, 2011

Hackers Crack Nasdaq Computers

Hackers Crack Nasdaq Computers Wall Street Journal reports: Hackers have repeatedly penetrated the computer network of the company that runs the Nasdaq Stock Market during the past year, and federal investigators are trying to identify the perpetrators and their purpose, …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 5, 2011

Egyptian Reporter Dies of Gunshot

Egyptian Reporter Dies of Gunshot USA Today reports: An Egyptian reporter who was shot during clashes a week ago died of his wounds Friday, his employer said, in the first reported death of a journalist in the chaos surrounding Egypt's anti-government protests. Ahmed Mohammed …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 5, 2011

Rush: 'Root for Mubarak'

Rush: 'Root for Mubarak' Media Matters reports: From the February 4 edition of Premiere Radio Network's The Rush Limbaugh Show . Click here for more.

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

Thomas' Wife Heads Lobbying Firm

Thomas' Wife Heads Lobbying Firm Politico reports: She started as a congressional aide in the 1980s, became a midlevel Republican operative, then briefly left politics, reemerging in 2009 as founder of a tea party group before stepping down amid continued questions about whether …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

McConnell to Dems: No Deals on Health Reform

McConnell to Dems: No Deals on Health Reform Bill The Hill reports: Republicans aren't likely to bury the hatchet with President Obama over the healthcare reform act, their Senate leader said Friday. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), fresh off an unsuccessful …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

Govt Officials Join Cairo Protest

Govt Officials Join Cairo Protest The New York Times reports: With signs of fracturing within Egypt’s ruling elite, hundreds of thousands of people packed Cairo’s central Tahrir Square on Friday, chanting slogans, bowing in prayer and waving Egyptian flags to press a …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

Anderson Cooper 'Scared' for Safety

Anderson Cooper 'Scared' for Safety Huffington Post reports: After two straight days of being attacked on the streets of Cairo, Anderson Cooper brought viewers his Thursday show from an undisclosed, dimly lit room, saying that he was "a little bit scared" for his safety. Cooper …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

20,000 Flee Pakistan's Border

20,000 Flee Pakistan's Border BBC News reports: At least 20, 000 people have fled fierce fighting between troops and militants in the Pakistani tribal region of Mohmand, officials and witnesses say. Many of the displaced are sheltering in temporary camps, the authorities add. …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

Watch: Turmoil in Egypt Spiking Oil Prices

Watch: Turmoil Spikes Oil Prices On CNBC, FF contributor Brad Schaffer spoke about the effect spreading unrest in the Middle East and fears about the security of the Suez Canal will have on crude oil prices. Click here for more.

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

Lawyers Want Loughner Writing Samples

Lawyers Want Writing Samples from Loughner Arizona Republic reports: Prosecutors have asked a U.S. District Court judge to make Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner turn over handwriting samples to compare with notes found scrawled in his home. Loughner has been charged in …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

Airport Security Workers Can Unionize

TSA: Airport Security Workers Can Unionize The New York Times reports: Seeking to end a debate that has brewed for nearly a decade, the director of the Transportation Security Administration announced on Friday that a union would be allowed to bargain over working conditions on …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

Rand Paul: End 'Welfare' to Israel

Paul: End 'Welfare' to Israel Politico reports: Tea party-backed Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) isn’t sure that congressional Republicans have the guts to make the big budget cuts they’ve promised and, he said, members of the movement are becoming frustrated. “There’s a …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

January: Economy Only Added 36K Jobs

Economy Only Gained 36K Jobs The AP reports: The unemployment rate dropped sharply last month to 9 percent, based on a government survey that found that more than a half-million people found work. A separate survey of company payrolls showed a scant increase of 36,000 net jobs …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

Sommers: Debunk Domestic Violence Myths

Sommers: Super Bowl Domestic Violence Myths In USA Today , Christina Hoff Sommers writes: "The facts are clear," said Attorney General Eric Holder. "Intimate partner homicide is the leading cause of death for African-American women ages 15 to 45." That's a horrifying statistic, …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011

White House Email Goes Down

White House Email Goes Down Washington Post reports: An outage affecting unclassified White House e-mail accounts began at around 7:45 a.m. Thursday and stretched well into the afternoon, which meant the most tech-savvy administration in history spent most of the day relying on …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 4, 2011