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America Tells G20: We're Closed for Business
America’s failure to ink a trade agreement with South Korea will send an embarrassing message to the rest of the world. America’s failure to ink a trade agreement with South Korea will surely lead to plenty of finger pointing. The Obama administration blames the Chinese and, believe it or not, …Karzai to U.S.: Scale Back Military Ops
Karzai to U.S.: Scale Back Military Ops The Washington Post reports: President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that the United States must reduce the visibility and intensity of its military operations in Afghanistan and end the increased U.S. Special Operations forces night raids …
Rahm Announces Chicago Mayoral Bid
Rahm Announces Mayoral Bid The Chicago Tribune reports: As Rahm Emanuel made his entry into Chicago's mayoral race official Saturday, a major theme of his campaign echoed off the school gymnasium walls: He is the tenacious leader Chicago needs during tough times. The former …
Netanyahu Will Push for Settlement Freeze
Netanyahu Will Push for Settlement Freeze The New York Times reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has agreed to push his cabinet to freeze most construction on settlements in the West Bank for 90 days to break an impasse in peace negotiations with the Palestinians, …
Obama To Senate: Ratify Nuke Treaty
Obama To Senate: Ratify Nuke Treaty Politico reports: President Obama told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday that he’ll push the Senate in coming weeks to ratify a nuclear arms treaty the two leaders signed earlier this year. “I reiterated my commitment to get the …
Cindy McCain: 'I Back John's Stance on DADT'
Cindy McCain: 'I Back John's Stance on DADT' The New York Daily News reports: Cindy McCain announced that she is against the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell" one day after she appeared in a video where she lends her support to end the ban on gays openly serving in the military. …
Saudis Block Facebook
Saudis Block Facebook The Jerusalem Post reports: An official with Saudi Arabia's communications authority said Saturday it has blocked Facebook because the popular social networking website does not conform with the kingdom's conservative values. The official announced that …
Poll: Palin's Negatives Hit New High
Palin Unfavorable Rating at New High Politics Daily reports: The number of Americans viewing Sarah Palin unfavorably has hit the highest point since she burst onto the national stage over two years ago, according to a poll out Friday. The Gallup survey conducted in the days …
Miller's Lawyers Start Leaving Alaska
Miller's Lawyers Start Going Home The New York Times reports: The lawyers have started leaving. That is perhaps the surest sign that Joe Miller’s chances of becoming the next senator from Alaska are evaporating. With each passing day that election workers here in the state …
AZ Voters OK Med Marijuana Use
AZ Voters OK Med Marijuana Use The AP reports: Arizona voters have approved a measure that will legalize medical marijuana use in the state for people with chronic or debilitating diseases. Final vote tallies showed Saturday that Proposition 203 won by a tiny margin of just 4, …
CIA Created 'Safe Haven' in US for Nazis
DOJ Report: CIA Created 'Safe Haven' for Nazis The New York Times reports: A secret history of the United States government’s Nazi-hunting operation concludes that American intelligence officials created a “safe haven” in the United States for Nazis and their collaborators after …
Watch: O'Reilly Doesn't Buy Beck's Soros Theories
Watch: O'Reilly Doesn't Buy Beck's Soros Theories httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WJ-rwmEWz8The GOP's Earmark Distraction
This week, the GOP ran from a bipartisan proposal which could actually tackle our budget woes to instead focus on a futile fight over earmarks. Two deep and abiding themes collided this week in Washington, D.C.--the public relations desire to deflect from tough fiscal choices and the policy need …Kay: Beck's Strange Soros Obsession
Kay: Beck's Weird Soros Obsession Jonathan Kay writes in the National Post : Every radicalized political movement has its anti-Christ. Stalinists had Trotsky. 9/11 conspiracy theorists have Dick Cheney. Islamists have Israel. And now the radical, populist right, led by …
Labour Tops Tories in Poll
Labour Tops Tories in Poll Reuters reports: The Labour Party has nosed ahead of the Conservatives since the coalition announced public spending cuts last month, according to an opinion poll published Monday. Chancellor George Osborne outlined in October a five-year austerity …
Paul: Speed Up Deficit Panel Cuts
Paul: Speed Up Deficit Panel Cuts The Hill reports: The draft report issued by President Obama's fiscal commission does not do enough to bring down the nation's debt and deficits, Sen.-elect Rand Paul said Friday. Paul (R-Ky.) wants the changes proposed by the bipartisan …
Murkowski: DeMint Needs to Play Nice
Murkowski: DeMint Needs to Play Nice The Hill reports: If Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is interested in apologizing to Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R), he'll have to make the first move, Murkowski said Friday. The Alaska senator, who appears poised to win reelection as a write-in GOP …
Boehner to Obama: Veto Bills with Earmarks
Boehner to Obama: Veto Bills with Earmarks Politico reports: The top two House Republican leaders are calling on President Barack Obama to veto any spending bill containing earmarks, raising the stakes in a battle to claim purity on project-specific spending by Congress. The …
Hoyer & Clyburn Reach Leadership Deal
Hoyer & Clyburn Both Get Top Posts Politico reports: House Democrats have reached a deal to keep both Reps. Steny Hoyer and James Clyburn in the leadership, with Hoyer (D-Md.) serving as minority whip and Clyburn (D-S.C) taking a new, as-yet-still-undefined number three position. …