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Boehner, Cantor Met Privately With Obama Sunday

Politico reports : President Barack Obama and the two top House Republican leaders held an unannounced meeting at the White House Sunday, trying to get debt talks back on track with just two weeks left before the threat of default. Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 18, 2011

Raising the Debt Ceiling is Inevitable

The debt ceiling will be raised, but will get higher by a horrendous amount. It fair to say that most people do not understand the intricacies and machinations of the “debt ceiling” debate underway in the U.S., involving the President, Congress, Republicans Democrats, with the rest of the …

Written by Peter Worthington on Monday July 18, 2011

GOP Demands Unconditional Surrender

The GOP is demanding unconditional surrender on the debt ceiling, just like it did on healthcare In my CNN column , I write about how the GOP is seeking unconditional surrender on the debt ceiling, and that this can lead to the same disaster that happened to the healthcare bill: In this …

Written by David Frum on Monday July 18, 2011

Geithner Urges EU To Act Forcefully On Debt Crisis

Reuters reports : Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday called on European leaders to do more to contain the escalating debt crisis in Europe . "What Europe obviously needs to do is to act more forcefully to contain the risk of an escalating crisis in Europe," Geithner told CNBC …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 18, 2011

NATO Hits Radar at Tripoli Airport

The Associated Press reports : NATO says its warplanes destroyed radar antennas at Tripoli International Airport that were being used by Moammar Gadhafi's regime for military purposes. A NATO statement Monday claimed the civilian air traffic control radar was tracking NATO jets and the …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 18, 2011

2nd UK Police Official Resigns In Murdoch Scandal

The New York Times reports : Britain’s phone hacking scandal claimed another high-profile casualty on Monday when John Yates, the deputy commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police, resigned a day after the country’s top police officer quit and Rebekah Brooks , the former chief …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 18, 2011

Brooks To Testify In Parliament Despite Arrest

The Huffington Post reports : Rebekah Brooks, the former head of News International who was arrested on Sunday , will be testifying before a Parliamentary committee on Tuesday, her spokesman announced Monday . The announcement brought an end to pervasive doubts that Brooks would appear …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 18, 2011

Taliban Video Shows Execution of 16 Pakistanis

The New York Times reports : Taliban insurgents have released a video showing them killing 16 Pakistani men who were captured in a raid in a restive northwestern province last month, a spokesman for the Pakistani military said on Monday. The graphic video shows the 16 men, most of …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 18, 2011

Minnesota Shutdown Drags On Despite Deal

Politico reports : Now in its 18th day, Minnesota’s state government shutdown continues as Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton has yet to formalize his announced deal with GOP legislative and a special session planned for Monday is likely to be delayed. Dayton and the Republican leaders released …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 18, 2011

Credit Rating Firm Wants U.S. To Abolish Debt Limit

Politico reports : The United States should do away with the debt ceiling altogether to bring greater certainty to investors in U.S. Treasury bonds, Moody’s suggested Monday. With the August 2 deadline for raising the debt ceiling barely more than two weeks away, the bond-rating agency …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 18, 2011

Rove's Group Launches Ads Against House Dems

The Associated Press reports : A conservative group linked with Republican strategist Karl Rove has launched an ad campaign targeting 10 vulnerable House Democrats up for reelection in 2012. Crossroads GPS will run ads for the next two weeks targeting Reps. Mike Ross of Arkansas, Jim …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 18, 2011

Geithner: GOP Leaders Have Taken Default Off Table

Reuters reports : Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner expressed confidence that Congress would raise the debt ceiling and said on Monday that top Republicans had taken "default off the table." "Despite what you hear, people are moving closer together," Geithner told CNBC television. "You …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 18, 2011

Top Karzai Adviser Gunned Down

The New York Times reports : A close adviser to President Hamid Karzai was killed on Sunday night after two gunmen stormed his walled home here. It was the second killing in less than a week of one of the president’s trusted but controversial political allies. The aide who was killed on …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 18, 2011

Obama Picks Cordray To Head Consumer Agency

The New York Times reports : President Obama said Sunday that he would nominate Richard Cordray, the former attorney general of Ohio, to lead the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , passing over Elizabeth Warren , the Harvard law professor who was the driving force behind …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 18, 2011

Rick Perry: Game changer

The Washington Post reports This weekend, we got some of the strongest signals yet that Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) will indeed run for president. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) said he thinks Perry will run, and Perry himself seems more inclined than ever, telling the Des Moines …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 18, 2011

Petraeus Hands Over Afghan Command

The Associated Press reports : Gen. David Petraeus handed over command of American and coalition forces to Gen. John Allen on Monday, ending a year that saw the costly counterinsurgency strategy he espoused and implemented coming under increasingly heavy criticism. Petraues steps down at a …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday July 18, 2011

Why Americans Think All Politicians Fail Them

I have a new column in the Times of London that discusses why Americans currently dislike all politicians. I have a new column in the Times of London that discusses why Americans currently dislike all politicians. Through the first decade of the 21 st century, it could almost be …

Written by David Frum on Monday July 18, 2011

Durbin: Congress Will Investigate NewsCorp

The Daily Caller reports : Democratic Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois said Sunday he would like to see Congress investigate News Corporation in the wake of the company’s phone-hacking scandal in Britain. “Yes, I would,” Durbin replied when asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday July 17, 2011

Bipartisan debt deal picks up momentum

The Washington Post reports : A bipartisan effort in the Senate to allow President Obama to raise the federal debt ceiling in exchange for about $1.5 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years gained momentum Sunday, as leaders agreed they would have to act in the next two weeks to avert a …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday July 17, 2011

Scotland Yard Chief Resigns In Widening Scandal

The New York Times reports : LONDON — Britain ’s top police official resigned on Sunday, the latest casualty of the phone-hacking scandal engulfing British public life, just hours after Rebekah Brooks , the former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s News International, was arrested on …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday July 17, 2011