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Yahoo! News: Elections

Rove, Miers to testify in prosecutor firings (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 04:44 PM PST

In this March 24, 2007 file photo. Karl Rove prepares to address the Jackson County Lincoln Day dinner in Jackson, Mich.  Rove and former White House counsel Harriet Miers agreed Wednesday to testify before Congress under oath about the firings of U.S. attorneys.   (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)AP - Former top Bush aides Karl Rove and Harriet Miers agreed Wednesday to testify before Congress under oath about the firings of U.S. attorneys, a controversy involving allegations of political interference that grew into a constitutional standoff between two branches of government.


Obama orders overhaul of `broken' US contracting (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 02:51 PM PST

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., makes remarks on government contracts reform, Wednesday, March 4, 2009,  in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Blasting Bush-era government contracting, President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered an overhaul designed to halt the delays, waste and blatant fraud that exasperate the public and politicians alike.


Senate votes to preserve earmarks in spending bill (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 04:48 PM PST

AP - Senate Democrats on Wednesday preserved pet projects sought by a lobbying firm under federal investigation and tried to nail down support for big domestic spending increases in hopes of passing a wrap-up budget bill by week's end. Democrats defeated, by a 52-43 vote, an amendment to strip 13 projects that the PMA Group has pressed for. The firm, now disbanded, is accused of illegally using straw donors to funnel campaign cash to lawmakers.

Obama surprises daughters with new swing set (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 04:25 PM PST

A newly installed swing and play set for President Barack Obama's daughters Malia and Sasha is seen on the south grounds of the White House outside of the Oval Office in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - First daughters Malia and Sasha Obama got a big surprise after school Wednesday: a brand-new swing set.


Rush challenges Obama to debate (Politico)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 11:49 AM PST

Politico - Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh challenged President Barack Obama to a debate Wednesday in response to the White House’s reported strategy of turning him into the face of the Republican Party.

Democrats seek 'truth commission' probe of Bush (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 04:11 PM PST

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2009, during the committee's hearing on a 'Truth Commission' to investigate the Bush administration's national security policies.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Senate Democrats on Wednesday suggested Republicans should join their call for a nonpartisan "truth commission" to probe whether the Bush administration abused its power, or face partisan congressional investigations.


NTSB official sees threat in cell phone use (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 04:20 PM PST

The crash site is displayed on the screen as Wayne Workman, right, Investigator in Charge, talks during a hearing on the 2008 train collision in Chatsworth, Calif., Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Washington. A Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train collided on Sept. 12, 2008, killing 25 people and injuring numerous other people. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The numerous safety violations that contributed to a deadly train crash in California last year have some federal officials asking whether the crash was an isolated incident or part of a more widespread problem, particularly with cell phone use by crew members.


Kerry says Syrian president leaning toward West (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:08 PM PST

After the strike : Palestinians inspect a hole in the pavement made by an Israeli projectile used during an air strike in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)AP - Sen. John Kerry said Wednesday that Syrian President Basher Assad told him last month in Damascus that Syria is prepared to resume peace negotiations with Israel and embrace a 2000 Arab initiative offering peace in exchange for territory captured from the Arabs in the 1967 Mideast war.


Obama wants Congress to help him reduce spending (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 04:57 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama thinks the best way to reduce wasteful spending is for lawmakers in both parties to work with him to do it, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Wednesday.

Obamas host congressional leaders for dinner (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 04:56 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama says he wants to thank members of Congress for their hard work and says it's important they acknowledge Democrats and Republicans have much in common.

Housing plan aims to help 9M, but leaves out many (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 04:49 PM PST

In this Jan. 26, 2009 file photo, a home with a pending sale sign is seen in Alameda, Calif. The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday, March 3, pending U.S. home sales sank to a new record low in January as economic woes turned buyers away from the staggering housing market. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, file)AP - The Obama administration's housing plan is intended to help 9 million struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure, but it leaves out tens of thousands of borrowers in the most battered housing markets who won't qualify because their homes have lost too much value.


Obama administration goes after cable chatter (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:57 PM PST

President Barack Obama arrives to deliver remarks at the Interior Department in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Besides Rush Limbaugh and CNBC's Rick Santelli, the Obama administration has a more generic media target: "cable chatter."


Obama takes aim at costly defense contracts (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:20 PM PST

The first production VH-71 presidential helicopter completed initial ground vibration testing on schedule after roughly six weeks of tests intended to assess the airframe's vibration characteristics.  (PRNewsFoto/Lockheed Martin)Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the U.S. government was paying too much for things it did not need and ordered a crackdown on spending "plagued by massive cost overruns and outright fraud."


Nancy Pelosi: Hard to hate? (Politico)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:11 PM PST

Politico - House Republicans have met the enemy — and she isn’t Nancy Pelosi.

Clinton accuses Iran of seeking to intimidate (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:19 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, smiles with Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband at the start of a NATO and EU dinner at Egmont Palace in Brussels, Wednesday March 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton swiped hard at Iran on Wednesday, accusing its hardline leaders of fomenting divisions in the Arab world, promoting terrorism, posing threats to Israel and Europe, and seeking to "intimidate as far as they think their voice can reach."


White House forum to diagnose health care ills (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 02:59 PM PST

President Barack Obama arrives to deliver remarks on government contracts reform, Wednesday, March 4, 2009,  in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Barack Obama has invited a broad group of doctors, patients, business owners and insurers to a White House forum on health care in hopes of building support for big changes.


Obama picks Florida's Fugate to head FEMA (AP)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 02:57 PM PST

In this Aug. 19, 2008 file photo, Florida emergency management Craig Fugate, left, accompanied by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, briefs reporters in Tallahassee, Fla. Fugate is President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) . (AP Photo/Phil Coale, File)AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday tapped Florida emergency manager Craig Fugate to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency, turning to a Republican appointee who has steered the Southern state through numerous hurricanes since 2001.


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