Yahoo! News: Elections

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• House narrowly passes major energy-climate bill (AP)
• AP sources: Obama eyeing order for Gitmo detainees (AP)
• House rejects GOP energy alternative (AP)
• Obama scoffs at Ahmadinejad's demand for apology (AP)
• Biden reaches out to gay community (Politico)
• Clinton's injury still limiting her work schedule (AP)
• Obama says Merkel smart, trustworthy (AP)
• Obama: Political agreement the big problem in Iraq (AP)
• Rep. Tauscher casts key votes before leaving House (AP)
• Analysis: Liberals prod Obama on their health bill (AP)
• House passes landmark climate change bill (Reuters)
• Iran election violence "outrageous," says Obama (Reuters)
• $32B bill for EPA clears House (Politico)
• Clinton, Bahrain prince discuss Middle East (AFP)
• INTERACTIVE: Obama's Fiscal 2010 Budget Summary (CQPolitics.com)
• Senator sides with oyster farmer over Park Service (AP)
• US counterintel chief to be replaced (AP)
• Analysis: Relieved US keeps base key to Afghan war (AP)
• Obama: Violence affects U.S. hope for Iran dialogue (Reuters)
• White House on Jackson: pop icon, troubled life (AP)

House narrowly passes major energy-climate bill (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 04:37 PM PDT AP - In a triumph for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed sweeping legislation Friday that calls for the nation's first limits on pollution linked to global warming and aims to usher in a new era of cleaner, yet more costly energy.

AP sources: Obama eyeing order for Gitmo detainees (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 04:54 PM PDT AP - Stymied by Congress so far, the White House is considering issuing an executive order to indefinitely imprison a small number of Guantanamo Bay detainees considered too dangerous to prosecute or release, two administration officials said Friday.

House rejects GOP energy alternative (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 04:08 PM PDT AP - The House has rejected a Republican alternative to a Democratic climate bill. The vote sets the stage for likely passage of a bill that for the first time would limit U.S. greenhouse gases linked to global warming.

Obama scoffs at Ahmadinejad's demand for apology (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:37 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's criticism of Iran escalated Friday into an unusually personal war of words. To Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's demand he apologize for meddling, Obama shot back that the regime should "think carefully" about answers owed to protesters it has arrested, bludgeoned and killed.

Biden reaches out to gay community (Politico) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:14 AM PDT Politico - Vice President Joe Biden told gay and lesbian Democrats that he doesn't blame them for their impatience and promised that the Obama administration will begin to push more strongly on the issues they care about, including the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

Clinton's injury still limiting her work schedule (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:16 PM PDT AP - One week after surgery to repair a broken right elbow, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday had not resumed a full work schedule at the State Department, officials said.

Obama says Merkel smart, trustworthy (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 10:50 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is describing his German counterpart as "smart," and he adds that he can trust what she says.

Obama: Political agreement the big problem in Iraq (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 11:35 AM PDT AP - Despite continuing violence in Iraq, President Barack Obama says he thinks the bigger challenge there is finding political agreement among Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.

Rep. Tauscher casts key votes before leaving House (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 11:33 AM PDT AP - Rep. Ellen Tauscher made it a memorable last day in Congress. The California Democrat wielded the gavel during debate Friday, gave an Academy Award-length "thank you address" to the chamber and was casting what could be one of the more important votes of her 13-year congressional career.

Analysis: Liberals prod Obama on their health bill (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:31 PM PDT AP - Presidents quickly learn that legislative showdowns on tough issues, such as overhauling the nation's health care system, must be dealt with eventually. Some liberal Democrats worry that President Barack Obama may be waiting too long to face down Republicans on one of the issue's knottiest questions.

House passes landmark climate change bill (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 04:21 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama scored a major victory on Friday when the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to slash industrial pollution that is blamed for global warming.

Iran election violence "outrageous," says Obama (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 03:47 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday praised the bravery of Iranians who protested against a disputed election in the face of "outrageous" violence, while a hardline Iranian cleric called for the execution of leading "rioters."

$32B bill for EPA clears House (Politico) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 02:50 PM PDT Politico - A $32.3 billion natural resources budget bill cleared the House Friday after Democrats beat back a Republican attempt to deny any funding increase to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Clinton, Bahrain prince discuss Middle East (AFP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 02:34 PM PDT AFP - The tense post-election climate in Iran and the Middle East peace process topped talks Friday between US diplomacy chief Hillary Clinton and Bahrain's crown prince, the State Department said.

INTERACTIVE: Obama's Fiscal 2010 Budget Summary (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 02:11 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - The budget outline sent to Congress in February by President Obama presumes a $250 billion increase in spending for the current fiscal year to stabilize financial markets. That, plus previous bailout costs, the enacted stimulus package and other proposed changes, would push up total outlays for fiscal 2009 by almost $1 trillion from a year ago. See the budget summary projected through 2019 on this table.

Senator sides with oyster farmer over Park Service (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 01:49 PM PDT AP - A powerful Senate Democrat is backing an oyster farmer over the National Park Service in a northern California controversy that has environmentalists seething.

US counterintel chief to be replaced (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 01:46 PM PDT AP - The U.S. official who oversees government efforts to catch foreign spies and foil their plots will leave his post on July 4.

Analysis: Relieved US keeps base key to Afghan war (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:53 PM PDT AP - Sometimes, paying three times the price for the same merchandise can be a good deal. That's the American calculation behind quiet negotiations that will allow the United States to hang onto a Central Asian air base crucial to the expanding war in Afghanistan.

Obama: Violence affects U.S. hope for Iran dialogue (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:47 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama, in some of his sharpest remarks to date, said on Friday hopes for U.S. dialogue with Iran were affected by what he called Tehran's "outrageous" brutality following a disputed election.

White House on Jackson: pop icon, troubled life (AP) Posted: 26 Jun 2009 12:24 PM PDT AP - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama saw pop star Michael Jackson as a spectacular performer and music icon whose life nonetheless had sad and tragic aspects.

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