Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Sotomayor OK'd for Supreme Court in historic vote (AP)
• Adviser: US has 2 more tough years in Afghanistan (AP)
• Congress OKs $2B refill of 'cash for clunkers' (AP)
• THE INFLUENCE GAME: Insurers fighting back quietly (AP)
• WH to Dems: Punch back twice as hard (Politico)
• First moves toward immigration detention makeover (AP)
• Senators block Obama nominees, protest Guantanamo (AP)
• White House advises Dems on handling protests (AP)
• In Virginia, Obama says US needs pragmatic leaders (AP)
• Clinton vows new US support for Somalia (AP)
• Post office might look for new revenue (AP)
• Obama: May be seeing beginning of recession's end (Reuters)
• What Congress has, hasn't done so far this year (AP)
• Activists to keep heat on with health protests (AP)
• Rahm warns liberal groups to stop ads (Politico)
• U.S., Mexican, Canadian leaders to address H1N1 flu (Reuters)
• Feds to issue schools new guidance on swine flu (AP)
• Obama's Approval Ratings Show a Summer Slump (U.S. News & World Report)
• Senate confirms Sotomoayor, first Hispanic on Supreme Court (Reuters)
• Ex-top NASA official guilty of ethics violations (AP)

Sotomayor OK'd for Supreme Court in historic vote (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:10 PM PDT AP - Sonia Sotomayor won confirmation Thursday as the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, a history-making Senate vote that capped a summer-long debate heavy with ethnic politics and hints of high court fights to come.

Adviser: US has 2 more tough years in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:05 PM PDT AP - An incoming adviser to the top U.S. general in Afghanistan predicted Thursday that the United States will see about two more years of heavy fighting and then either hand off to a much improved Afghan fighting force or "lose and go home."

Congress OKs $2B refill of 'cash for clunkers' (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:54 PM PDT AP - Pedal to the metal, Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation Thursday night with an additional $2 billion for "cash for clunkers," the economy-boosting rebate program that caught the fancy of car buyers and instantly increased sales for an auto industry long mired in recession.

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Insurers fighting back quietly (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 04:43 PM PDT AP - Cast as a profit-hoarding villain by Democratic foes, the insurance industry still has a fighting chance to fend off the part of health care overhaul it most despises — creation of a government-run plan to compete with private insurers.

WH to Dems: Punch back twice as hard (Politico) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 03:11 PM PDT Politico - Top White House aides gave Senate Democrats a recess battle plan on Thursday, arming the lawmakers with tips for avoiding disastrous town hall meetings while showing them polling on popular aspects of the reform effort.

First moves toward immigration detention makeover (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:07 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration's plan to stop holding immigrant families at a former central Texas prison was cheered Thursday by the immigrants' supporters and some in Congress as a needed change in inhumane and sometimes deadly detentions.

Senators block Obama nominees, protest Guantanamo (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 04:46 PM PDT AP - Kansas' two U.S. senators are blocking 10 of President Barack Obama's nominees for senior administration posts at the Pentagon and Justice Department in protest over a proposal to house Guantanamo detainees at the Fort Leavenworth prison.

White House advises Dems on handling protests (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:01 PM PDT AP - Top White House officials counseled Democratic senators Thursday on coping with disruptions at public events on health care this summer, officials said, and promised the party and allies would respond with twice the force if any individual lawmaker is criticized in television advertising.

In Virginia, Obama says US needs pragmatic leaders (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:32 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday told fellow Democrats that the nation needs governors who focus on long-term implications and avoid petty matters that mar politics, returning to campaign mode and reviving his election-season rhetoric. He then blamed his predecessor — a Republican — for leaving behind an economic crisis.

Clinton vows new US support for Somalia (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:23 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday pledged to expand American support for Somalia's weak interim government and threatened sanctions against neighboring Eritrea for aiding an extremist group she says is trying to launch worldwide terrorist attacks from Somalia.

Post office might look for new revenue (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:17 PM PDT AP - Postmaster General John Potter is trying to think outside the mailbox. "We have a network of 37,000 retail outlets. America loves them and we want to keep as many open as possible, but we cannot just sell stamps in them," he told a Senate hearing Thursday.

Obama: May be seeing beginning of recession's end (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Thursday the actions taken by his administration have helped stop an economic freefall and the United States may be seeing the "very beginnings" of the end of the recession.

What Congress has, hasn't done so far this year (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 04:42 PM PDT AP - Some of the Democratic-led 111th Congress' accomplishments in the six months since Democratic President Barack Obama took office:

Activists to keep heat on with health protests (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 04:38 PM PDT AP - Conservative activists are vowing to keep up their fight against President Barack Obama's health care plans, even as the Democratic Party pushes back hard, accusing Republicans of organizing angry mobs.

Rahm warns liberal groups to stop ads (Politico) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 04:37 PM PDT Politico - White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel warned liberal groups this week to stop running ads against Democratic member of Congress.

U.S., Mexican, Canadian leaders to address H1N1 flu (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 04:11 PM PDT Reuters - Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada will address ways to deal with an expected spreading of the H1N1 influenza virus this fall at a summit next week and issue a statement, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.

Feds to issue schools new guidance on swine flu (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 04:09 PM PDT AP - The government is giving schools new guidance to follow when swine flu strikes, in hopes of preventing the panic and confusion that prompted hundreds of school closures last spring.

Obama's Approval Ratings Show a Summer Slump (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 02:38 PM PDT U.S. News & World Report - President Obama got some good news this week. His nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court was approved by the Senate on a 68 to 31 vote. She is the first Latina on the high court, and her confirmation is a definite victory for the new administration.

Senate confirms Sotomoayor, first Hispanic on Supreme Court (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 02:14 PM PDT Reuters - Judge Sonia Sotomayor won approval on Thursday to become the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court in a Senate vote that President Barack Obama said broke another social barrier.

Ex-top NASA official guilty of ethics violations (AP) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 03:05 PM PDT AP - A former top NASA official was found guilty Thursday of breaking ethics laws by helping a consulting client get nearly $10 million of the space agency's funds.

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