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Obama revives terror tribunals, dismaying liberals (AP) Posted: 15 May 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Friday he would reform and restart the military tribunals he once reviled for Guantanamo Bay detainees, jeopardizing his timetable for closing the prison by January and dismaying many supporters who suggested he was going back on campaign promises.

Analysis: Democrats' risky focus on torture (AP) Posted: 15 May 2009 11:12 AM PDT AP - Barack Obama warned Democrats in Congress against making a partisan cause out of the Bush administration's harsh interrogation tactics.

Pelosi draws response from CIA, criticism from GOP (AP) Posted: 15 May 2009 04:26 PM PDT AP - The head of the CIA defended the agency Friday against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's charge that she was misled in 2002 about the use of waterboarding, but he said it ultimately is up to Congress to decide where the truth lies.

SPIN METER: What Pelosi knew when on waterboarding (AP) Posted: 15 May 2009 01:02 PM PDT AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused the CIA of misleading her at a secret 2002 briefing on the use of harsh interrogations in the war on terror. But it's not so clear who's misleading whom.

450: GOP aims to lard climate bill (Politico) Posted: 15 May 2009 03:28 PM PDT Politico - Republicans in the House Energy and Commerce committee are considering introducing about 450 amendments during the mark-up of climate change legislation next week, according to a working list obtained by POLITICO. Many of the potential amendments would lower the environmental standards set forth in the bill, or could make it more difficult for Democrats to vote to support it.

White House: No interviews of court candidates yet (AP) Posted: 15 May 2009 02:16 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has yet to interview any potential nominees for the upcoming opening on the Supreme Court, the White House said Friday.

Dems' climate bill shortchanges Obama tax credit (AP) Posted: 15 May 2009 02:30 PM PDT AP - The House Democrats' bill to limit gases blamed for global warming would generate a fraction of the money President Barack Obama wanted to get from it to pay for a middle-class tax credit.

McCain: US gun limits wouldn't stop drug cartels (AP) Posted: 15 May 2009 04:48 PM PDT AP - The drug war in Mexico shouldn't be used as an excuse to try to restrict American gun rights, Sen. John McCain said Friday at the National Rifle Association's convention.

DOE focuses on 4 companies for nuclear loan help (AP) Posted: 15 May 2009 02:51 PM PDT AP - The Energy Department has narrowed its list of the most likely recipients of $18.5 billion in government loan guarantees for building the first new nuclear power plants.

Crusading NY health chief picked to head CDC (AP) Posted: 15 May 2009 02:08 PM PDT AP - For seven years, Dr. Thomas Frieden has been the nagging conscience of the nation's biggest city, the man who made sure New Yorkers couldn't smoke in bars or eat french fries cooked in artery-clogging trans fats.

NYC mayor spends record $18.6M on re-election bid (AP) Posted: 15 May 2009 04:08 PM PDT AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg has blown through a record $18.6 million of his own cash on his campaign for a third term, nearly double what he had spent by this point in the race four years ago.

Biden carries big debt (Politico) Posted: 15 May 2009 03:55 PM PDT Politico - Vice President Joe Biden may be able to use his $220,000 annual salary to start paying down as much as $465,000 in debt.

Britain rocked by parliamentary expenses scandal (AP) Posted: 15 May 2009 03:50 PM PDT AP - Britain has seen its share of sex and sleaze scandals over the years, but few have tarnished all three of the country's main political parties in a single stroke.

RNC boss: Democrats want to take away gun rights (AP) Posted: 15 May 2009 03:37 PM PDT AP - Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says Democrats in Washington want to take away the rights of law-abiding Americans to buy and own guns.

Obama renews U.S. sanctions against Myanmar (Reuters) Posted: 15 May 2009 03:22 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday renewed U.S. sanctions against Myanmar's military government, saying its actions and policies continued to pose a serious threat to U.S. interests.

Dems: Don't push health care too far (Politico) Posted: 15 May 2009 03:15 PM PDT Politico - Two powerful groups of moderate Democratic lawmakers have met with their House leaders to warn against pushing health care reform proposals too far to the left.

Keyes, priest arrested at Notre Dame protest (AP) Posted: 15 May 2009 03:02 PM PDT AP - Former Republican presidential hopeful Alan Keyes, a Roman Catholic priest and 19 others were arrested Friday after marching onto the University of Notre Dame campus to protest President Barack Obama's planned commencement speech.

Schwarzenegger's legacy at stake in Calif. vote (AP) Posted: 15 May 2009 03:00 PM PDT AP - The decisions facing California voters next week are all about the state's precarious finances, but next week's special election also is shaping up as a watershed moment for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Obama Persuades Congressman to Drop Senate Primary Threat (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 15 May 2009 02:44 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Democratic Rep. Steve Israel announced Friday that he will not launch a primary challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand -- at the request of President Obama.

Obama's personal finances are sound (AP) Posted: 15 May 2009 02:16 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's personal finances appear to be on sound footing even as the nation's economy struggles, a financial report he released Friday shows.

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