Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Sotomayor faces friendly jury as hearings begin (AP)
• GOP unifies against any more stimulus spending (AP)
• After 2 tough summits, Obama savors Ghana moment (AP)
• Officials push for health care in spite of delay (AP)
• New justice battle may jolt GOP (Politico)
• Palin says she's not leaving politics (AP)
• Feinstein suggests CIA concealment broke law (AP)
• Obama says slavery's past should be taught in US (AP)
• Obama orders review of alleged Afghan mass grave (AP)
• Geithner to focus on investment, economic recovery (AP)
• Health care deadline unlikely to be met (Politico)
• Lawmakers say health overhaul has been slowed (AP)
• Obama phones Sotomayor on eve of hearings (AP)
• Feinstein: CIA concealment may have broken the law (AP)
• McCain opposes probe of interrogation practices (AP)
• Republicans resist Justice interrogation probe (AP)
• McCain says he respects Palin's decision to quit (AP)
• Durbin: Probe possible Cheney concealment (AP)
• AP source: Holder considering torture probe (AP)
• Obama says Taliban pushed back in Afghanistan (AFP)

Sotomayor faces friendly jury as hearings begin (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 02:57 PM PDT AP - Sonia Sotomayor has decided advantages as she begins the most important trial of her long legal career, a nationally televised consideration of her nomination to be the first Hispanic and just the third woman on the Supreme Court.

GOP unifies against any more stimulus spending (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 03:16 PM PDT AP - Republicans lined up Sunday in opposition to a second economic stimulus package, a rare demonstration of unity from an out-of-power political party in search of a rallying cry against President Barack Obama.

After 2 tough summits, Obama savors Ghana moment (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 12:33 PM PDT AP - For a new president, there inevitably comes that moment: the first time he hears a foreign crowd hoarsely chanting his name, or sees thousands of well-wishers surging forward, or realizes youngsters are running pell-mell beside his motorcade, desperate for a glimpse of his face.

Officials push for health care in spite of delay (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 12:42 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's overhaul of the nation's health systems is unlikely to be completed by the White House's August deadline, lawmakers said Sunday as Congress turns its attention to other priorities.

New justice battle may jolt GOP (Politico) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 04:14 AM PDT Politico - To some Republican activists, an epic battle over Sonia Sotomayor is just the kind of jolt the Republican Party needs to get out of its doldrums.

Palin says she's not leaving politics (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 12:26 PM PDT AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she's not only staying involved in national politics, but she plans to jump back into the national scrum when she leaves office at the end of the month.

Feinstein suggests CIA concealment broke law (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 11:53 AM PDT AP - Six months into Barack Obama's presidency, his Democratic allies are pushing for twin investigations into Bush-era torture and anti-terrorism policies.

Obama says slavery's past should be taught in US (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 11:56 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says slavery is a terrible part of the United States' history and should be taught in a way that connects that past cruelty to current events, such as the genocide in Darfur.

Obama orders review of alleged Afghan mass grave (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 01:52 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has ordered his national security team to investigate reports that U.S. allies were responsible for the deaths of as many as 2,000 Taliban prisoners of war during the opening days of the war in Afghanistan.

Geithner to focus on investment, economic recovery (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 02:17 PM PDT AP - On his first trip to the Middle East as Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner's message this week will be similar to the one he delivered to Chinese officials a month ago: your investments in the United States are safe.

Health care deadline unlikely to be met (Politico) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 03:07 PM PDT Politico - Health care reform proponents are growing pessimistic that they can meet President Barack Obama’s August target for passing a bill — saying the next four weeks must fall together perfectly, without a hitch or a hiccup.

Lawmakers say health overhaul has been slowed (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 12:11 PM PDT AP - Top members of Congress say it's unlikely they will meet President Barack Obama's August deadline for a sweeping health care overhaul.

Obama phones Sotomayor on eve of hearings (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 09:56 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has called his Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, to wish her luck at her confirmation hearings.

Feinstein: CIA concealment may have broken the law (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 08:43 AM PDT AP - The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says the Bush administration may have broken the law if it ordered the CIA to conceal the existence of a counterterrorism program.

McCain opposes probe of interrogation practices (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 07:59 AM PDT AP - Sen. John McCain says he's against opening a criminal investigation into whether CIA officers tortured detainees during the Bush administration.

Republicans resist Justice interrogation probe (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 07:35 AM PDT AP - Two leading Republican senators say a criminal investigation into the Bush administration's harsh intelligence practices would make the CIA a boogeyman.

McCain says he respects Palin's decision to quit (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 07:32 AM PDT AP - Last year's Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, says he doesn't think of Sarah Palin as quitting her job as much as changing her priorities.

Durbin: Probe possible Cheney concealment (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 07:01 AM PDT AP - Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin says Congress should investigate whether former Vice President Dick Cheney and others in the Bush administration ordered the CIA to conceal the existence of a counterterrorism program.

AP source: Holder considering torture probe (AP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 06:35 AM PDT AP - Contrary to White House wishes, Attorney General Eric Holder may push forward with a criminal investigation into the Bush administration's harsh interrogation practices used on suspected terrorists.

Obama says Taliban pushed back in Afghanistan (AFP) Posted: 12 Jul 2009 06:06 AM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama said US and NATO-led troops had pushed back the Taliban in Afghanistan but he warned that there was still a long, hard campaign ahead.

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