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Yahoo! News: Elections


Administration weighs military 9/11 trial (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:44 PM PST

Texas Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina speaks during a news conference Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 in Houston. Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina is continuing to backpedal from remarks that she has questions whether the U.S. government was involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - The Obama administration, after weeks of controversy over its proposal to hold a civilian terror trial in New York, gave ground Friday and revived the possibility of using a military tribunal to try professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.


Politics was not a smooth fit for Patrick Kennedy (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 04:14 PM PST

FILE -- In this Jan. 20, 2009 file photograph provided by Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. right, poses for a picture with his son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., at the inauguration of President Barack Obama at the Capitol in Washington. It was never really a smooth fit, politics and Patrick Kennedy, the latest and for now the last in the long line of Kennedys at the heart of American political life. (AP Photo/Sen. Patrick Leahy, File)AP - It was never a perfect fit — politics and Patrick Kennedy, the latest and perhaps the last in the long line of Kennedys at the heart of American political life.


White House sends out invites for health summit (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:47 PM PST

President Barack Obama talks to reporters following his meeting with Congressional Democrats and Republicans appealing for bipartisanship on fixing the economy, in the White House press briefing room in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - In a make or break move, President Barack Obama on Friday challenged three dozen Republicans and Democrats to participate in a one-of-a-kind televised summit this month to thrash out a deal on health care.


House Dems offer mixed signals on Senate jobs bill (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 04:13 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D- Nev., speaks to the media following a meeting with the Senate Democratic Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - House Democratic leaders sent mixed signals Friday on a new jobs bill supported by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and a senior Republican senator predicted his party will block action on the Senate floor.


Left frets over fate of 'don't ask' (Politico)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 01:41 AM PST

Politico - Congressional liberals were heartened when Barack Obama pledged to repeal “don't ask, don't tell,” but their initial elation has given way to concerns the repeal will stall in the penalty box of presidential promises: the U.S. Senate.

Evolving US strategy widens assault on terrorists (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:47 PM PST

In this image taken Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, from a footage shot by the Pakistani news channel Express News, Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud meets press in Islamabad, Pakistan. In the early months of his presidency, President Barack Obama's national security team singled out one man from its list of most-wanted terrorists, Baitullah Mehsud, the ruthless leader of the Pakistani Taliban. He was to be eliminated. 'The decision was made to find him, to get him and to kill him,' a senior U.S. intelligence official said, recalling weeks and months of 'very tedious, painstaking focus' before an unmanned CIA aircraft killed Mehsud in August 2009 at his father-in-law's house near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Express Channel)AP - In the early months of his presidency, President Barack Obama's national security team singled out one man from its list of most-wanted terrorists, Baitullah Mehsud, the ruthless leader of the Pakistani Taliban. He was to be eliminated.


Thousands of Haitians apply, pay for legal status (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:52 PM PST

People raise their hands during a national day of mourning in front of the national palace in Port-au-Prince, Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. Thousands of people gathered one month after the deadly magnitude-7 quake that left the Caribbean country struggling for survival.  (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - More than 12,000 Haitians have applied for the chance to stay and work legally in the U.S. while their country struggles to recover from last month's earthquake.


Obama signs bill allowing more US debt (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:55 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama has signed legislation lifting the cap on government borrowing to $14.3 trillion.

Official: Lamont to announce Conn. governor bid (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 03:14 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2010 file photo, Ned Lamont, listens to speakers at a bipartisan forum in Cromwell, Conn. A state Democratic official told The Associated Press Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, that Lamont will officially announce his bid for governor Tuesday at the Old State House in Hartford.  (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)AP - Ned Lamont, the political upstart who challenged U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman four years ago, plans to officially announce his bid for Connecticut governor next week, according to a state Democratic official.


High court weighing dismissal of Uighurs' case (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 08:05 AM PST

AP - The Supreme Court is asking the Obama administration and lawyers for Chinese Muslims at Guantanamo Bay to explain how Switzerland's decision to resettle two detainees affects a pending high court case.

White House to post health bill before Feb 25 meeting (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:48 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2010 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sebelius said Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, 'it remains difficult to understand' how premium increases of that size can be justified when WellPoint Inc. reported a $4.75 billion profit in the last quarter of 2009. She also noted that the premium increases are 10 times higher than the increase in national health care costs.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)Reuters - The Obama administration on Friday invited 12 Democratic members of Congress and nine Republicans to a February 25 conference on healthcare and said it would post its proposal for a legislative overhaul online before the event.


Sen. McCain faces toughest re-election challenge (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:47 PM PST

Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., with Evan Bayh, D-Ind., speaks about Iran during a  news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Defeated just two years ago as the Republican presidential candidate and with his bonafides as a true conservative again being challenged, John McCain finds himself in a struggle to get even his party's nomination for another term in the Senate.


Calif. political drama bad sign for Schwarzenegger (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 04:13 PM PST

AP - At the start of his final year in office, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appealed to California lawmakers to work with him to pull the state out of its financial crisis and reform state government.

Will Bill Clinton slow down after heart procedure? (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 06:01 PM PST

In this image taken from video and released by the Fox News Channel, former President Bill Clinton waves from behind an SUV as he leaves New York Presbyterian Hospital, Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 for his home in Chappaqua, N.Y. Clinton underwent a successful heart procedure on Thursday, Feb. 11, and will continue his recovery at home. (AP Photo/Fox News Channel)AP - Right until he was wheeled into an operating room for a heart procedure, Bill Clinton was on the phone, talking about Haiti earthquake relief. An aide finally took the phone away from him.


Obama to give nuclear loan guarantee to Southern Co (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 03:51 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will announce a loan guarantee next week for Southern Co to build and operate two new nuclear reactors, the first new U.S. nuclear power plant in nearly three decades, an administration official said on Friday.

Ark. candidate likens stem cell work to Nazi tests (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 02:39 PM PST

AP - A Republican candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in Arkansas says he sees no need to apologize for comparing stem cell research to Nazi experiments on Jews during the Holocaust.

AP source: Obama to announce nuke plant loan (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 03:38 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama next week will announce a loan guarantee to build the first nuclear power plant in the United States in almost three decades, an administration official said Friday.

GOP letter slams rep who just became a Republican (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 01:30 PM PST

AP - Some Republicans apparently didn't get the memo when an Alabama congressman recently switched to their party.

Obama to campaign for Democratic senators (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 01:26 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama will head west next week to campaign for two Democratic senators facing tough re-election.

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