Yahoo! News: Elections

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• AP sources: Steele says he'll run for re-election (AP)
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• Ivory Coast poll-winner vows to take control (AP)
• Obama praises work of US diplomatic community (AP)
• Big legal setback for Obama's health care overhaul (AP)
• Summers pushes tax deal, warns of Japan's experience (Reuters)
• Obama honors Lakers, joins them in service project (AP)
• Miller appeals decision in Alaska Senate race (AP)
• Clinton Haiti meeting moved due to unrest (AFP)
• Obama may delay start of his Christmas vacation (Reuters)
• First lady visits hospitalized children (AP)
• Decision day for Republican chief Michael Steele (Reuters)
• WH: Obama to discuss Afghanistan policy Thursday (AP)
• Obama presses angry allies on tax deal (AFP)
• Would a national sales tax help bring down the deficit? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)
• Haiti, drugs top North American talks (AFP)
• Liberal sentiment shifts in favor of anonymous donations, disregarding Obama’s campaign rhetoric (Daily Caller)
• Obama: Nutrition bill vital to children's future (AP)
• Tax deal clears first test in Congress (Reuters)
• First Senate vote expected on Obama-GOP tax deal (AP)

AP sources: Steele says he'll run for re-election (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 05:23 PM PST AP - Embattled GOP Chairman Michael Steele is telling Republican National Committee members that he's running for re-election. That's according to several participants listening to a conference call Monday night between Steele and the 168-member committee. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because the call was private.

(AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 05:13 PM PST AP - AP sources: Embattled RNC chairman Steele announces re-election run.

Ivory Coast poll-winner vows to take control (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST AP - The internationally recognized winner of Ivory Coast's presidential election said he and his supporters will march on state institutions in a bid to take control, and the European Union agreed on sanctions against the incumbent.

Obama praises work of US diplomatic community (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 03:30 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says the U.S. commitment to building relations with other nations will remain a cornerstone of foreign policy because it is right for America and "right for the world."

Big legal setback for Obama's health care overhaul (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 03:25 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul hit its first major legal roadblock Monday, thrown into doubt by a federal judge's declaration that the heart of the sweeping legislation is unconstitutional. The decision handed Republican foes ammunition for their repeal effort next year as the law heads for almost certain eventual judgment by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Summers pushes tax deal, warns of Japan's experience (Reuters) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 01:54 PM PST Reuters - Japan's struggle with economic stagnation shows the need for action to boost the U.S. economy, outgoing senior White House aide Larry Summers said on Monday as he urged passage of a $858 billion tax-cut deal.

Obama honors Lakers, joins them in service project (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 01:42 PM PST AP - Honoring a second straight NBA title for the Los Angeles Lakers, President Barack Obama on Monday bypassed the traditional White House ceremony. This time he put the champs to work.

Miller appeals decision in Alaska Senate race (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 01:23 PM PST AP - Republican Joe Miller is taking his challenge to the Alaska Senate race to the state Supreme Court.

Clinton Haiti meeting moved due to unrest (AFP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:46 PM PST AFP - A meeting between UN envoy Bill Clinton and Haitian Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive on Tuesday has been moved to the neighboring Dominican Republic because of the post-election unrest.

Obama may delay start of his Christmas vacation (Reuters) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:45 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama is likely to delay the start of his Christmas vacation to help several of his key legislative goals pass Congress before the end of the year, the White House said on Monday.

First lady visits hospitalized children (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 12:33 PM PST AP - If Michelle Obama is still trying to figure out what to get the president for Christmas, she got plenty of ideas while visiting sick children in the nation's capital.

Decision day for Republican chief Michael Steele (Reuters) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 11:50 AM PST Reuters - Republican Party chief Michael Steele, who has faced criticism despite Republican election victories, planned to announce on Monday whether he would seek to lead the party through the 2012 elections.

WH: Obama to discuss Afghanistan policy Thursday (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 11:44 AM PST AP - The White House says President Barack Obama will make a statement Thursday about the results of a one-year review of his Afghanistan war strategy.

Obama presses angry allies on tax deal (AFP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 03:35 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama heaped pressure Monday on angry fellow Democrats in the House to back his compromise tax deal with Republicans, as the contentious package cleared a key Senate hurdle.

Would a national sales tax help bring down the deficit? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 10:04 AM PST Exclusive to Yahoo! News - Could a national sales tax help fix the deficit and gain enough political support to break the stalemate in the nation's capital? Yahoo! reader Brad Sylvester believes it could. Following a contentious midterm election, some 81 percent of respondents to …

Haiti, drugs top North American talks (AFP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 09:45 AM PST AFP - The top US, Canadian and Mexican diplomats met here Monday to help Central American nations fight drug cartels and ensure contested Haitian election results are properly reviewed, US officials said.

Liberal sentiment shifts in favor of anonymous donations, disregarding Obama’s campaign rhetoric (Daily Caller) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 09:01 AM PST Daily Caller - Labor and liberal group officials made clear Monday that the left should disregard President Obama’s strong and repeated denunciations this year of anonymous money and set up groups to take undisclosed donations it in the 2012 election.

Obama: Nutrition bill vital to children's future (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 07:51 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama is signing into law legislation to provide more lunches and dinners to school children and make those meals healthier.

Tax deal clears first test in Congress (Reuters) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 03:55 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama's bipartisan tax plan overwhelmingly passed its first test in Congress on Monday, even as a Wall Street ratings agency warned its damage to America's strained finances would outweigh any short-term economic boost.

First Senate vote expected on Obama-GOP tax deal (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2010 05:10 AM PST AP - Senators get their first chance Monday to vote on the tax-cut deal struck by President Barack Obama and Republicans, but whatever the outcome of the test vote, the White House expects the bill to pass by year's end.

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