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• Officials: FBI cracked bomb suspect through family (AP)
• Defense officials say lift military ban on gays (AP)
• Intel chief: Al-Qaida likely to attempt attack (AP)
• Dems plan jobs bill, challenging GOP's acts (AP)
• Hill, critics eye CIA moonlighting (Politico)
• Safety board pins NY crash cause on pilot errors (AP)
• Obama rips GOP as 'opportunists,' touts loan plan (AP)
• Obama team draws sharp Hill questions on budget (AP)
• Obama banking plan complicates regulatory bill (AP)
• Rangel: Lawmakers writing compromise health bill (AP)
• 1st primary of year to decide showdown in Illinois (AP)
• Lawmakers upset over Obama's 2nd anti-Vegas remark (AP)
• Fox's January ratings highest since 2008 election (AP)
• New Orleans man pleads guilty to threatening Obama (AP)
• Obama: cap-and-trade may be separate in Senate bill (Reuters)
• AP Interview: LaHood says Toyota slow to respond (AP)
• Lawmakers pledge action to limit election spending (AP)
• First lady meets with lawmakers on child obesity (AP)
• Senate Democrats to Weigh Limits on Campaign Spending (Bloomberg)
• Did Obama tackle too much? Poll finds divided views (McClatchy Newspapers)

Officials: FBI cracked bomb suspect through family (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 05:29 PM PST AP - The Nigerian man accused of trying to use a bomb hidden in his underwear to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day has been cooperating with investigators since last week and has provided fresh intelligence in multiple terrorism investigations, officials said Tuesday.

Defense officials say lift military ban on gays (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 05:04 PM PST AP - It's time to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and allow gay troops to serve openly for the first time in history, the nation's top defense officials declared Tuesday, with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff proclaiming that service members should not be forced to "lie about who they are."

Intel chief: Al-Qaida likely to attempt attack (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 05:05 PM PST AP - Al-Qaida can be expected to attempt an attack on the United States in the next three to six months, senior U.S. intelligence officials told Congress Tuesday.

Dems plan jobs bill, challenging GOP's acts (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 03:32 PM PST AP - Scuffling over jobs and taxes, congressional Democrats began refining their election-year jobs package Tuesday in a challenge to Republicans to balance their party's complaints about big spending with action to help unemployed Americans.

Hill, critics eye CIA moonlighting (Politico) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 09:35 PM PST Politico - Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein says she wants answers about a Central Intelligence Agency policy that allows the agency's employees to moonlight for private companies.

Safety board pins NY crash cause on pilot errors (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:05 PM PST AP - Pilot error was the probable cause of an airline crash into a house near Buffalo, N.Y., last year, but the accident's root problems extend far beyond a single event, a federal safety panel said Tuesday.

Obama rips GOP as 'opportunists,' touts loan plan (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 05:08 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama branded Republicans on Tuesday as electoral opportunists more concerned about their own interests than the people's, taking a political risk by escalating criticism of the very lawmakers he's urging to work with him.

Obama team draws sharp Hill questions on budget (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 01:39 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion budget outline drew bipartisan fire on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, with Republicans complaining it doesn't address deficits soon enough and raises taxes too much. Democrats balked at some of Obama's spending cuts.

Obama banking plan complicates regulatory bill (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:14 PM PST AP - The Obama administration's stepped up demand for tougher restrictions and new taxes on big banks is complicating Senate efforts to write a bipartisan financial regulation overhaul, even drawing a sharp rebuke from a top presidential ally in the Senate.

Rangel: Lawmakers writing compromise health bill (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 05:33 PM PST AP - Leading lawmakers hoping to revive President Barack Obama's stalled health care overhaul have started writing a compromise bill, but it's unclear when the legislation will be ready for votes, a top House Democrat said Tuesday.

1st primary of year to decide showdown in Illinois (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 05:34 PM PST AP - Illinois voters decided in the nation's first primary Tuesday which Democrats will defend the governor's office and a U.S. Senate seat from Republicans targeting President Barack Obama's home state as a place to make gains in November.

Lawmakers upset over Obama's 2nd anti-Vegas remark (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 05:27 PM PST AP - Nevada lawmakers lashed out at President Barack Obama on Tuesday after he made another reference to Las Vegas while explaining how people should make tough choices on spending.

Fox's January ratings highest since 2008 election (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:11 PM PST AP - Fox News Channel is on a roll, with January its best month in prime-time ratings since the 2008 presidential election.

New Orleans man pleads guilty to threatening Obama (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 04:07 PM PST AP - A 47-year-old New Orleans man has pleaded guilty to making death threats against President Barack Obama.

Obama: cap-and-trade may be separate in Senate bill (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 03:18 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama acknowledged on Tuesday that a controversial "cap-and-trade" mechanism to fight climate change could be separated from other aspects of an energy bill before the U.S. Senate.

AP Interview: LaHood says Toyota slow to respond (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 02:21 PM PST AP - The Obama administration's top transportation official sharply criticized Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday for dragging its feet on safety concerns over its gas pedals, suggesting the automaker was "a little safety deaf" to mounting evidence of problems.

Lawmakers pledge action to limit election spending (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 02:20 PM PST AP - Lawmakers said Tuesday they might counter the recent Supreme Court ruling on campaign money, along with the blizzard of special interest spending that could result, by making corporations and unions come clean about which campaign ads they are sponsoring and how much they are shelling out.

First lady meets with lawmakers on child obesity (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 02:08 PM PST AP - First lady Michelle Obama invited a bipartisan group of lawmakers and Cabinet members to the White House Tuesday to help firm up plans for her national campaign against childhood obesity.

Senate Democrats to Weigh Limits on Campaign Spending (Bloomberg) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 01:52 PM PST Bloomberg - Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Democrats said they may try to limit election spending by government contractors and U.S. units of foreign companies after last month’s Supreme Court decision that lifted restrictions on corporate political money.

Did Obama tackle too much? Poll finds divided views (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 02 Feb 2010 01:20 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Americans hold mixed views of President Barack Obama's first year in office, with 41 percent saying that he tried to do too much, 35 percent concluding that he did about the right amount and 19 percent saying that he didn't do enough, according to a new McClatchy-Ipsos poll.

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