Yahoo! News: Elections

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• What does Brown change? Nearly everything for Dems (AP)
• Law official: Airline bomb suspect flips on cleric (AP)
• Sen. Landrieu defends Medicaid deal for La. (AP)
• House agrees to $1.9 trillion more debt (AP)
• GOP cash provides 2012 clues (Politico)
• Pentagon to offer emergency contraception abroad (AP)
• Obama tells Democrats to keep faith (AP)
• Dalai Lama to meet Obama at White House this month (AP)
• Pentagon seeks billions to battle terror abroad (AP)
• Obama says healthcare may be 2010 election issue (Reuters)
• Franken lays into Ax over health bill (Politico)
• Obama warns voters will judge Congress on health care (AFP)
• Senate Democrats muster all 60 votes one last time (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Toyota woes mount as gov't examines Prius brakes (AP)
• Brown sworn in as US senator from Massachusetts (AP)
• Rounds says he pushed for SD in energy meeting (AP)
• Court to rule on deporting Obama's aunt by May (Reuters)
• House backs debt limit hike, sends to Obama (Reuters)

What does Brown change? Nearly everything for Dems (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:43 PM PST AP - Washington confronted a new world order Thursday as the Democrats' supermajority died, taking with it much of President Barack Obama's agenda and any certainty of his party maintaining control of Congress.

Law official: Airline bomb suspect flips on cleric (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:15 PM PST AP - The Nigerian suspect in a failed Christmas Day airliner bombing turned against the cleric who claims to be his teacher and has helped the U.S. hunt for the radical preacher, a law enforcement official said Thursday.

Sen. Landrieu defends Medicaid deal for La. (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:15 PM PST AP - Called a prostitute by conservative talk show hosts, a Louisiana Democrat on Thursday defended a deal she cut for her Hurricane Katrina-ravaged state in the Senate health care bill.

House agrees to $1.9 trillion more debt (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:15 PM PST AP - The House on Thursday voted to allow the government to go $1.9 trillion deeper in debt — an increase of about $6,000 more for every U.S. resident that provided a vivid election-year reminder of the nation's perilous financial condition.

GOP cash provides 2012 clues (Politico) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 08:38 PM PST Politico - The battle for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination quietly began last year — maybe not for the candidates, but for their political groups.

Pentagon to offer emergency contraception abroad (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:57 PM PST AP - The Pentagon for the first time will require military bases worldwide to offer emergency contraception or the so-called morning-after pill, a military spokeswoman said Thursday.

Obama tells Democrats to keep faith (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:46 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama rallied his party faithful on Thursday — and took their campaign donations — while telling them that he understands their frustration that Washington hasn't changed during the first year of his presidency.

Dalai Lama to meet Obama at White House this month (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 11:38 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama will welcome the Dalai Lama to the White House this month for a meeting sure to enflame tensions between China and the U.S.

Pentagon seeks billions to battle terror abroad (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 12:26 PM PST AP - The Obama administration is seeking billions in budget increases to target terror threats from abroad, especially Pakistan and Yemen, with boosts for surveillance and attack drones, special operations forces and a new military cyber command.

Obama says healthcare may be 2010 election issue (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:20 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday not to quit in his quest for a healthcare overhaul and said if the effort fails this year, Americans will render a judgment about it in November congressional elections.

Franken lays into Ax over health bill (Politico) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:47 PM PST Politico - Sen. Al Franken ripped into White House senior adviser David Axelrod this week during a tense, closed-door session with Senate Democrats.

Obama warns voters will judge Congress on health care (AFP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:41 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama Thursday sharply warned lawmakers, including those in his Democratic Party, that they must answer to voters if they balk at passing his long-delayed health reforms.

Senate Democrats muster all 60 votes one last time (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:02 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called for more civility and bipartisanship at a prayer breakfast on Thursday, but Congress kept to its old ways with a party-line Senate vote on a long-stalled administration nominee and partisan barbs after another stalled nominee was overwhelmingly approved.

Toyota woes mount as gov't examines Prius brakes (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:11 PM PST AP - Toyota faced mounting pressure Thursday as the government opened a probe of brake problems with the Prius, a crown jewel of its lineup. The beleaguered automaker said it was "too soon" to decide whether to add the hybrid to the millions of cars it has recalled.

Brown sworn in as US senator from Massachusetts (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 03:24 PM PST AP - Republican Scott Brown took over the seat of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy on Thursday, vowing to be an independent voice in a bitterly divided Senate.

Rounds says he pushed for SD in energy meeting (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:42 PM PST AP - Gov. Mike Rounds said Thursday he pushed for federal action that would help South Dakota develop ethanol plants and wind-generated electrical power when he met this week with President Barack Obama and top federal officials.

Court to rule on deporting Obama's aunt by May (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:14 PM PST Reuters - Authorities will decide by May at the latest whether to deport an aunt of President Barack Obama to her Kenyan homeland, the Justice Department said after a hearing in her case on Thursday.

House backs debt limit hike, sends to Obama (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 01:51 PM PST Reuters - The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to increase the government's borrowing authority to $14.3 trillion, sending the measure to President Barack Obama to sign into law.

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