Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama: Congress may not tackle immigration soon (AP)
• GOP abandons blockade of banking regulation bill (AP)
• Mojave cross case: a signal on religious symbols (AP)
• Obama welcomes end of financial regulation impasse (AP)
• GOP holds firm on Day 2 of standoff (Politico)
• Democrats want border security before legalization (AP)
• Report: Afghans still skeptical of new government (AP)
• Legal questions raised over CIA drone strikes (AP)
• Court skeptical on keeping petitioner IDs private (AP)
• Census mail results could be trouble for 5 states (AP)
• Obama: May be no desire to tackle immigration now (Reuters)
• Obama urges swift passage of financial reform (Reuters)
• Arizona immigrant law energizes Hispanics, Democrats (Reuters)
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• AP source: Obama to nominate Yellen as Fed's No. 2 (AP)
• Obama to tap Yellen, others for Fed: sources (Reuters)
• Obama: Wall St reform can't wait "another day" (Reuters)
• Coats gives self $200K loan for Senate campaign (AP)
• British PM calls pensioner 'bigoted' in campaign gaffe (AFP)
• "Bigot" gaffe haunts UK's Brown before TV debate (Reuters)

Obama: Congress may not tackle immigration soon (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 06:10 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that there "may not be an appetite" in Congress to deal with immigration immediately after going through a tough legislative year.

GOP abandons blockade of banking regulation bill (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 05:29 PM PDT AP - Republicans abandoned their blockade against legislation to clamp tough new controls on Wall Street Wednesday, clearing a road to likely passage for the most sweeping rewrite of financial rules since the Great Depression.

Mojave cross case: a signal on religious symbols (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 05:28 PM PDT AP - The Supreme Court's conservative majority signaled a greater willingness to allow religious symbols on public land Wednesday, a stance that could have important implications for future church-state disputes.

Obama welcomes end of financial regulation impasse (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 05:22 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama hailed a Senate breakthrough on legislation to regulate Wall Street, saying Americans must never again allow the financial practices that triggered an economic meltdown nearly two years ago.

GOP holds firm on Day 2 of standoff (Politico) Posted: 27 Apr 2010 08:55 AM PDT Politico - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s plan to force rapid-fire votes on a Wall Street reform bill rests on a single assumption – eventually, a Republican chastened by negative headlines will fold.

Democrats want border security before legalization (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 05:46 PM PDT AP - An emerging immigration proposal by three Democratic senators calls for more federal enforcement agents and other border security-tightening benchmarks before illegal immigrants could become legal U.S. residents.

Report: Afghans still skeptical of new government (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 04:06 PM PDT AP - Only a quarter of the key regions in Afghanistan support or even sympathize with the government in Kabul, with large swaths of the country still hesitant to swing behind the U.S.-backed authority, according to a Pentagon assessment released Wednesday.

Legal questions raised over CIA drone strikes (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 02:53 PM PDT AP - Is the CIA's secret program of drone strikes against terrorists in Pakistan and Yemen a case of illegal assassinations or legitimate self defense?

Court skeptical on keeping petitioner IDs private (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 02:43 PM PDT AP - Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday about keeping secret the names of people who signed a petition to repeal Washington state's gay rights law, suggesting citizens cannot always hide behind anonymity if they want to be heard.

Census mail results could be trouble for 5 states (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 01:21 PM PDT AP - Five states â€" New York, California, Texas, Arizona and Florida â€" are perilously close to losing out on congressional seats because of lackluster participation in the U.S. census.

Obama: May be no desire to tackle immigration now (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 05:52 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday there may not be an "appetite" in Congress to immediately tackle the divisive issue of U.S. immigration reform.

Obama urges swift passage of financial reform (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 05:49 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama welcomed a U.S. Senate vote on Wednesday opening the way to debate on a Wall Street regulatory overhaul and said he hoped it would lead to swift passage of a reform bill.

Arizona immigrant law energizes Hispanics, Democrats (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 05:28 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Hispanics and Democratic lawmakers furious over Arizona's harsh crackdown on illegal immigrants expect huge weekend rallies across the United States, piling pressure on President Barack Obama to overhaul immigration laws in this election year.

(AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 04:50 PM PDT AP - Obama: Congress may not have 'appetite' to tackle immigration.

AP source: Obama to nominate Yellen as Fed's No. 2 (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 04:13 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday will name Janet Yellen to be vice chairwoman of the Federal Reserve and will fill two other vacancies at the central bank whose decisions influence economic activity, employment and inflation.

Obama to tap Yellen, others for Fed: sources (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 04:06 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday plans to name San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen to be vice chairman of the U.S. central bank and two others to fill Fed board vacancies, sources familiar with the process said on Wednesday.

Obama: Wall St reform can't wait "another day" (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 03:54 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama took his push for a Wall Street regulatory overhaul to the Midwestern heartland on Wednesday, insisting that Americans should not have to wait "another day" for financial reform.

Coats gives self $200K loan for Senate campaign (AP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 03:52 PM PDT AP - Republican Dan Coats' bumpy campaign for his former Senate seat is running in large part on his own money after he loaned it $200,000, even as his staff denies fundraising troubles ahead of the primary.

British PM calls pensioner 'bigoted' in campaign gaffe (AFP) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 03:51 PM PDT AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown battled Wednesday to limit the damage to his re-election hopes after calling an elderly widow "bigoted", in an embarrassing gaffe just a week before crucial polls.

"Bigot" gaffe haunts UK's Brown before TV debate (Reuters) Posted: 28 Apr 2010 03:40 PM PDT Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown goes into his final pre-election debate on Thursday trying to rescue his Labour Party from defeat while fending off a gaffe in which he called one of his traditional voters "bigoted."

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