Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Execs grilled on oil spill 'cascade of failures' (AP)
• WH disappointed by Egypt's state of emergency (AP)
• Senators: Better terror screening needed (AP)
• VP Biden's son has mild stroke, in Philly hospital (AP)
• Incumbent watch: Who's next to go? (Politico)
• GOP wants Clinton-era papers on Kagan (AP)
• Supreme Court nominee has thin 'paper trail' (AP)
• Clinton reassures Afghans of US long-term support (AP)
• Health overhaul law potentially costs $115B more (AP)
• Salazar urges splitting energy agency (AP)
• Thune: Obama has delivered a 'change' too far (AP)
• Green cards for permanent residents green again (AP)
• Cameron leads Britain into new coalition era (Reuters)
• RNC: 130 House seats in play (AP)
• Senate votes to examine Federal Reserve lending (AP)
• THE INFLUENCE GAME: Loophole drops Toyota expenses (AP)
• Bill would allow states to veto offshore drilling (AP)
• Obama invites new British prime minister to visit (AP)
• Senate rejects GOP's Fannie, Freddie plan (Reuters)
• Parties launch critical sites in Ind. Senate race (AP)

Execs grilled on oil spill 'cascade of failures' (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 05:39 PM PDT AP - Congress called BP and its drilling partners to account Tuesday for a "cascade of failures" behind the spreading Gulf oil spill, zeroing in on a crucial chain of events at the deep-sea wellhead just before an explosion consumed the rig and set off the catastrophic rupture.

WH disappointed by Egypt's state of emergency (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 05:49 PM PDT AP - The White House is expressing disappointment in Egypt's decision to extend a controversial emergency law for two years and is calling for it to be replaced with a promised counterterrorism measure that would protect Egyptian civil liberties.

Senators: Better terror screening needed (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 04:13 PM PDT AP - Top members of the Senate Intelligence Committee called Tuesday for "new defenses" in the wake of the Times Square bombing attempt that would tighten the screening and tracking of travelers and money flowing between the U.S. and Pakistan.

VP Biden's son has mild stroke, in Philly hospital (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 06:11 PM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden's older son, the Delaware attorney general, had a mild stroke Tuesday and was transferred to a Philadelphia hospital, where he was alert and talking with family.

Incumbent watch: Who's next to go? (Politico) Posted: 11 May 2010 02:37 AM PDT Politico - Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah), who was defeated Saturday, was the first incumbent to lose his party’s nomination this year. But he almost certainly won’t be the last in this unusually volatile election year.

GOP wants Clinton-era papers on Kagan (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 04:51 PM PDT AP - Republicans hunting for clues about what kind of justice Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan would be said Tuesday they want to see papers from her time serving in the Clinton administration.

Supreme Court nominee has thin 'paper trail' (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 05:40 PM PDT AP - Elena Kagan's opposition to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay troops is a rare insight into her personal views. Kagan's public record, thinner than most earlier Supreme Court nominees, otherwise offers supporters and critics little assurance about how she would vote as a justice.

Clinton reassures Afghans of US long-term support (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 02:56 PM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton conceded Tuesday that U.S. relations with Afghanistan are strained, but assured President Hamid Karzai that the U.S. will stand behind his country long after the last American soldier is gone.

Health overhaul law potentially costs $115B more (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 05:38 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's new health care law could potentially add at least $115 billion more to government health care spending over the next 10 years, congressional budget referees said Tuesday.

Salazar urges splitting energy agency (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration is proposing to split up an Interior Department agency that oversees offshore drilling, as part of its response to the Gulf Coast oil spill.

Thune: Obama has delivered a 'change' too far (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 06:01 PM PDT AP - Sen. John Thune says fellow Republicans heading into the November midterm elections should highlight just how much President Barack Obama has delivered on his promise of change.

Green cards for permanent residents green again (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 05:58 PM PDT AP - The green card carried by foreign-born residents living permanently in the U.S. is officially green again.

Cameron leads Britain into new coalition era (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2010 05:48 PM PDT Reuters - New Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives and the smaller Liberal Democrat party struck an agreement on Wednesday to form Britain's first coalition government since 1945.

RNC: 130 House seats in play (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 05:13 PM PDT AP - Talk about optimism.

Senate votes to examine Federal Reserve lending (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 05:13 PM PDT AP - The Senate voted unanimously to peer into Federal Reserve decision-making Tuesday, authorizing an examination of the central bank's emergency lending to financial institutions in the months surrounding the 2008 financial crisis.

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Loophole drops Toyota expenses (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 03:59 PM PDT AP - Despite a congressional frenzy over Toyota's safety recalls, the besieged automaker reports that it spent substantially less money lobbying lawmakers during the first three months of this year than it did during the same period in 2009.

Bill would allow states to veto offshore drilling (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 03:47 PM PDT AP - A long-awaited energy and climate bill to be made public on Wednesday would allow states directly affected by offshore drilling to veto drilling plans of nearby states if they can show significant negative impacts from an accident.

Obama invites new British prime minister to visit (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 03:24 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday congratulated Britain's new prime minister, David Cameron, on his election victory and promptly invited the U.S. ally's newest leader to visit Washington this summer.

Senate rejects GOP's Fannie, Freddie plan (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2010 03:02 PM PDT Reuters - The Senate on Tuesday voted to reject a Republican measure that would have moved housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac out of government conservatorship within two years.

Parties launch critical sites in Ind. Senate race (AP) Posted: 11 May 2010 03:01 PM PDT AP - Indiana Democrats have launched a website that uses a Facebook spoof to criticize U.S. Senate candidate Dan Coats' lobbying work.

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