2010年5月28日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Administration seeks employer sanctions review (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 04:37 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration on Friday urged the Supreme Court to prevent Arizona from enforcing a law that punishes businesses that employ illegal immigrants, arguing that federal immigration law trumps state efforts.

Tar balls and promises: Obama visits Gulf Coast (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 02:47 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, left, picks up a 'tar ball' as LaFourche Parish president Charlotte Randolph, center, and U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, National Incident Commander for the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, look on during a tour of areas impacted by the Gulf Coast oil spill, Friday, May 28, 2010 in Port Fourchon, La. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Kneeling to pick up tar balls on an oil-fouled beach and listening to "heartbreaking stories" of loss, President Barack Obama personally confronted the spreading damage wrought by the crude gushing into the Gulf of Mexico -- and the bitter anger that's rising onshore.

WH had Clinton try to ease Sestak out of Pa. race (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 03:53 PM PDT

Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, Friday, May 28, 2010. Forced to disclose backstage political bargaining, President Barack Obama's embarrassed White House acknowledged on Friday that it enlisted Bill Clinton to try to ease Rep. Joe Sestak out of Pennsylvania's Senate primary with a job offer. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Forced to disclose backstage political bargaining, President Barack Obama's embarrassed White House said Friday it had enlisted Bill Clinton to try to ease Rep. Joe Sestak out of Pennsylvania's Senate primary with a job offer.

House vote advances end to ban on gays in military (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 03:58 PM PDT

Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses cadets during graduation ceremonies at the United States Air Force Academy in Air Force Academy, Colo. on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Mark Reis) NO MAGS, NO SALESAP - The House on Friday passed a defense bill that paves the way for gays to serve openly in the military for the first time, but advocates on both sides geared up for a fight in the Senate.

A gusher of talk on Hill (Politico)

Posted: 28 May 2010 02:31 AM PDT

Politico - There’s “top kill,” and then there’s overkill.

Blogger's relationship claims titillate, frustrate (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 02:58 PM PDT

FILE - A 2004 file photo shows Will Folks, then press secretary for South Carolina's Gov. Mark Sanford. Folks claims he had a relationship in 2007 with Republican Rep. Nikki Haley when he was not yet married. Haley, one of four Republicans running in the June 8 primary, is a married mother of two who vehmently denies the allegation. (AP Photo/The State, File)AP - For the past week, a political burlesque has provided a mix of frustration and titillation for observers of the South Carolina governor's race.

Gates to troops: Don't let debate on gays distract (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 10:35 AM PDT

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates is telling troops not to be distracted by the political debate over gays serving openly in the military.

Stevens denies Blagojevich request for delay (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 03:21 PM PDT

This Dec. 9, 2008 Department of Justice booking photo provided via WGN-TV on Friday May 28, 2010 shows Rod Blagojevich following his arrest in Chicago. Blagojevich has pleaded not guilty to charges that include scheming to sell or trade President Barack Obama's former Senate seat. His trial is scheduled to start on June 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Department of Justice via WGN-TV) MANDATORY CREDITAP - The Supreme Court on Friday refused to delay ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's trial on corruption charges, set to begin next week.

Look out establishment: It's not just tea partiers (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 08:59 AM PDT

In this photo taken May 26, 2010, Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter waves to morning commuters in Little Rock, Ark. Halter is challenging Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., in a June 8, primary runoff election. In the home state of former President Bill Clinton, and elsewhere, party leaders and structures are being bypassed — undermined, in some cases — by free-agent candidates who declare their independence from the political establishment while aligning themselves with special interests. 'This is an election like no other,' says Halter, a union-backed candidate. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - Heads up, tea partiers. You're not the only angry outsiders making waves.

House approves pared-back tax and spending bill (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 01:38 PM PDT

People attend a job fair in Davie, Florida, in April 2010. New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits fell for the fourth straight week, the longest stretch since the economy entered recession more than two years ago, official data showed Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AP - House Democrats on Friday salvaged a bill to continue providing unemployment checks to people out of work more than six months and revive tax breaks popular with families and businesses.

White House admits pushing Sestak to drop Senate bid (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2010 04:28 PM PDT

Former President Bill Clinton greets supporters in Little Rock, Ark., Friday, May 28, 2010. The White House used former President Bill Clinton to offer an unpaid advisory position to Rep. Joe Sestak in hopes of persuading him to drop his Pennsylvania Senate primary challenge to President Barack Obama's favored candidate, according to an internal report issued Friday. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)Reuters - The White House acknowledged on Friday that it tried to get Representative Joe Sestak to drop his Senate bid in exchange for an unpaid job with the administration, but said an internal review concluded it broke no laws.

Obama, Democrats spar over intelligence oversight (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama's White House has been fighting a plan spearheaded by fellow Democrats in the Congress to allow the investigative arm of Congress to probe the intelligence community's activities, officials and congressional aides said on Friday.

Obama vows veto of any bill to fund 2d F-35 engine (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2010 02:56 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would veto any legislation to fund, over Pentagon protests, a controversial second engine program for the multinational F-35 fighter aircraft.

Paul opposes citizenship for babies of illegals (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 02:40 PM PDT

AP - U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul is stirring it up again, this time by saying he opposes citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents who are illegal immigrants.

WH announces Obama trip to Pittsburgh (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 02:38 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama will travel to Pittsburgh next week for an event at Carnegie Mellon University.

Election-year politics derail bid to save teachers' jobs (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 28 May 2010 02:26 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Congress bailed out Wall Street and the auto industry, but it appears to have drawn the line — at least for now — at rescuing teachers.

Land management chief takes over drilling agency (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 01:59 PM PDT

Minerals Management Service Director Elizabeth Birnbaum, left, sits behind Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this photo taken May 26, 2010, as Salazar testified before the House Natural Resources Committee. Birnbaum, the head of the troubled agency that oversees offshore drilling resigned under pressure Thursday as President Barack Obama moved more aggressively to take charge of the Gulf oil spill. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - The chief of the Interior Department's land management bureau has stepped in to run the much-criticized agency that oversees offshore oil drilling after its director resigned under pressure.

(AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 01:19 PM PDT

AP - House passes defense bill with repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' policy for gays in military.

Clinton: Don't let anger sink Lincoln re-election (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 01:05 PM PDT

In this photo taken May 25, 2010, U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., is interviewed at her campaign headquarters in Little Rock, Ark., about her re-election bid in the June 8, Democratic primary runoff election (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - Former President Bill Clinton on Friday urged voters in his home state to send Sen. Blanche Lincoln back to Washington for another term, warning them to not let their anger guide their choice in next month's Democratic runoff.

Appointment offer to Sestak was proper, White House says (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 28 May 2010 12:40 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Friday that it used the promise of a presidential appointment to try to get a Pennsylvania congressman to abandon a planned primary challenge to White House favorite Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., and that it used former President Bill Clinton as the middleman.

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