Yahoo! News: Elections

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• White House defends dealmaking in political races (AP)
• Feds send BP $69M bill as Obama plans trip to Gulf (AP)
• Gov't to bill BP $69M for oil spill cleanup so far (AP)
• Obama says he's 'furious' about spill (AP)
• Voters flip on party switchers (Politico)
• Case alleges Texas man communicated with al-Awlaki (AP)
• Ariz. Gov. Brewer wants separating fence completed (AP)
• Obama attends evening event at daughter's school (AP)
• Kirk apologizes for misstating military record (AP)
• Emptier cells: Jail population declines first time (AP)
• Japan Finance Minister Kan certain to be next PM: reports (Reuters)
• Arizona governor and Obama still far apart on immigration (Reuters)
• Palin endorses Branstad in Iowa governor primary (AP)
• Obama: My poll numbers are doing all right (AP)
• Obama: Israeli raid on aid flotilla was 'tragic' (AP)
• White House admits job talks with Senate candidate (Reuters)
• Ala. Rep. Davis through with politics after loss (AP)
• White House says it contacted candidate about jobs (AP)
• White House: Baseball should reverse ump's mistake (AP)
• US-Turkish man killed in Israeli flotilla raid (AP)

White House defends dealmaking in political races (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:21 PM PDT AP - The White House scrambled Thursday to explain new revelations of political dealmaking, defending attempts to steer state primary races but saying the president was unaware an aide had urged a Colorado Democrat to seek a federal job rather than run.

Feds send BP $69M bill as Obama plans trip to Gulf (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - The federal government slapped BP with a $69 million bill Thursday to cover initial costs of responding to the largest oil spill in U.S. history. An angry President Barack Obama said he was convinced that BP has not moved quickly enough to stop the flow of oil and clean up the mess.

Gov't to bill BP $69M for oil spill cleanup so far (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 11:58 AM PDT AP - The White House says the federal government is sending BP a $69 million bill Thursday for costs so far in its response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Obama says he's 'furious' about spill (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:56 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Thursday he was "furious" about the situation in the Gulf of Mexico and that BP hasn't moved fast enough to respond to the massive oil spill there.

Voters flip on party switchers (Politico) Posted: 02 Jun 2010 03:11 AM PDT Politico - When Sen. Arlen Specter and Rep. Parker Griffith decided to switch parties, they were welcomed with open arms by their new political families in Washington.

Case alleges Texas man communicated with al-Awlaki (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 04:45 PM PDT AP - The Justice Department alleged Thursday in a new terrorism case that a Texas man communicated with the fugitive al-Qaida cleric whose name surfaced in the shootings at Fort Hood.

Ariz. Gov. Brewer wants separating fence completed (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:14 PM PDT AP - Facing off over illegal immigration, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer told President Barack Obama that Americans "want our border secured" and called Thursday for completion of a separating fence. Obama underscored his objections that the tough immigration law she signed is discriminatory.

Obama attends evening event at daughter's school (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:05 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and his wife and mother-in-law are attending an evening school event with their 11-year-old daughter, Malia, in northwest Washington.

Kirk apologizes for misstating military record (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:34 PM PDT AP - Senate candidate Mark Kirk apologized Thursday for making inaccurate statements about his service in the Navy Reserves, while acknowledging more discrepancies.

Emptier cells: Jail population declines first time (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:55 PM PDT AP - The nation's local jail population is declining for the first time since the federal government began keeping count, reflecting what some experts say is a growing belief that jails are housing too many people who do not belong there.

Japan Finance Minister Kan certain to be next PM: reports (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 04:27 PM PDT Reuters - Finance Minister Naoto Kan, a fiscal conservative with an image as a challenger to the status quo, looked set to become Japan's next premier on Friday, media said, in a ruling party vote head of an election next month.

Arizona governor and Obama still far apart on immigration (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:48 PM PDT Reuters - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and President Barack Obama sat down for half an hour to discuss immigration on Thursday, but there were few signs that the two had bridged their sharp differences on the issue.

Palin endorses Branstad in Iowa governor primary (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:29 PM PDT AP - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is endorsing Terry Branstad in Iowa's Republican gubernatorial primary.

Obama: My poll numbers are doing all right (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:03 PM PDT AP - White House officials may like to say they're not paying attention to the polls, but President Barack Obama himself is keeping an eye on his approval ratings.

Obama: Israeli raid on aid flotilla was 'tragic' (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:52 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Thursday that the deadly Israeli raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip was "tragic", but he stopped short of condemning the actions of Israeli forces.

White House admits job talks with Senate candidate (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:27 PM PDT Reuters - A top aide to President Barack Obama discussed a possible administration job with a Colorado Democrat to try to keep him from running for the U.S. Senate against a candidate Obama endorsed, the White House acknowledged on Thursday.

Ala. Rep. Davis through with politics after loss (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:09 PM PDT AP - U.S. Rep. Artur Davis said Thursday he's through with politics after losing his bid to become Alabama's first black governor, a stinging defeat that he blamed on his own inability to court African-American voters.

White House says it contacted candidate about jobs (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:07 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama was unaware a top aide encouraged a Colorado Democrat to apply for an international development job instead of challenging the candidate whom the president favored in a Senate race, the White House said Thursday.

White House: Baseball should reverse ump's mistake (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 01:47 PM PDT AP - First the umpire blew the call.

US-Turkish man killed in Israeli flotilla raid (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 01:35 PM PDT AP - A 19-year-old man with dual U.S.-Turkish citizenship was among the nine people killed in the Israeli raid on an aid flotilla in the eastern Mediterranean, the State Department said Thursday. That potentially complicates the Obama administration's attempts to remain neutral in the crisis.

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