Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama's getting really, really mad — or is he? (AP)
• Lincoln faces test as voters choose fall matchups (AP)
• Obama to return to Gulf next week for 2-day update (AP)
• Lawmaker worries about national discussion of gays (AP)
• Gates may get lift from tea parties (Politico)
• Clinton Iran sanctions will be toughest ever (AP)
• Obama tells seniors health bill will work for them (AP)
• BP CEO Hayward to testify before Congress (AP)
• Democrats propose further tax hike on offshore oil (AP)
• White House pushes agency budget cuts (AP)
• Primary elections live blog: SC, AR, NV, CA (The Newsroom)
• Obama thanks Congress for 'incredible devotion' (AP)
• How Nikki Haley managed a Teflon primary run (The Newsroom)
• Timeline on Obama's oil spill comments (AP)
• US Supreme Court blocks Ariz. campaign finance law (AP)
• GM recalling 1.5M vehicles over fire concerns (AP)
• Obama to return to Gulf to assess oil spill effort (AP)
• Key primary battles on US 'Super Tuesday' (AFP)
• Former Obama adviser signs on with Crist campaign; is her ex-boss next? (The Newsroom)

Obama's getting really, really mad — or is he? (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 04:11 PM PDT AP - First he was going to make BP pay for the Gulf oil mess. Then he declared himself in charge. Now he's trying to find out "whose ass to kick" and making clear he'd fire BP's chief if only he could.

Lincoln faces test as voters choose fall matchups (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 04:41 PM PDT AP - Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln battled a union-backed challenger as well as a strong anti-establishment tide in an Arkansas runoff Tuesday, and political outsiders from coast to coast tested their strength on the busiest day of an unpredictable primary season.

Obama to return to Gulf next week for 2-day update (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 04:43 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama will return to the Gulf Coast next week for a two-day update on the Gulf oil spill, reacting to Americans' rising frustration with the government's response to the disaster.

Lawmaker worries about national discussion of gays (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 04:08 PM PDT AP - The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday said he thinks the military should keep its ban on openly gay service members in part because he doesn't want to open a national discussion about homosexuality.

Gates may get lift from tea parties (Politico) Posted: 07 Jun 2010 02:49 AM PDT Politico - As Defense Secretary Robert Gates takes on General Electric, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and other “powerful people” in seeking cuts to major weapons programs, he may get help from an unexpected ally — the tea party movement.

Clinton Iran sanctions will be toughest ever (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 04:09 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday called the proposed new U.N. sanctions against Iran's suspect nuclear program the toughest ever, a day before the U.N. Security Council was expected to vote on the measure.

Obama tells seniors health bill will work for them (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 04:11 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday sought to sell the health overhaul law to skeptical seniors, launching a defense of his presidency's biggest accomplishment as the election season gets under way and the Gulf oil spill dominates news.

BP CEO Hayward to testify before Congress (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 10:23 AM PDT AP - Tony Hayward, the embattled CEO of BP, will make his first appearance on Capitol Hill since the catastrophic Gulf oil spill when he testifies before a congressional committee next week.

Democrats propose further tax hike on offshore oil (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 02:18 PM PDT AP - Senate Democrats brought up legislation Tuesday coupling a fivefold increase in the tax that oil companies pay into a spill liability fund with help for the jobless, doctors and cash-starved states.

White House pushes agency budget cuts (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 11:13 AM PDT AP - The White House is trying to show federal bureaucrats that President Barack Obama is serious about his promise to freeze most domestic agency budgets.

Primary elections live blog: SC, AR, NV, CA (The Newsroom) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 04:48 PM PDT The Newsroom - (This is a live blog of tonight's primary election results, with special emphasis on the races in South Carolina, Arkansas, Nevada and California. For a primer on why those are the states to watch, read Holly Bailey here.)

Obama thanks Congress for 'incredible devotion' (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 04:45 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is thanking Congress for what he says is lawmakers' "incredible devotion" to the U.S.

How Nikki Haley managed a Teflon primary run (The Newsroom) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 04:33 PM PDT The Newsroom - South Carolina gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley appears poised to win today's GOP primary — perhaps even with the outright majority that it takes to avoid a runoff under the party's rules. Given Haley's polish, relative youth, and support from Sarah Palin, that would be an unremarkable political assessment — except that in recent weeks not one but two South Carolina GOP operatives have lodged extraordinarily detailed and public claims that they had slept with her. So how did Haley, who is married and has two children, manage to beat back the attacks and maintain her double-digit lead going into election day?

Timeline on Obama's oil spill comments (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 03:43 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's escalating comments on the Gulf oil spill:

US Supreme Court blocks Ariz. campaign finance law (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 02:36 PM PDT AP - The U.S. Supreme Court derailed a key part of Arizona's campaign financing system on Tuesday, preventing the state from giving extra money to publicly funded candidates facing privately funded rivals and changing the election rules in the thick of primary season.

GM recalling 1.5M vehicles over fire concerns (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 02:34 PM PDT AP - General Motors Co. said Tuesday it was recalling about 1.5 million vehicles worldwide to address a problem with a heated windshield wiper fluid system that could lead to a fire, its second recall over the issue in two years.

Obama to return to Gulf to assess oil spill effort (AP) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 02:31 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is returning to the Gulf Coast for an update on the BP oil spill.

Key primary battles on US 'Super Tuesday' (AFP) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 01:58 PM PDT AFP - Primary election contests got underway in several US states Tuesday, providing an important barometer of the public mood ahead of November's crucial midterm balloting.

Former Obama adviser signs on with Crist campaign; is her ex-boss next? (The Newsroom) Posted: 08 Jun 2010 01:52 PM PDT The Newsroom - Here's something that's likely to fuel speculation about how President Obama regards Charlie Crist's Senate bid: Former White House communications director and longtime Obama confidante Anita Dunn announced today that she's severing ties with the Democratic National Committee through the 2010 elections. Her reason: Crist.

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