Yahoo! News: Elections

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• AP sources: 3 charges filed against Rep. Waters (AP)
• Study ties civilian deaths to attacks on US forces (AP)
• Obama salutes promised end of US combat in Iraq (AP)
• Key Republican previews case against Kagan (AP)
• Brewer builds her national brand (Politico)
• National intelligence director nomination blocked (AP)
• EPA says Gulf dispersants not more toxic than oil (AP)
• Iffy Senate outlook for state aid package (AP)
• Obama: Patchwork immigration policy unacceptable (AP)
• Trying little-known option to seal a leaky lung (AP)
• Obama: combat mission in Iraq to end this month (Reuters)
• McCain, demanding report, blocks spy chief vote (Reuters)
• Brown reports having $23M in race for Calif. gov (AP)
• Zsa Zsa's husband drops out of Calif. gov's race (AP)
• Another Obama ally in US House faces ethics woes (AFP)
• Top Senate Republican McConnell aims for "a good day" (Reuters)
• Judge lets Virginia healthcare challenge proceed (Reuters)
• McCain holds up vote on Obama intel chief pick (AFP)
• Obama invokes Bush to attack Republicans (Reuters)
• Anti-government mood stifles regulatory push (AP)

AP sources: 3 charges filed against Rep. Waters (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:13 PM PDT AP - California Democrat Maxine Waters faces a House trial this fall on three charges of ethical wrongdoing, setting the stage for a second election-season public airing of ethics problems for a longtime Democratic lawmaker.

Study ties civilian deaths to attacks on US forces (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:17 PM PDT AP - Each time U.S. or NATO forces accidentally kill Afghan civilians, insurgents and their sympathizers typically retaliate with six additional assaults on foreign forces over the next six weeks, researchers using newly declassified NATO data conclude.

Obama salutes promised end of US combat in Iraq (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 02:44 PM PDT AP - Nearing a milestone in the long and divisive Iraq war, President Barack Obama on Monday hailed this month's planned withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops — "as promised and on schedule" — as a major success despite deep doubts about the Iraqis' ability to police and govern their country.

Key Republican previews case against Kagan (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:40 PM PDT AP - The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee is telling colleagues that Elena Kagan has a dangerous political approach to the law that makes her unfit for the Supreme Court.

Brewer builds her national brand (Politico) Posted: 28 Jul 2010 06:30 PM PDT Politico - Three months ago, Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer was in a fight for her political life. Her support for a sales tax increase had alienated her from her party, her approval ratings were in the dumps and she faced a handful of primary opponents looking to deny her nomination to a full term in office.

National intelligence director nomination blocked (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - A spokeswoman for Sen. John McCain says the senator is blocking President Barack Obama's nominee to be the director of national intelligence.

EPA says Gulf dispersants not more toxic than oil (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:58 PM PDT AP - A new federal study of chemical dispersants used to break up oil in the Gulf of Mexico shows that when mixed with oil, the dispersant is no more toxic to aquatic life than oil alone.

Iffy Senate outlook for state aid package (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:52 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's Senate allies are taking one last run at advancing what's left of his tattered jobs agenda.

Obama: Patchwork immigration policy unacceptable (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:09 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he agrees that more control must be exerted over illegal immigration, but he won't accept "a patchwork of 50 different states" acting on their own.

Trying little-known option to seal a leaky lung (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:29 PM PDT AP - The final straw came when Guy Vance's chest, neck and face ballooned, little air bubbles in his skin crackling to the touch — all because of a leak somewhere in his lung.

Obama: combat mission in Iraq to end this month (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 05:12 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to make good on his promise to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq by the end of August, despite a dangerous political deadlock in Baghdad and a recent surge in militant violence.

McCain, demanding report, blocks spy chief vote (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:35 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Senator John McCain said on Monday he would allow a Senate vote on President Barack Obama's nominee to be U.S. intelligence chief as soon as he receives an intelligence report he requested 18 months ago.

Brown reports having $23M in race for Calif. gov (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:31 PM PDT AP - Democrat Jerry Brown reported Monday that he has $23 million in the bank in his race against former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman for California governor, an indication that he is choosing to save the bulk of his money for what is certain to be a costly fall election campaign.

Zsa Zsa's husband drops out of Calif. gov's race (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 04:04 PM PDT AP - Less than six months after charging onto California's political scene in alligator-skin cowboy boots, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, a flamboyant Los Angeles socialite and eighth husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor, said Monday he was ending his bid for governor.

Another Obama ally in US House faces ethics woes (AFP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 03:02 PM PDT AFP - Representative Maxine Waters on Monday became the second veteran House Democrat in days to face charges of ethics violations, another burden for the party three months from key elections.

Top Senate Republican McConnell aims for "a good day" (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:58 PM PDT Reuters - Republicans are positioned to score solid victories in November's congressional elections which would force President Barack Obama more to the political center, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday.

Judge lets Virginia healthcare challenge proceed (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 01:57 PM PDT Reuters - A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that the state of Virginia could proceed with its challenge to President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law, a setback that will force the White House to defend its reforms in the middle of a tough congressional election campaign.

McCain holds up vote on Obama intel chief pick (AFP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:43 PM PDT AFP - Republican Senator John McCain is holding up a full Senate confirmation vote on President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the US intelligence community, his spokeswoman confirmed Monday.

Obama invokes Bush to attack Republicans (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 12:30 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama rallied support for his embattled Democrats on Monday, charging that Republicans had no ideas different from those pursued by his predecessor, George W. Bush.

Anti-government mood stifles regulatory push (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2010 10:45 AM PDT AP - Public distrust of government is limiting the push for tighter federal regulations even in the wake of regulatory lapses that contributed to the financial meltdown, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and April's deadly coal mine explosion.

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