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November 06, 2009

UPDATE: Health bill vote could be tomorrow or Sunday

House Democrats are scrambling to secure enough support to pass President Barack Obama’s historic health overhaul initiative, working to soothe last-minute...


November 05, 2009

Senate Democrats advance climate bill without GOP

WASHINGTON—Ignoring a Republican boycott, Senate Democrats pushed a precedent-setting climate bill through a key committee today. Rep. Barbara Boxer,...


November 04, 2009

White House distances itself from electoral losses

The White House distanced itself Wednesday from Democratic losses in two states, saying the races hinged on local issues and were not a referendum on President...

Former H-P CEO Carly Fiorina announces Senate bid
Former H-P CEO Carly Fiorina announces Senate bid

Fiorina says her priorities would be creating jobs, cutting government spending and expanding access to health care — but not through a national...

Republican chairman: Election returns show ‘transcendent’ GOP

An ebullient Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele asserted Wednesday that GOP victories in governors’ races in New Jersey and Virginia demonstrate...

Congressman, late for flight, parks SUV on airport curb

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—A North Carolina congressman dashing to catch a plane dumped his sport utility vehicle at the end of a row of properly parked cars...

UPDATE: Gay marriage vote fails in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine—Cecelia Burnett and Ann Swanson had already set their wedding date. When they joined about 1,000 other gay marriage supporters for...


November 03, 2009

Republican Christie captures NJ governor’s seat

TRENTON, N.J. (AP)—Chris Christie, an aggressive former prosecutor who racked up a perfect conviction rate in public corruption cases and became...

George W. Bush watching postseason baseball—in Japan

TOKYO—Former President George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 3 of the Japan Series between the Yomiuri Giants and Nippon...

Obama welcomes foreign leaders to the White House

President Barack Obama is welcoming German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House. The two leaders will hold a morning meeting in the Oval Office....


November 02, 2009

Tight N.J. governor’s race goes down to the wire

New Jersey’s candidates for governor are darting through the state on the last day of a campaign being billed as a vote on President Barack Obama’s...

President says private, public sectors must create jobs

President Barack Obama says the public and private sectors must find more ways to create jobs to continue the U.S. climb out of an economic recession.

Romney says Obama economic stimulus plan is a failure

Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney says the time has come to stop the economic stimulus program, contending that it has not worked as the Obama administration...

Cheney FBI interview: 72 instances of can’t recall

WASHINGTON—Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald famously declared in the Valerie Plame affair that “there is a cloud over the vice president.“...


November 01, 2009

Sunday talk shows

Radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh.   Meet the Press (NBC, 9) Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; Obama campaign manager David Plouffe; author Jon...


October 31, 2009

After all the fuss, government health plan would cover few

What’s all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats’ push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage...

Winfrey, Clooney among first White House guests, newly released records show

Celebrities George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey and prominent lobbyists, corporate executives and Democratic fundraisers were among the first to score visits...

Obama highlights fresh signs of economic growth

President Barack Obama said Saturday that reports the economy is growing again and that more than 1 million jobs were saved or created by his stimulus...


October 30, 2009

Barnes defends Obama’s handling of stimulus
Barnes defends Obama’s handling of stimulus

In a conversation with Times-Dispatch Staff Writer David Ress, Obama domestic policy advisor says federal role isn’t “master puppeteer.“...

N.C. panel penalizes former governor for unreported flights, seeks inquiry

North Carolina elections officials have penalized former Gov. Mike Easley’s campaign $100,000 for unreported airplane flights and asked prosecutors...

Congressional ethics report leaked, discloses internal probes

Internal investigations into the conduct of several House members have been exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach of security involving the...

HIV, Afghanistan, and Pakistan on Obama’s agenda today

President Barack Obama is set to sign an extension of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS bill.


October 29, 2009

Obama extolls new GDP figures as ‘welcome news’

President Barack Obama is hailing new figures showing the economy grew at a 3.5 percent rate in the third quarter, saying the country has “come a...


October 25, 2009

Sunday talk shows

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah; Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.; R. Bruce Josten of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Mike...


October 22, 2009

Senate panel passes bills to recognize 6 Va. tribes, Lumbees of N.C.

Six Indian tribes in Virginia and the Lumbees of North Carolina would gain federal recognition and become eligible for federal aid under legislation approved...


October 21, 2009

Source: House Democrats trim health bill to $871 billion

WASHINGTON—House Democrats are aiming to scale back the cost of their health-care bill by giving the government a strong hand in selling insurance...


October 20, 2009

S.C. Republican chairmen apologize for Jewish remark

Two Republican county officials in South Carolina are apologizing after they disparaged Jews in a newspaper op-ed in support of a fiscally conservative...

Poll: Corzine, Christie tied in N.J. governor’s race

In another indication that the New Jersey governor’s race will go down to the wire, a new poll finds Gov. Jon Corzine and Republican Chris Christie...


October 19, 2009

Sotomayor says feds chose her clothes for her

NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says her nomination process was so tightly scripted that even her clothes were chosen for...


October 18, 2009

Sunday talk shows

Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Arlen Specter, D-Pa., and John Thune, R-S.D.; Terry McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee chairman.   Meet the...

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