FOXNews (blog) | Obama Offers Budget With Deficits As Far as Number-Crunchers Can See FOXNews As President Obama prepares to unveil his $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2011, which begins Oct. 1, the White House is projecting the current fiscal year will end with a $1.6 trillion deficit, congressional sources confirmed to Fox News. Jan. ... White House to paint grim fiscal picture: source Deficit to Hit » |
CBC.ca | Skyrocketing costs may have doomed NYC trial plan Washington Post AP NEW YORK -- A letter and a speech may have doomed plans to bring the Sept. 11 terror trial to New York. The letter written by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Washington earlier this month set a whopping $200-million-a-year ... Experts say 9/11 terror trial must take place where crime was committed ... Terrorism trials could move away from Manhattan Obama Faces New Pressure to Try Terror Suspects in Military Tribunal |
Boston Globe | Congress to back Obama spending freeze-Hoyer Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Congress will enact President Barack Obama's proposed three-year spending freeze on some government programs, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer predicted on Thursday in an interview with Reuters. But the No. ... Bill ending banks' role in student loans st » |
Washington Post | Obama aims to win climate bill with green jobs Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, trying to save a st » |
Aljazeera.net | Struggling families, wounded troops Obama's guests Washington Post AP WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's guest list for his first State of the Union address provides a rough outline of what he will tell Congress about ongoing wars and an economic crisis that is slowing but hardly over. ... In State of the Union, Obama will try to revive message |
Telegraph.co.uk | Obama Talks of Restoring Security for Middle Class New York Times WASHINGTON â€" President Obama vowed on Monday to “reverse the over » |
Reuters | McCain Nudges Obama Toward His Party's Health Plans New York Times In the wake of a political setback for national health care legislation, Senator John McCain, the losing candidate in the last presidential election, advised his victorious 2008 adversary on Sunday that the way to get meaningful ... Mass. Voters to Washington: Now Play Nice HEALTHCARE Q & A Can the healthcare overhaul drive recover? Late spending frenzy fueled Senate race |
Globe and Mail | Poll: Voter anger fueled Brown victory in Mass. Washington Post AP WASHINGTON -- Voter discontent with the direction of the government, economy and the health care overhaul helped send Republican Scott Brown to his Senate victory in Massachusetts, a poll says. About 63 percent of Massachusetts voters in Tuesday's ... Report: Reid, Pelosi Consider New Strategy to Pass Senate Health Bill Dems Mum on How to Keep Pushing Health Overhaul Scott Brown's victory gives GOP District 19 candidates hope |
The State | Justices Overturn Key Campaign Limits New York Times Senators John McCain and Russ Feingold, pictured in 2006, were the co-sponsors of the campaign finance law. By ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON â€" Sweeping aside a century-old understanding and overruling two important precedents, a bitterly divided Supreme Court ... Supreme Court Overturns Limits on Corporate Spending in Political Campaigns |
The Guardian | Brown Win Forces Congress to Get 'Back to Basics' FOXNews Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown said Wednesday that he is focused on moving to Washington as soon as possible to try to free up some of the political gridlock there. Tuesday: US Senator-Elect Scott Brown takes a photo of himself and a supporter ... HMOs r » |
ABC News | MLK Day: A 'touchstone' for Haiti support over the long-term USA Today Often, the best way to honor a lost hero's memory is to carry that individual's work forward, building on their dream and hope for a better future. Such is the case with Martin Luther King, Jr., a man whose life continues to inspire worldwide peace, ... Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Marsh » |
The Hindu | Haiti earthquake: a few more rescues, but aid still slow Times Online British rescue workers have freed two more earthquake victims from the rubble in Port au Prince today as disorder grows on the streets of the Haitian capital and aid sits undistributed. A rescue team from Rapid UK used hammers and chisels as they spent ... Haiti earthquake: Survivors desperate for clean water as disease takes hold World Pledges Quake Aid, Haitians Still Waiting Swift Chinese relief for Haiti displays sympathism, wins applause |
Times Online | Coakley hopes for historic win in Kennedy seat bid Washington Post AP BOSTON -- For much of her campaign, Martha Coakley steered clear of the Kennedy mystique, methodic » |
Sydney Morning Herald | Desperate Haitians Await Aid Following Quake Voice of America Photo: AP Desperate Haitians have spent a third night in the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince, waiting for promised aid that is slowly trickling in following Tuesday's devastating earthquake. The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson was expected to ... Rescue workers race against time to stem tide of tragedy in Haiti Gunfire rings out from Haitian apocalypse Haiti suffers heavy losses in quake |
Reuters | Haiti Lies in Ruins; Grim Search for Untold Dead New York Times Bodies lay by a street on Wednesday in downtown Port-au-Prince, where the cries of trapped victims could be heard under rubble. More Photos > By SIMON ROMERO and MARC LACEY PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti â€"Huge swaths of Port-au-Prince lay in ruins on Thursday, ... Haiti earthquake survivors await global aid effort Haiti Despairs as Quake Deaths Mount |
Times Online | Bodies line streets in shell-shocked Haiti ABC Online Daybreak will shed more light on the extent of the death and destruction. (AFP: Lisandro Suero) Fears of a mounting death toll are growing in Haiti after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation this morning. ... Fierce Quake Devastates Haitian Capital Hundreds feared dead in Haiti quake Major quake rocks Haitian capital; many feared dead |
Reuters | Reid: 'Not going to dwell' on controversy over remarks | Philadelphia Inquirer ... Philadelphia Inquirer AP WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sought yesterday to slam the book shut on a controversy stemming from remarks about President Obama's race and dialect, and a string of forgiving statements from prominent blacks made ... Should Harry Reid Resign? Paterson slams Reid comments Hypocrisy over Harry |
The Age | Magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattles Northern California Los Angeles Times A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rocked Eureka, Calif., on Saturday, snapping power lines, toppling chimneys, knocking down traffic signals, shattering windows and prompting the evacuation of at least one apartment ... 6.5 Quake Shakes Buildings on California Coast 6.5 quake shakes buildings on California coast Earthquake rocks Eureka, damage widespread |
Canoe.ca | Man Is Charged in Breach of Newark Airport Security New York Times The man who is believed to have slipped into a secured area of Newark Liberty International Airport and to have caused a six-hour shutdown of a major terminal on Sunday has been arrested, Port Authority officials said on Friday night. ... Arrest in Newark airport security breach Sources: Cops Arrest Suspect in Newark Airport Breach Arrest made in Newark airport security breach |
Telegraph.co.uk | Obama Orders Improvements in Security Policies New York Times WASHINGTON â€" President Obama on Thursday ordered intelligence agencies to take a series of steps to streamline how terrorism threats are pursued and analyzed, saying the government had to respond aggressively to the ... Factbox: Christmas Day bombing plot: Who knew what, when? Report on failed Christmas terror attack released Obama Orders Security Fix |
The Guardian | Connecticut Smackdown Takes a Twist New York Times The champ is dazed and bleary-eyed, stumbling helplessly around the ring on rubber legs like a weary drunk. He's one perfunctory drop kick, body slam and three-count from being a goner. But wait! Who's that running toward the ring, ... Johnson seen taking over as Senate banking panel chief Dodd's Lesson: You're Never Too Big to Fail |
