Pat Dollard

The Hill: Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) campaign is attacking former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.) again for being a “birther.” A new Web video from McCain’s campaign casts Hayworth as a loony right-winger who suggests the president was born in Kenya and thinks gay marriage will lead to marriage between men and horses. “I’ve committed to [...]

The Hill: Chief of broadcasting lobby scoffs at FCC plan, highlights lewd material available online. The president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters offered his harshest criticism to date Monday of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s plan to reallocate TV station’s airwaves for wireless services. As part of the National Broadband Plan, Genachowski has [...]

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – The president of a state teachers union left a meeting Monday with Gov. Chris Christie after refusing to fire a local president who wrote a memo that joked about the governor’s death, further escalating a rift that began before Christie’s election. Christie spokesman Mike Drewniak said the governor wants Bergen County [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Monday that President Obama won’t be nominating Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Justice John Paul Stevens, who is retiring this summer. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Monday that Mr. Obama has no intention of changing Mrs. Clinton’s [...]

“there was concern that the pilots may have been asked by someone in the plane to land at Smolensk instead of diverting to Minsk or Moscow, in part to avoid missing the commemoration ceremonies.” WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Russian investigators suggested human error may have been to blame in the plane crash that killed the [...]

Washington Times: States say they’ve been kept afloat during the economic downturn by critical federal aid, but, with stimulus money set to run out soon, a report from conservative economists argues that another infusion would postpone, and could worsen, states’ eventual reckoning with troubled budgets. Last year’s stimulus bill designated hundreds of billions of dollars [...]

Washington Post: Happy Monday! The U.S. Postal Service’s current business model “is not viable” and the mail agency should make deeper job and wage cuts, hire more part-time staff and consider outsourcing operations, according to a draft of a government audit acquired by The Federal Eye. Auditors also urge Congress to remove restrictions on the [...]

The Hill: Repealing healthcare reform law will be Republicans’ “number one priority,” their House leader said Monday. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said that repealing the healthcare legislation passed in Congress last month and signed into law by President Barack Obama would be the GOP’s top priority if it wins back control of Congress [...]

Financial Times: The eurozone area and wider European Union is now “on the brink” of disintegration unless Germany steps up and provides loans at below-market rates to Greece, George Soros, the hedge fund manager, has warned. However, Mr Soros added that he still hoped that Germany and others would be willing to forge a last-minute [...]

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KABUL (AP) – After days of discord, U.S. officials on Sunday went one step farther in their new gentler tact with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, expressing sympathy for the pressure he faces and promoting him as commander in chief of the warring nation. U.S.-Afghan relations grew tense last week when Karzai, seeking to bolster his [...]

Celebrity Daily: The mag claims the actor has admitted to struggling with depression. “Jenny’s done,” claims a source. “They always seem so happy in public yet they have had their share of breaks. Jenny has been very supportive of Jim, but he has refused to take medication that seems necessary for his ondition,” the mag [...]