(CNN) — Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln advanced in her fight to hold onto her seat in the U.S. Senate. The Arkansas senator defeated state Lt. Gov. Bill Halter in the state’s Democratic primary runoff. The Arkansas contest was one of a number of high-profile primary battles taking place Tuesday. The runoff was necessary because while [...]
MSNBC (via AP) just posted this update with the following clarification from BP: “BP later sought to clarify his comments. It says that even though the company is optimistic it can make measurable progress in the next week in reducing the flow. And it says it will take more time to reach the point that [...]
Not this one AZ Central: State treasurer and gubernatorial candidate Dean Martin on Tuesday unveiled a multi-pronged border security plan that calls for the immediate deployment of 3,000 troops to the Arizona-Mexico border, and a new partnership with Sheriff Joe Arpaio to house illegal immigrants in “tent city” style jails. This one Martin, who is [...]
New York Times: MADRID — Spanish public workers went on strike on Tuesday against a cut in their wages in what could be the first of several union-led protests against the government’s latest austerity measures. The strike reduced hospital care, mail distribution and other public services to a minimum, but did not cause a nationwide [...]
June 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. debt will top $13.6 trillion this year and climb to an estimated $19.6 trillion by 2015, according to a Treasury Department report to Congress. The report that was sent to lawmakers Friday night with no fanfare said the ratio of debt to the gross domestic product would rise to [...]
Debka: Osama bin Laden’s hiding place was pinned down for the first time Monday, June 7, by the Kuwaiti Al-Siyassa Monday, June 7, as the mountainous town of Savzevar in the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan, 220 km west of Mashhad. He is said to have lived there under Tehran’s protection for the last five [...]
Obama’s microphone at today’s town hall, resembling, like Obamacare, a turd on a plate The Hill: President Barack Obama on Tuesday sought to shift the nation’s attention to a sunnier topic: the coming benefits from the Democrats’ recently-passed healthcare reforms. Surrounded by a sea of seniors in Wheaton, Md., Obama defended the legislation from GOP [...]
Politico: At a closed-door meeting with a small group of House Democrats late last month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heard gripes from members not happy about having to vote on a big spending measure at a time when many voters think government growth and deficits are out of control. Nothing new there. Pelosi’s been hearing [...]
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