Fox News: BEAUFORT, N.C. – Archaeologists seeking ancient pirate booty are heading back to sea off North Carolina’s coast — a continuing effort to recover artifacts from the wreck believed to be Blackbeard’s flagship. The boat, called Queen Anne’s Revenge, is believed to have sank in 1718 near Beaufort, N.C. Archaeologists in the state aim [...]
Fox News: A document obtained and witnesses interviewed by Fox News raise new questions over whether there was an effort by the Defense Department to cover up a pre-9/11 military intelligence program known as “Able Danger.” Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com At least five witnesses questioned by the Defense Department’s Inspector General told Fox [...]
Fox News: HARTFORD, Conn. — The New York Yankees, thin-crust pizza, the death penalty and Chris Dodd’s future — that’s what Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and World Wrestling Entertainment chief Linda McMahon agree on. As for the rest — the two candidates vying to replace Dodd in the U.S. Senate could find very few [...]
Phoenix (AP) – – Mexico and 10 other Latin American countries want an appeals court to consider their viewpoints in an appeal of a ruling that put parts of Arizona’s new immigration law on hold. The countries are asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for permission to file friend-of-the-court briefs in Gov. Jan [...]
Los Angeles Times: The good news for President Obama is his popular support among blacks is holding steady at 91%. The bad news is no other group of potential voters likes him that much. In fact, 29 days before his first midterm elections, the Democrat’s approval ratings remain mired below 50%. A new Gallup Poll [...]
The Hill: White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday he loves his job, but he would not rule out a transition to chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Reports over the weekend indicated Gibbs was being considered for the DNC post and speculated he could move there in time for President Obama’s 2012 [...]
Washington Times: Republican lawmakers say the White House’s firm cap on the now-completed troop surge in Afghanistan is leaving forces more vulnerable to Taliban attacks. They say there are not enough troops to man C-RAM, a counter-rocket, -artillery and -mortar battery used effectively by soldiers in Iraq to intercept rounds headed for forward operating bases. [...]
Politico: Once-despondent Democrats now believe that they may be able to avert a total midterm wipeout, as several important states now appear to be trending in their direction or growing more competitive. The bad news: In a sign of how hostile the election environment remains for the party, the cautious optimism is largely due to [...]
Washington Post: BAGHDAD – Officials from the Sunni-backed slate that won the most votes in Iraq’s parliamentary election said Monday that they might support letting Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki keep his job if their top candidate is sworn in as president with expanded powers. That new authority would broaden the presidency’s mostly ceremonial role [...]
New York Times: Just hours before the first formal debate in Connecticut’s United States Senate contest, the Republican candidate, Linda E. McMahon, released a new video showing her Democratic opponent, Richard Blumenthal, suggesting that he had served in the Vietnam War even though he did not. The video the McMahon campaign obtained shows Mr. Blumenthal, [...]
Fox News: The U.S. government says there’s no indication the United States or its citizens are a target in the latest Al Qaeda plot that triggered a blanket travel alert for Americans in Europe. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that the State Department alert “deals with Europe and isn’t related to the [...]
