CBS News: NEW YORK (CBS) — After a suffering a “shellacking” in the midterm elections, President Obama acknowledges what many have seen as his chief weakness – failing to sell the importance of several legislative milestones to the American people. “I think that’s a fair argument. I think that, over the course of two years [...]
Washington Post: ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is acting as though she already has pulled off an improbable victory after her write-in candidacy, enthusiastically thanking supporters and telling them they’ve made history. She may have won. Or she may be overly optimistic. The race is far from over. Murkowski’s fate rests in [...]
Los Angeles Times: California voters rejected Prop. 19, but a post-election poll found that they still lean toward legalizing marijuana for recreational use and, if young voters had turned out as heavily on Tuesday as they do for presidential elections, the result would have been a close call. The survey, conducted by the polling firm [...]
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Fox News: President Obama heads to Asia Friday as part of an effort to improve U.S. trade relations, but experts say the president’s perceived anti-trade rhetoric has complicated the process of reaching agreements that could benefit the U.S. economy. Following election losses which signaled the administration should have focused more closely on the economy, the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is leaving the fallout from the Democrats’ election drubbing behind as he heads for India and what’s likely to be a friendlier reception in the world’s largest democracy. The president was to depart Friday morning on Air Force One for Mumbai, India, where he was to arrive around noon [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The big Republican gains in Congress could make it harder for President Barack Obama to keep his pledge to start bringing U.S. troops home from Afghanistan by next summer and dim prospects for several of his administration’s centerpiece military and diplomatic initiatives. The GOP’s victories seem likely to derail congressional efforts to [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. Park Police say an Arizona man has been arrested after guns and ammunition were found inside a truck hauling a camper parked along the National Mall. The truck was parked along the National Mall near the National Air and Space Museum Wednesday afternoon, when an officer noticed something suspicious inside. A [...]
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) – A suicide bomber struck a mosque in northwest Pakistan during prayers Friday, causing the roof to collapse and killing at least 50 people. The bombing may have targeted an anti-Taliban activist, officials said. The blast was the latest in a series of attacks at mosques and Sufi shrines in Pakistan, and [...]
