Los Angeles Times: The man accused of using a high-powered rifle to try to assassinate President Obama has been found mentally competent to face the charges against him. But prosecutors aren’t taking any chances. Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, of Idaho is accused of parking his car outside the White House on the evening of Nov. [...]
Washington Times: Defying a veto threat from President Obama, the Senate voted Tuesday to preserve language that would give the U.S. military a crack at al Qaeda operatives captured in the U.S., even if they are American citizens. Led by Sen. Carl Levin, the Michigan Democrat who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, senators voted [...]
The Hill: Newt Gingrich stands to benefit if Herman Cain were to withdraw or lose support in the Republican presidential race, according to a Public Policy Poll released on Tuesday. Gingrich has a much better favorability rating with Cain supporters than does Mitt Romney. Seventy-three percent of Cain supporters view Gingrich favorably, while only 33 [...]
(US News) — President Obama’s slow ride down Gallup’s daily presidential job approval index has finally passed below Jimmy Carter, earning Obama the worst job approval rating of any president at this stage of his term in modern political history. Since March, Obama’s job approval rating has hovered above Carter’s, considered among the 20th century’s [...]
(AP) – Rhode Island’s governor said Tuesday that lawmakers upset with his decision to call the blue spruce erected in the Statehouse a “holiday tree” instead of a “Christmas tree” should focus their energy on feeding the poor. According to Gov. Lincoln Chafee, calling the tree a “holiday tree” instead of a “Christmas tree” is [...]
National Review: In a conference call this morning, Herman Cain told his senior staff that he is “reassessing” whether to remain in the race. He will make his final decision “over the next several days.” UPDATE: National Review was on the call. It lasted five minutes. “Obviously, you’re all aware of this recent firestorm that [...]
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An Iranian hard-line protester watches as a diplomatic vehicle, set on fire by demonstrators who stormed the British Embassy, burns in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. Jerusalem Post: 6 British embassy employees freed after being taken hostage by protesting students in northern Tehran, FARS reports; police fire tear gas to disperse crowds at central [...]
National Review Online: In a conference call this morning, Herman Cain told his senior staff that he is “reassessing” whether to remain in the race. He told them he will make his final decision “over the next several days.”
Yahoo: Apple’s iPhones are always among the hottest gadgets of any holiday shopping season, but for one passenger on an Australian flight, the phone was too hot to handle — literally. While on Australian flight Regional Express ZL319 Friday, a passenger’s iPhone 4 (not the iPhone 4S, which is Apple’s latest model) suddenly started “emitting [...]
