Jun 26, 2010 3 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Mrs. Giffords Fox News: An Arizona congresswoman refused to back down from her allegations that two federal agencies moved their conferences from the state to boycott its new law cracking down on illegal immigrants despite the agencies' denial. Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords told Fox News on Saturday that she has information that the Department of Education and the ...
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The Washington Times: by J. Christian Adams On the day President Obama was elected, armed men wearing the black berets and jackboots of the New Black Panther Party were stationed at the entrance to a polling place in Philadelphia. They brandished a weapon and intimidated voters and poll watchers. After the election, the Justice Department brought ...
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The Hill: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner hailed international cooperation in recovering from the global economic crisis, but he said other countries must continue to support growth efforts. While Geithner lauded the steps the world has taken now that the global economy is "coming out of the fires of the crisis," he warned that other countries must continue ...
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Reason.com: The Las Vegas Weekly conducts a survey of "the personalities who define Vegas," and judges Penn Jillette to be #1. Selections from the brief, reliably interesting interview: Let’s talk about your TV show Bullsh*t! Will you ever run out of theories to debunk and people to expose? If you build a kingdom ...
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Which you will pay... (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, fresh from a win on a sweeping overhaul of Wall Street regulations, on Saturday urged Congress to take up his proposal for a $90 billion, 10-year tax on banks as the next step in reform. Obama wants to slap a 0.15 percent tax on the liabilities of the ...
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RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AP) -- The United States was eliminated from the World Cup by Ghana for the second straight time as Asamoah Gyan scored 3 minutes into overtime, leading the Black Stars to a 2-1 second-round victory Saturday night Kevin Prince Boateng put Ghana ahead when he stripped the ball from Ricardo Clark in ...
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Washington Post: The economic recovery that began a year ago increasingly appears to be on shaky footing, driving financial markets downward and clouding the debate over economic policy.
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New York Times: WASHINGTON — Stymied by political opposition and focused on competing priorities, the Obama administration has sidelined efforts to close the Guantánamo prison, making it unlikely that President Obama will fulfill his promise to close it before his term ends in 2013. When the White House acknowledged last year that it would miss Mr. Obama’s ...
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The Hill: President Barack Obama arrived in Canada for an international economic summit Friday armed with a new financial reform package nearly ready for his signature. The sweeping changes included in the conference report deal reached early Friday morning are expected to serve as a basis for reforms in other countries, and Obama will be talking about ...
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Politico: As President Barack Obama reaffirms his Afghanistan policy, he’s also emboldening critics in Congress who think he should use a shake-up in commanding generals to change the course of what they believe is an intractable war. “I think he has to reassess the strategy,†Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) said Thursday. “I can’t believe for a ...
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Britain's Prince Harry joined cadets training at West Point military academy as he started a 3-day visit to New York. On Saturday, he'll throw out a first pitch at a Mets baseball game and Sunday participate in a polo match on Governor's Island.
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