Archive for June, 2010

If confirmed to the Supreme Court as expected, Elena Kagan would work with and independently of Chief Justice John Roberts. That’s the nature of the court’s internal dynamics, and the concept of the one justice-one vote system in which the chief justice is often called “first among equals.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are considering four cities to host the convention that is likely to nominate President Barack Obama for a second term.

Cleveland, Minneapolis, Charlotte, N.C., and St. Louis are the cities being considered for what is…

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Ed Prior’s letter (”Biased pundits,” June 24) laments the criticism of President Barack Obama by conservatives he claims “spend every waking hour” thinking of ways to tear him down concerning the Gen. Stanley McChrystal debacle. Prior…

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“I know that towns like Racine are still hurting from this recession,” said the President at a town hall in Wisconsin today.  “This city has the second-highest unemployment rate in the state, and I can only imagine how much pain that’s caused and how many lives have been upended.”  It was something he hears about all the time, he said, and something he still thinks about when he’s not hearing about it.
He made clear though the Recovery Act saved or created as many as 2.8 million jobs, and even though the economy is growing again, that’s little comfort for those still hurting and that’s …

For the third time in as many weeks, Senate Republicans on Wednesday successfully filibustered a bill to continue providing unemployment checks to millions of people.

But this time, since the slimmed-down measure attracted two Republican votes, its…

President Barack Obama has ordered flags on federal buildings to fly at half-staff until the burial next week of Sen. Robert Byrd, except for Independence Day, when they should be flown at full staff to honor the veteran legislator, the White House said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will sign legislation Thursday imposing tough new sanctions against Iran as further punishment for the country’s unwillingness to give up its ambitions of becoming a nuclear power.

The House and Senate acted…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has sent President Barack Obama a plan to give homebuyers an extra three months to finish qualifying for federal tax incentives that boosted home sales this spring.

The legislation would give buyers until Sept. 30 to…