CBC.ca | $100 Billion Increase in Deficit Is Forecast New York Times WASHINGTON â€" The additional tax cuts and public works spending that President Obama has proposed to spur job creation would add $100 billion to this year's deficit, bringing it to nearly $1.6 trillion, according to an administration ... Obama Offers Budget With Deficits As Far as Number-Crunchers Can See White House to paint grim fiscal picture: source Obama to unveil 2011 budget plans |
The Guardian | Skyrocketing costs may have doomed NYC trial plan Washington Post AP NEW YORK -- A letter and a speech may have doomed plans to bring the Sept. 11 terror trial to New York. The letter written by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Washington earlier this month set a whopping $200-million-a-year ... New York Times reports plan to move trial out of NYC Experts say 9/11 terror trial must take place where crime was committed ... Terrorism trials could move away from Manhattan |
Financial Post | GDP surges 5.7% on inventory slowdown MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Coming out of the worst recession in generations, the US economy grew at the fastest pace in six years during the fourth quarter of 2009, even as consumer spending and business investment remained ... Economy in US Grew at 5.7% Pace, Most in Six Years GDP Expands at 5.7% Rate |
The Guardian | Obama faces uphill road to create jobs msnbc.com With his health care initiative on life support, the prospect of heavy Democratic losses in the midterm elections and one in 10 workers out of a job, President Barack Obama devoted most of his first State of the Union message to ... Snap Analysis: Obama's big speech: did he get his groove back? State of the Union Jobs main focus of State of the Union address |
CBC.ca | President Obama's Promises: A Look Back at the 2009 Address to Congress ABC News Middle-class Americans need immediate tax relief, President Obama will say tonight in his first, official State of the Union address to a country weary of wars and the economic downturn. The president orders a hold on non-security ... The state of policy . . . Struggling families, wounded troops Obama's guests In State of the Union, Obama will try to revive message |
Reuters | Obama Talks of Restoring Security for Middle Class New York Times President Obama on Monday unveiled a package of modest initiatives intended to help the middle class. By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and PETER BAKER WASHINGTON â€" President Obama vowed on Monday to “reverse the over » |
Kansas City Star | Top WH aides downplay Mass. loss Politico Top White House aides spent several hours Sunday morning trying to put the best face on the Massachusetts election that stripped President Obama of a 60-seat Democratic supermajority in the Senate and has left his ... Axelrod: Obama won't walk away from reform 2009 Democratic agenda severely weakened by Republicans' united opposition Clinton in '94 Gives Obama One Path to Follow in Defeat |
CBC.ca | Poll: Voter anger fueled Brown victory in Mass. Washington Post AP WASHINGTON -- Voter discontent with the direction of the government, economy and the health care overhaul helped send Republican Scott Brown to his Senate victory in Massachusetts, a poll says. About 63 percent of Massachusetts voters in Tuesday's ... Report: Reid, Pelosi Consider New Strategy to Pass Senate Health Bill Dems Mum on How to Keep Pushing Health Overhaul Salvaging Health Care After the Massachusetts Upset |
ABC News | Poll: Most Americans want more GOP support on health care USA Today WASHINGTON â€" A 55% majority of Americans say President Obama and congressional Democrats should suspend work on the health care bill that has been on the verge of passage and consider alternatives that would draw more ... Shaken by Massachusetts Loss, Democrats Regroup for November Election What Republicans Can Learn From Brown Sen.-elect Brown heads to Washington |
Telegraph.co.uk | Health stocks pull market higher as Mass. votes Boston Globe AP Investors moved back into stocks on hopes that a special election in Massachusetts will take away power from Senate Democrats and make it harder for President Barack Obama to make changes to health care. The vote today to fill the seat of late ... Mass. Senate candidate Brown drives self to polls How Important Is Today's Senate Race in Massachusetts? What A Brown Win Would Mean For The Market |
Los Angeles Times | Martin Luther King Jr.'s Message Lives On ABC News On Monday, America will celebrate -- if that's the right word -- Martin Luther King Day. Today, there are two generations of Americans who are too young to person » |
CBC.ca | 'Fox News Sunday' Transcript: Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush Discuss Haiti ... FOXNews The following is a partial transcript of an interview with Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush on the efforts they are undertaking to help Haiti recover from a devastating earthquake. MAJOR GARRETT, FOX NEWS: President Bush, President Clinton, ... Transcript: "This Week" with Former President Bill Clinton and President ... Haiti holds a special place in the hearts of Bill and Hillary Clinton Obama: Haiti 'Will Not Be Forsaken' |
Reuters | Special election brings bounty of ads for media Boston Globe With the special election set for Tuesday, both Scott Brown's (above) and Martha Coakley's campaigns have stepped up ad spending. (Scott Brown) By Jenn Abelson and Johnny Diaz Tuesday's election may be too close to c » |
Sydney Morning Herald | Haiti quake aid effort hampered by blockages BBC News Bottlenecks and infrastructure damage have been holding up aid efforts in Haiti, where Tuesday's earthquake has left as many as 45000-50000 dead. There is little sign of humanitarian supplies beyond the Port-au-Prince airport, and correspondents say ... Relief Bodies Seek Routes to Avert New Disaster in Haiti Desperate Haitians Await Aid Following Quake Aid struggles to reach Haitians |
Reuters | Haiti earthquake: News updates CNN International 4:09 am -- Doctors, medicine and more rescuers were scheduled to land in Haiti on Thursday as nation after nation pledged to help the earthquake-battered country. 10:49 pm -- The Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the Argentine Mobile ... Live: Haiti earthquake Haiti Lies in Ruins; Grim Search for Untold Dead Haiti earthquake: International teams begin rescue operation |
Telegraph.co.uk | UK firefighters to help in Haiti earthquake rescue BBC News A 61-strong team of firefighters from across the UK has volunteered to go to Haiti to help with a rescue operation after it was hit by an earthquake. The 7.0-magnitude quake which hit south of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince is feared to have killed ... Aid groups rush to join Haiti rescue effort US agencies coordinating Haiti rescue efforts Haiti earthquake: thousands feared dead |
Telegraph.co.uk | Democrats say Cornyn hypocritical in c » |
Kansas City Star | Prop. 8 trial begins today San Francisco Chronicle The nation's first trial on same-sex couples' right to marry - and the voters' power to forbid those marriages - begins today in a San Francisco federal courtroom that will serve as a forum for two diametric » |
BBC News | Senate's Reid tells Obama he regrets racial remarks Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized to President Barack Obama on Saturday for comments he made during the 2008 presidential campaign that critics find raci » |
Reuters | Obama Refocuses on Jobs After Weak Labor Report ABC News AP President Barack Obama arrives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, where he spoke about the economy. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) His agenda altered by the Christmas bombing attempt, ... U.S. to give $2.3 billion in clean-tech credits Obama Tries to Turn Focus to Jobs, if Other Events » |
Reuters | Obama takes responsibility for terror prevention failure Los Angeles Times The president, sharing an internal investigation into the foiled Christmas attack, c » |
The Guardian | Sen. Dodd can now focus on his legacy Los Angeles Times After deciding not to seek reelection, the Connecticut Democrat is poised to make the compromises necessary to push his proposed financial regulations through the Senate. By Jim Puzzanghera Reporting from Washington - In deciding not to seek reelection ... Sen. Dodd announces retirement with dignity -- and honesty Departures Shake Democrats |
USA Today | Biographical Information on Sen. Byron Dorgan New York Times By AP The latest on President Obama, his administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. EXPERIENCE -- Dec. 15, 1992-present, US senator; 1999-present, Senate Democratic Policy Committee chair; 2009-present, ... Dorgan says he will not seek re-election in 2010 Dorgan Not Seeking Re-Election Dorgan Senate retirement adds to Democrats' electoral woes |
