AP - With time and tempers short, everyone’s playing hardball in the drive to pass — or stop — President Barack Obama’s massive health care legislation by the weekend. [...] Read this article »
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AP - Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that Osama bin Laden will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive. [...] Read this article »
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AP - The Senate on Tuesday easily killed a move by conservative Republicans to temporarily ban senators from earmarking spending bills with back-home projects like roads, water projects and grants to local governments. [...] Read this article »
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Politico - 68-29 vote kills amendment by DeMint to establish one-year moratorium on earmarks. [...] Read this article »
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Politico - Michelle Obama instructs grocery manufacturers to boost healthy food efforts to curb obesity. [...] Read this article »
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AP - Financial institutions and their allies mobilized lobbyists and fueled their media campaigns Tuesday in a swift response to a Democratic plan to rein in Wall Street and protect consumers in their banking and borrowing transactions. [...] Read this article »
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AP - The United States and Israel stepped back Tuesday from their deepest rift in decades, a dispute over new Jewish homes in a traditionally Arab part of Jerusalem that quickly became a test of U.S. and Israeli commitment to peace talks and one another. [...] Read this article »
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Reuters - Under heavy Republican attack, Democrats in the House of Representatives on Tuesday defended plans to pass a healthcare overhaul without a direct vote as President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority neared a make-or-break showdown. [...] Read this article »
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AP - As of Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at least 4,385 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. [...] Read this article »
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AFP - President Barack Obama may have the chance within months to nominate a second justice to the US Supreme Court as the most senior member John Paul Stevens has hinted that he might be leaving. [...] Read this article »
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