AP - The Senate has passed a $1 trillion-plus year-end budget bill for President Barack Obama’s signature as part of a congressional endgame also featuring action on a two-month extension of a cut in the Social Security payroll tax and jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed.[Read more...]
AP - Entering 2012, President Barack Obama’s re-election prospects are essentially a 50-50 proposition, with a majority saying the president deserves to be voted out of office despite concerns about the Republican alternatives, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.[Read more...]
AP - Congress appears on track to avert a government shutdown this weekend, even as President Barack Obama’s push to extend a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for another year is encountering snags.[Read more...]
Republicans vying to oust Barack Obama from the White House ridiculed the Democratic president for asking arch-foe Iran to “pretty please” return a downed US drone Photo: AP 4:45AM GMT 16 Dec 2011 Obama [...]
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AP - Democrats may jettison their demand for higher taxes on millionaires as part of legislation to extend Social Security tax cuts for most Americans, officials said Wednesday as President Barack Obama and Congress struggled to clear critical year-end bills without triggering a partial government shutdown.[Read more...]
AP - Imploring supporters to stick with him, President Barack Obama acknowledged Tuesday that his re-election is not “a slam dunk” because of understandable public skepticism over the economy but said his campaign would put forward a vision aligned with the mood of the country.[Read more...]
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AP - Republican presidential hopefuls took turns lambasting President Barack Obama’s policy toward Israel on Wednesday, accusing him of being timid in the face of Iran’s attempt to develop nuclear weapons and allowing a dangerous distance to develop between the U.S. and its long-time ally in the Middle East.[Read more...]
Reuters - Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for political corruption including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by then president-elect Barack Obama.[Read more...]
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Czech statesman Vaclav Havel dies
Elated, last US troops leave Iraq, ending war
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Last US troops elated to leave Iraq as war ends
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Final U.S. Troops Leave Iraq
Last US troops leave Iraq as war ends
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Philippines steps up flood rescue
Senate OKs payroll tax cut, huge spending bill
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(AP)Senate OKs short-term extension of payroll tax cut
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