Congress

Schumer says public option can pass the Senate

1 day, 15 hours ago

(AP) Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says health care reform that includes a public option can pass the Senate.Schumer says he is assuring his more conservative Democratic colleagues that the public option included in the Senate bill is "modest" and not the first step in a government takeover of the insurance industry.Schumer ...

Nelson might not back next step for health bill

1 day, 15 hours ago

(AP) A moderate Democratic senator who voted to allow debate over a health care bill says he might not support the bill in its next hurdle in the Senate.Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska says he has serious problems with the bill. He says he wants tougher restrictions on what services taxpayers ...

Senate Dems frustrated with sway held by moderates

1 day, 15 hours ago

(AP) A Democratic senator says moderates in his party shouldn't be allowed to dictate the terms of the health care debate and that the final bill should include a government-run option for Americans lacking insurance.That view, by Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, suggests the difficulty facing Democratic leaders in coming weeks ...

Lawmaker says health bill won't limit mammograms

1 day, 15 hours ago

(AP) A Democratic lawmaker who has been treated for breast cancer says worries that the proposed health care overhaul would limit cancer screenings are overblown.The lawmaker, Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, says fears that mammograms wouldn't be covered are misplaced and that Republicans "have a different interpretation" of what ...

Sizing up the Kennedy dynasty's next generation

1 day, 20 hours ago

(AP) Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-running political dynasty is over.There's talk the Kennedy political ...

Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle

1 day, 21 hours ago

(AP) Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.The 60-39 vote cleared the way for ...

Senate Roll Call: Health Care

2 days, 4 hours ago

(AP) The 60-39 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to advance a measure overhauling health care to a full debate.A "yes" vote is a vote to allow the legislation to advance for a full debate. A 60-vote majority was required for approval.Voting yes were 58 Democrats, 2 independents.Voting no ...

Health care bill clears first Senate hurdle

2 days, 5 hours ago

(AP) Sweeping health care legislation has cleared its first hurdle in the Senate on a party-line vote.The 60-39 vote clears the way for a historic debate after Thanksgiving on the legislation. The measure is designed to extend coverage to an estimated 31 million Americans who lack it and crack down on ...

White House

Obama has low-key evening out after long week

2 days, 6 hours ago

(AP) President Barack Obama and his family spent a low-key night out at the home of a senior White House adviser after a whirlwind week spent on a presidential trip to Asia.The president golfed for more than four hours Saturday on the course at Andrews Air Force Base, then took first ...

Congress

Levin: More e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect possible

2 days, 6 hours ago

(AP) WASHINGTON _ The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.Federal investigators say they intercepted the messages between the suspect, Maj. ...

Historic health care bill nears key Senate vote

2 days, 10 hours ago

(AP) In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.Two final holdouts, Sens. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Blanche Lincoln of ...

Landrieu to vote to move ahead on health care bill

2 days, 13 hours ago

(AP) Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu says she will vote "yes" on a crucial test vote on the health care bill.The Louisiana lawmaker made the long-awaited announcement in a speech on the Senate floor Saturday. Her comments came just hours before the 8 p.m. EST vote.Landrieu says her vote is to move ...

White House

Terror trials differ in civilian, military courts

2 days, 15 hours ago

(AP) The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee.The fuzzy line drawn by the administration has ...

Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy

2 days, 19 hours ago

(AP) President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.Citing progress on a trip that took him from ...

Federal Government

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

2 days, 21 hours ago

(AP) The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.The shooting in busy Nisoor Square left 17 Iraqis dead and inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad. It touched off a string ...

Levin: May be more troubling e-mails from Hasan

2 days, 21 hours ago

(AP) There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday.The U.S. government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki, a ...

Levin: May be more troubling emails from Hasan

2 days, 21 hours ago

(AP) There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday.The U.S. government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki, a ...

Congress

Levin: could be more e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect

2 days, 21 hours ago

(AP) WASHINGTON _ The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.Federal investigators say they intercepted the messages between the suspect, Maj. ...

White House

Prosecutors plan commission case in Cole bombing

3 days, 5 hours ago

(AP) Military prosecutors said Friday they plan to seek new charges against the alleged mastermind of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole.The announcement follows Attorney General Eric Holder's decision a week ago to place Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi of Yemeni descent, among 10 high-profile detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ...

Federal Government

Levin: Fort Hood probe may reveal more e-mails

3 days, 6 hours ago

(AP) There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee said Friday.The U.S. government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between Hasan and Anwar al-Awlaki, a ...

Levin: May be more troubling emails from Hasan

3 days, 6 hours ago

(AP) There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his rampage, a top senator said Friday.Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said Friday after a briefing from Pentagon and Army officials that his committee ...

White House

FAA says equipment outage caused 819 flight delays

3 days, 6 hours ago

(AP) The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights.The agency told employees in a briefing memo Friday that air travelers experienced a total of 2,121 delays the previous day due to the equipment outage as well as thunderstorms and other poor weather in the ...

National Elections

Levin: May be more troubling e-mails from Hasan

3 days, 7 hours ago

(AP) A Democratic senator says there may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his rampage.Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said Friday after a briefing from Pentagon and Army officials that his committee will ...

Federal Government

Couple pleads guilty in Cuban spying case

3 days, 8 hours ago

(AP) A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a three-decade-long plot to spy for Cuba have pleaded guilty in federal court.Walter Kendall Myers and wife, Gwendolyn _ both in their 70s _ were caught in an undercover FBI sting operation, arrested in June and held without bail.U.S. District ...

US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard

3 days, 9 hours ago

(AP) Prosecutors say they'll drop manslaughter charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide contractors charged in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting.In court documents Friday, prosecutors said they have asked that the case against Nicholas Slatten of Sparta, Tenn., be dropped.The request itself was sealed, so it's unclear why the case was ...

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