Portland Press Herald Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:12 PM PDT
The president urges a long-term deal on the debt ceiling, but the GOP digs in against tax hikes.
| Obama calls lawmakers to White House for debt-limit talks Daily Press Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:11 PM PDT President Obama called congressional leaders to the White House on Thursday for another round negotiations on the debt limit, saying an agreement was within reach to avoid a potentially catastrophic default. |
| Romney Questioned on Critique of Economy Under Obama Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:11 PM PDT HAMPTON, N.H. -- For much of this year, Mitt Romney has laid low, seeking to reap the benefits of being the presumed front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination (strong fund-raising, positive polling) without suffering the downsides (intensive news media scrutiny, endless shelling from rivals). |
| Obama Summons G.O.P. and Democratic Leaders for Deficit Reduction Talks Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:10 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- President Obama stepped up pressure on Congressional Republicans on Tuesday to agree to a broad deficit-cutting deal, pledging to put popular entitlement programs like Medicare on the table in return for Republican acquiescence to some higher taxes. |
| 10,000 U.S. troops could stay in Iraq next year The Fayetteville Observer Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:10 PM PDT BAGHDAD - The White House is offering to keep up to 10,000 troops in Iraq next year, U.S. officials say, despite opposition from many Iraqis and key Democratic Party allies who demand that President Obama bring home the American military as promised. |
| Somali Tied to Militants Held on U.S. Ship for Months Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:10 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it would prosecute in civilian court a Somali accused of ties to two Islamist militant groups. The decision to fly the man to New York for trial, after interrogating him for months aboard a United States naval vessel, is likely to reignite debate about the detention and prosecution of terrorism suspects. |
| Obama still on top with spending Elmira Star-Gazette Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:07 PM PDT Close to 100 people packed Elmira City Hall Tuesday as four downtown businesses urged City Council... - 9:41 pm |
| Guest column: Time for common sense in our foreign policy Kinston Free Press Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:07 PM PDT Now that Osama bin Laden has been rubbed out and dumped into the sea (as claimed by the Obama regime), it is time to declare victory in the War on Terror and start bringing our troops home from the more than 900 military installations in some 135... |
| Obama and Bachmann Drive Economic and Election Coverage Journalism.org Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:01 PM PDT The struggling U.S. economy and the unfolding 2012 presidential race accounted for about one-third of the newshole, further evidence that these two domestic issues have become for now the dominant narratives in the U.S. mainstream media. |
| Midweek briefing ... Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:00 PM PDT President Obama's handpicked economic advisers waited until the Friday before the long Independence Day holiday weekend to release a report showing how bankrupt the economic "stimulus" was. It cost taxpayers $278,000 per added or saved job. As The Weekly Standard's Jeffrey Anderson noted, "(T)he government could have simply cut a $100,000 check to everyone whose employment was allegedly made ... |
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