USA News, Aug 24, 2011

White House seeks $10 billion savings in regulatory rollback USA Today By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – President Obama's effort to roll back costly regulations that are not needed could save more than $10 billion over five years, but critics say that's a drop in the bucket. By Jim Watson, AFP/Getty Images ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Obama's vacation: Earthquakes, revolutions, hurricanes USA Today White House counterterrorism czar John Brennan has been on the Vineyard to keepObama personally up to date on all the international developments. He monitored economic affairs, including the daily gyrations of the financial markets, while finding time ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Insight: Showdown looms on US overseas profit tax break Reuters A repatriation tax holiday offers just that, advocates say, although critics contend the proposal's promises of economic stimulus are illusory and serve only to mask a tax break costing the United States $80 billion over 10 years. The White House ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

For golfing president, quake rattles the hole USA Today (blog) By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY The magnitude-5.8 earthquake that shook much of the East Coast Tuesday afternoon was felt on Martha's Vineyard, where the president was golfing -- and missing putts. Just as the US economy and the fall of Tripoli have kept ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today (blog)

Analysis: Libyan rebel forces may not be ready to keep peace USA Today By Jim Michaels, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Rebel forces achieved a breathtaking success in Libya over a few days but may not be prepared to keep the peace. By Sergey Ponomarev,, AP A rebel fighter breaks the glass of Gadhafi's tent after Libyan rebels ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

Gallup: Fewer think Obama improved race relations Politico Americans are less sure that having a black president has improved race relations than they were during the first year of Barack Obama's presidency, according to a new poll. In all, 35 percent of Americans surveyed for a USA Today/Gallup Poll released ... See all stories on this topic » Politico

Obama Doesn't Get It Boise Weekly Obama and his fellow fake Democrats never challenge this right-wing framing. Maybe they believe it. "The White House doesn't create jobs," Obama press secretary Jay Carney said Aug. 5. In the real world where flesh-and-blood American workers have been ... See all stories on this topic »

Margot Kidder among protesters arrested at White House CTV.ca Canadian actress Margot Kidder, left, is handcuffed by police as other environmentalists applaud outside the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (Keith Lane / THE CANADIAN PRESS) Canadian actress Margot Kidder and other environmentalists ... See all stories on this topic » CTV.ca

Special Report Transcript * Tuesday, August 23rd Fox News (blog) President Obama was on the golf course this afternoon when the earthquake hit earlier in day. There was an announcement about a pro- business move involving Washington bureaucracy. Chief White House correspondent, Ed Henry, is with the president on ... See all stories on this topic »

The Usurper in Chief and Kingfish Liar Again Misleads Public Canada Free Press An inquirer asks, 'How do you know Obama is lying?' to which I replied, 'When his lips are moving.' OK, that's a bad old joke; but strangely, it fits so well with that foreign operator who plays with our money out of our White House. The problem today ... See all stories on this topic »

The Tweet That Shook the World Fox News Following the earthquake, the White House used the earthquake as an opportunity to remind Americans to stay prepared on what to do in an emergency situation, Tweeting: “ #DCQuake serves as a reminder to get prepared. @fema on what to do during/after: ... See all stories on this topic »

The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday, August 24, 2011 ABC News (blog) LINK USA Today's Richard Wolf: “White House seeks $10 billion savings in regulatory rollback” President Obama's effort to roll back costly regulations that are not needed could save more than $10 billion over five years, but critics say that's a drop ... See all stories on this topic »

Photos: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith Denver Post EPA/PAUL BUCK First Lady Michelle Obama (L) and Jada Pinkett Smith watch Jada's daughter Willow Smith perform during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 25, 2011 in Washington, DC. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg Actor ... See all stories on this topic »

Speak Out 8/24/11 Southeast Missourian IF TAXES, and REGULATIONS ON BUSINESS ARE A PROBLEM.... then why didn't the Republicans FIX those problems when they held the WHITE HOUSE, the SENATE, and the US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for SIX years from 2000-2006? Hmmmmm? The PUBLISHED Corporate tax ... See all stories on this topic » Southeast Missourian

NY Post Runs Beck's Churchill Bust Conspiracy As Fact Media Matters for America (blog) As a February 14, 2009, article in the UK newspaper The Telegraph made clear, the bust was on loan to the White House and was scheduled to be returned: A British Embassy spokesman said: "The bust of Sir Winston Churchill by Sir Jacob Epstein was ... See all stories on this topic »

Our Guide to the Best Coverage of Ron Paul and His Record ProPublica I can see how you could make this an issue, but it will have no impact on his term in the White House. Because of his views on these matters, the Religious Right has never come out in support of Ron Paul. Instead the Religious Rights supports the ... See all stories on this topic » ProPublica

A light in the darkness Telegraph-Journal (registration) It is shining in Washington, where this past weekend Bill McKibben and Gus Speth were both arrested, along with dozens of others, at the start of a two-week rolling sit-in in front of the White House (it's illegal to be on the sidewalk there) to ... See all stories on this topic »

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