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  • Top Republicans Walk Away from Debt Talks Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 12:07AMFuture of debt crisis negotiations in doubt as deadline looms.
  • Republicans bail on budget talks, blame Democrats Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 11:59PMRepublicans pulled out of debt-reduction talks led by Vice President Joe Biden with a flourish on Thursday, blaming Democrats for demanding tax increases as part of a deal rather than accepting more than $1 trillion in cuts to Medicare and other government programs.
  • GOP bails on budget session Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 11:50PMWASHINGTON -- Republicans pulled out of debt-reduction talks led by Vice President Joe Biden with a flourish on Thursday, blaming Democrats for demanding tax increases as part of a deal rather than accepting more than $1 trillion in cuts to Medicare and ...
  • Republicans walk out of budget talks over taxes Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 11:48PMUS Republicans have walked out of budget talks, setting up a showdown between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner over how to extend US borrowing and avoid a looming debt default.
  • Ex-Delaware pediatrician guilty of child sex abuse Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 11:47PMA former Delaware pediatrician who decorated his office with Disney characters and miniature amusement park rides was found guilty Thursday of sexually abusing scores of his young patients.
  • Republicans Walk Out on Budget Talks, Default Looms Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 11:46PMU.S. Republicans walked out of budget talks Thursday, setting up a showdown between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner over how to extend U.S. borrowing and avoid a looming debt default.
  • Debt ceiling: Key Republican bolts talks Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 11:36PMThe bipartisan debt ceiling negotiations led by Vice President Joe Biden went on life support Thursday after a key Republican lawmaker pulled out of the talks.
  • National Security Advisor Tom Donilon to Welcome Dr. Mahmoud Gibril and the Delegation from the Libyan Transitional ... Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 3:03PMRelease Time:  For Immediate Release “National Security Advisor Tom Donilon looks forward to welcoming Dr. Mahmoud Gibril and the delegation from the Libyan Transitional National Council to the White House on Friday afternoon.  This is Dr. Gibril’s first official visit to Washington as President of the Transitional National Council’s Executive Bureau.  Dr. Gibril will also be meeting senior ...
  • San Bernardino County Employers nominated for Guard, Reserve Employer Support Freedom Award Friday, March 25, 2011 @ 3:57PMEmployer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense agency, announced California Guard and Reserve service members nominated their employers for the 2011 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award.
  • Vice President Joe Biden to visit Snowmass Friday, March 25, 2011 @ 2:50PMVice President Joe Biden is expected in Snowmass on Thursday for a family vacation. Vice President Joe Biden is expected to arrive in Snowmass Village Thursday for a family vacation, officials confirmed Wednesday.
  • Bidens arrive in Finland, go shopping Monday, March 7, 2011 @ 9:23PMHELSINKI, Finland, March 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill received a warm, but low-key, welcome when they arrived in Finland Monday and then quickly went shopping.
  • MISSION FREEDOM Tuesday, March 1, 2011 @ 9:46PMImagine this! A Pakistani diplomat attached to its consulate in the “Big Apple” kills two white Americans on a Manhattan street and is taken into custody by the New York police department.
  • Obama, Sen. Nelson Friday Miami Beach event targeted for protest by Holocaust survivors Tuesday, March 1, 2011 @ 7:21PMA group of Holocaust survivors, who once considered themselves friends of U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson , will be protesting his Miami Beach fundraiser with President Barack Obama on Friday because they say the Florida Democrat has broken a promise to them.
  • Bayne recieves hero’s welcome in Knoxville Tuesday, March 1, 2011 @ 1:46AMKNOXVILLE — New NASCAR superstar Trevor Bayne was welcomed as a returning hero Monday at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum.
  • Holocaust survivors to protest Sen. Nelson’s fundraiser Monday, February 28, 2011 @ 11:09PMSen. Bill Nelson and President Barack Obama will face a rare protest by Holocaust survivors at a Miami Beach political fundraiser later this week.
  • Where Did Stimulus Money Go? Tuesday, February 15, 2011 @ 12:51PMThe American Recovery and Reinvestment Act brought $65 million in road projects to Hamilton, Butler, Warren and Clermont counties. The main goal of ARRA was "putting America to work." But did it work?
  • Biden Visits Ft. Campbell Saturday, February 12, 2011 @ 7:11AMVice President Joe Biden stopped in at Fort Campbell Friday to welcome troops back from Afghanistan.
  • Joe Biden: "Speaker Boehner and I are Friends" Friday, January 28, 2011 @ 2:25PMVice President Talks State of the Union Comments with John Boehner; Says Egyptian President Not a Dictator
  • Biographical details of newly named White House press secretary Jay Carney Thursday, January 27, 2011 @ 10:56PMNAME: Jay Carney. AGE: 45. BIRTHPLACE: Washington, D.C. OCCUPATION: Incoming White House press secretary. Currently communications director for Vice President Joe Biden, since January 2009.
  • Plan for 1,400 apartments in contested Jerusalem Sunday, January 23, 2011 @ 8:19AMJERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities said Sunday they are moving ahead with a new proposal to build 1,400 apartments in east Jerusalem, enraging Palestinians who denounced the plan as another settler land grab.
  • DELAWARE: Markell builds link with China Thursday, January 20, 2011 @ 12:44PMWASHINGTON -- As the Obama administration works to bolster economic relations with China, Gov. Jack Markell announced an agreement on Wednesday to increase business ties between the First State and that country.
  • Middle East Online Wednesday, January 5, 2011 @ 10:34AMPerhaps President Barack Obama should give himself a waiver on the ban prohibiting US government employees from downloading classified cables released by WikiLeaks, so he can better understand the futility of his Afghan War strategy.
  • In brief Wednesday, January 5, 2011 @ 7:31AMTaxpayers will get an extra three days to file their federal tax returns this year, and they can thank the nation’s capital for the extra time.
  • Palin launches book tour with mixed reviews on presidential aspirations Tuesday, November 23, 2010 @ 10:21AMLOS ANGELES — As Sarah Palin begins a book tour Tuesday in Phoenix that will take her to the early presidential voting states of Iowa and South Carolina, the former Alaska governor seems to have set her sights set on something grander than mere wealth and fame.
  • Obama and Biden to visit Ind. plant Tuesday, November 23, 2010 @ 9:39AMJerry Price remembers the eerie silence less than two years ago when he walked through one of the Kokomo, Ind., transmission plants that long provided the economic lifeblood of this town steeped in auto industry history.
  • Italian Consumer Confidence Unexpectedly Rises In November Tuesday, November 23, 2010 @ 8:52AMItalian consumer confidence index rose to 108.5 in November from 107.7 in October, economic think tank ISAE said Tuesday. Economists had forecast a slight decline to 107.4. Consumer sentiment rose for the third consecutive month.
  • Romer leaving Obama administration, returning to UC Berkeley job Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 3:52PMRomer, the head of the Council of Economic Advisers, announced her resignation Thursday, effective Sept. 3.
  • Boil Water Advisory Issued for the Area of Route 52 at Centerville Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 8:30PMFriday a water problem occurred on Route 52 at Centerville causing contamination of the water in that area.
  • Jobless-benefits bill clears hurdle in Senate; passage assured Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 3:14PMWASHINGTON — Democrats on Tuesday broke Republican–led opposition to a bill that would extend unemployment benefits to 2.5 million jobless Americans, but the vote only hardened the political divide
  • Feds tamp down fears leaks mean BP well unstable Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 1:53PMThe federal government’s oil spill chief said Tuesday that seepage two miles from BP’s oil cap is coming from another well, tamping down fears that leaks mean the ruptured well is unstable. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen also said five leaks in and around BP’s well are more like “drips,” and aren’t yet reason to worry.
  • Guests for the Sunday TV news shows Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 7:47AMGuest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:
  • Guests for the Sunday TV news shows Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 7:47AMGuest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:
  • Europe agrees to share banking data Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 9:23PMThe European parliament approved on Thursday a bank data sharing scheme that the United States says is crucial to fight terrorism after securing safeguards to protect the privacy of Europeans.
  • Obama, Netanyahu say bond ‘unbreakable’ Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 9:23PMEager to show unity to the world, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed talk of a rift as wildly unfounded, and Netanyahu pledged concrete, “very robust” steps to revive sluggish Mideast peace efforts with the Palestinians.
  • Michelle Obama To Visit Gulf Oil Spill Region Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 9:11PMFirst Lady Michelle Obama Plans To Visit The Gulf Oil Spill Region In The Coming Weeks White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs Said Wednesday That The First...
  • Is Barbara Boxer in serious trouble in California? Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 8:29PMCalifornia Sen. Barbara Boxer is quickly becoming one of the Democrats’ most vulnerable incumbents ahead of the November midterms. A new Field Poll finds Boxer narrowly leading former Hewlett Packard chief Carly Fiorina in her bid for re-election, 47 percent …
  • Obama, Netanyahu emphasize strength of U.S.-Israel ties Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 7:30PMStressing the unbreakable ties between their nations, U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Tuesday for direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians while agreeing that the international community is strengthening efforts to isolate Iran over its nuclear ambitions.
  • Top US Department of Labor officials to travel to Gulf Coast to meet with affected workers Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 7:29PMWASHINGTON, July 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At the direction of Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis, July 7 through 9, three U.S. Department of Labor agency heads will travel to Gulf states impacted by the BP Deepwater spill. The delegation will include Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Jane Oates, Wage and Hour Division Deputy Administrator Nancy J. Leppink and Office of ...
  • Political elite say goodbye to Byrd Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 6:02AMCraning their necks and clapping to Appalachian music, West Virginians bid farewell Friday to Robert C. Byrd, their beloved senator who rose from childhood poverty in a coal mining town to become the nation’s longest-serving member of Congress.
  • West Virginia bids farewell to Sen. Robert Byrd Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 4:18AMPresident Obama leads dignitaries who eulogize the longest-serving member of Congress.
  • Government checks sent to dead people Saturday, June 19, 2010 @ 11:40AMAssociated Press WASHINGTON — Here’s an idea, Uncle Sam: Stop writing checks to dead people.
  • Senate fails to spare doctors from Medicare cuts Saturday, June 19, 2010 @ 11:22AM(AP) -- After a week of partisan wrangling, the Senate on Friday passed legislation to spare doctors a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments looming for months. But the last-ditch effort came too late.
  • Dems unapologetically push Barton comments as campaign issue Saturday, June 19, 2010 @ 10:46AMThe first national television ad featuring Rep. Joe Barton will run on cable stations as soon as this weekend. Read more...
  • White House Highlights Stimulus Job Creation Saturday, June 19, 2010 @ 10:35AMPresident Obama visits Ohio to mark the groundbreaking on the 10,000th road project funded by the American Recovery Act
  • DELAWARE: Beau Biden expected back at work this month Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 10:25AMDelaware Attorney General Beau Biden is expected to return to the office later this month, Delaware Department of Justice spokesman Jason Miller said.
  • Luck of the Draw Dempsey goal gives U.S. 1-1 tie Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 9:50AMRUSTENBURG, South Africa — England’s players couldn’t get off the field fast enough. The Americans lingered to savor the night.
  • Giannoulias getting boost from Biden Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 9:15AMWASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden will headline a fund-raiser for Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias in Chicago on June 21, the strongest show of support so far by the Obama White House . It is, as Biden might say, a BFD.The Biden event was announced Monday by Giannoulias to his supporters via his Twitter account. "Very excited to announce that Vice President Biden will be coming ...
  • Cordisco to again head Democrats Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 7:38AMThe Bucks County Democratic Committee has unanimously re-elected Chairman John Cordisco to his third, four-year term.
  • Dealers: Related News Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 7:06AM6/15/2010 - Mack Announces International Dealer of the Year Mack Trucks has named Mack Centro of Valencia, Venezuela, its 2009 International Dealer of the Year....
  • Missoula Marathon seeks runner from Delaware Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 6:05AMMISSOULA (AP) — A Montana marathon is seeking a runner from Delaware so all 50 states can be represented in the July 11 event.