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Obama tour aims to tout Motor City success story
(AFP)
29 Jul 2010 at 11:34pm
AFP - President Barack Obama visits Detroit Friday to tout the motor industry's rebirth as proof that his economic policies are working.
US lawmakers urge probe of China Ansteel's deal
(AFP)
29 Jul 2010 at 11:13pm
AFP - A group of US legislators has urged President Barack Obama to investigate a plan by a top Chinese steelmaker to invest in an American firm, saying Washington failed to heed an earlier call.
Dems, GOP warily eye Arizona immigration ruling
(AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 6:29pm
AP - On the surface, a judge's decision to block tough provisions of Arizona's immigration law was a defeat for the state's Republican governor and a win for the Democratic Obama administration. But neither party is sure it will play out that way politically, either this fall or beyond.
Voting twice for Senate OK in Illinois this year
(AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 6:04pm
AP - Vote early, vote often. It's an old joke in Illinois politics but state residents will be choosing twice in November to fill President Barack Obama's former Senate seat.
Palin takes shot at Obama for 'View' appearance
(AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 4:50pm
AP - Sarah Palin is criticizing President Barack Obama for appearing on "The View."
Obama renews asset freeze of people undermining Lebanon
(AFP)
29 Jul 2010 at 4:13pm
AFP - President Barack Obama renewed an emergency measure Thursday to freeze the assets of persons who work with Hezbollah militants and "infringe upon" Lebanese stability.
Obama signs Afghanistan war spending measure
(AFP)
29 Jul 2010 at 4:07pm
AFP - US President Barack Obama on Thursday signed a spending bill to pay for the troop "surge" aimed at turning around the faltering Afghan campaign.
Republicans block small business lending bill
(AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 4:02pm
AP - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's election-year jobs agenda suffered a new setback Thursday when Senate Republicans blocked a bill creating a $30 billion government fund to help open up lending for credit-starved small businesses.
Obama signs bill to combat crime in Indian Country
(AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 3:49pm
AP - President Barack Obama has signed a bill he says will address the unique public safety challenges facing American Indian tribes.
Obama to sign war spending bill
(AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 3:34pm
AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday signed legislation to fund his troop surge in Afghanistan, even though it was stripped of money for domestic stimulus programs.
Obama: We'll get back money from auto bailout
(AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 3:22pm
AP - President Barack Obama said the government will recover all the taxpayer money his administration provided to bail out the auto industry last year.
Obama signs Tribal Law and Order Act
(AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 3:09pm
AP - President Barack Obama has signed a bill giving American Indian tribes more authority to combat crime on their reservations.
Intelligence nominee clears first Senate hurdle
(AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 2:39pm
AP - President Barack Obama's nominee to be chief of U.S. intelligence, James R. Clapper, was unanimously approved Thursday by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Democrats catch break with trial's early end
(AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 1:46pm
AP - Jurors deciding if former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to sell President Barack Obama's old Senate seat were out of sight Thursday, a far more benign result for Democrats than if the corruption trial had lasted through the summer as expected while the party geared up for tough elections.
Republican concerns could stall START treaty
(Reuters)
29 Jul 2010 at 1:17pm
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senate Republicans voiced objections on Thursday to the new START nuclear arms treaty with Russia, raising concerns that could delay efforts to hand President Barack Obama a foreign policy victory ahead of the November elections.
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