News Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune
| 38 minutes ago
President Obama made a rare Sunday visit to the Capitol to urge a fractious Democratic caucus to pull together to pass landmark health care legislation. Obama made no mention of a government-run insurance plan, abortion or other key issues that
News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
| about 2 hours ago
Democrats wrestled with a new proposal on a government health-insurance plan that would give private entities a central role in running the program, in a bid for compromise on one of the health bill's most divisive issues. The talks came as President
News Source: The New York Times
| about 3 hours ago
Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times President Obama with senior adviser David Axelrod, left, and legislative affairs assistant Phil Schiliro on Sunday. President Obama exhorted Senate Democrats on Sunday to put aside their fierce policy
News Source: The Examiner
| about 5 hours ago
The federal-state Medicaid program for the poor would be expanded, and there would be a ban on unpopular insurance company practices such as denying coverage based on medical history. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., who had invited Obama,
News Source: Reuters
| about 6 hours ago
President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Senate Democrats to work out their differences on healthcare reform and pass what will be the most significant social legislation in decades. Obama met with party members during a rare Sunday Senate session as
News Source: The Boston Globe
| about 13 hours ago
Conn.— Republican Tom Foley's announcement that he's running for Connecticut governor could help turn the race into a high-stakes spending campaign. Foley says he, quote, "probably won't" participate in Connecticut's public campaign financing
News Source: Boston Herald
| about 23 hours ago
T he U.S. military has a storied and stormy history with the Western-based media, and much of it is hogwash. Some of my favorite people in Baghdad ended up being journalists from CNN, NBC, Fox News and The New York Times [ NYT ] .
News Source: The Hill
| 1 day ago
Obama will attend a Senate Democratic caucus at 2 p.m. on Capitol Hill, according to a White House official. Divisions among the Democrats have increased over the last week over abortion language in the bill and the inclusion of a new public