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House Dems plan ban on earmarks to for-profits
March 11, 2010House Democrats said Wednesday that they will ban earmarks directed to for-profit companies.
White House slams insurers
March 11, 2010President Obama is set to turn up the heat on private health insurers again Wednesday, taking his increasingly populist health care overhaul pitch on the road to the political battleground state of Missouri.
Chief justice chides State of the Union as 'pep rally'
March 11, 2010Simmering tension between the White House and U.S. Supreme Court spilled into public this week when Chief Justice John Roberts labeled the political atmosphere at this year's State of the Union address "very troubling."
Biden: U.S. won't play favorites with Israelis, Palestinians
March 11, 2010The United States will hold both Israel and the Palestinians responsible for any steps that make peace between them more difficult, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.
Clinton: Improving foreign health is good policy
March 11, 2010Aside from a moral obligation, improving the health of people in other nations is smart foreign policy, former President Clinton said Wednesday.
Obama pledges to continue Haiti aid
March 11, 2010President Obama met Wednesday with Haitian President Rene Preval to discuss relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts in Haiti.
N.Y. State Police loses second chief in 2 weeks
March 11, 2010New York state's top police official announced Wednesday he was quitting, the second acting superintendent to step down in as many weeks.
Out of the closet but stuck in his voting pattern
March 11, 2010Why would a gay politician vote against gay rights?
Tea Party candidate a fake?
March 11, 2010It's a grass-roots protest movement composed of the newly politicized and people distrustful of hierarchy. So how is it possible to be an illegitimate Tea Party member?
WWII Women fliers honored
March 11, 2010Some 65 years after their service, a group of former civilian women pilots whose unheralded work was key to helping the U.S. effort in World War II are honored with the Congressional Gold Medal.
