National Govt & Politics Stories for November 2012
Stories for Friday, November 30
US Supreme Court puts off action on gay marriage
There was no announcement about the Supreme Court's plans to act on gay marriage Friday, leaving interested parties on both sides of Prop 8 wondering what the future holds. Three weeks after voters backed same-sex marriage in three states and defeated a ban in a fourth, the justices for the ...
Stories for Thursday, November 29
White House 'cliff' offer gets GOP cold shoulder
The White House is seeking $1.6 trillion in higher taxes over a decade and an immediate infusion of funds to aid the jobless, help hard-pressed homeowners and perhaps extend the expiring payroll tax cut, officials said Thursday as talks aimed at averting an economy-rattling "'fiscal cliff" turned testy. In exchange, ...
Obama and Romney together: Chili, not chilly
Three weeks after the election, Mitt Romney made it to the White House. For about 90 minutes. After an odd arrival in which a man rushed his SUV and ended up getting arrested by the Secret Service. It wasn't the start of a term as Romney had envisioned. But it ...
Stories for Tuesday, November 27
Rice concession on Libya fails to mollify three in GOP
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice told lawmakers Tuesday that her initial explanation of the deadly Sept. 11 raid in Libya was wrong, but her concession failed to mollify three Republican senators who signaled they would oppose her possible nomination to be secretary of state. In a closed-door meeting that Rice requested, ...
Servicewomen demand right to serve in combat
Four female service members filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Pentagon's ban on women serving in combat, hoping the move will add pressure to drop the policy just as officials are gauging the effect that lifting the prohibition will have on morale. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San ...
Stories for Monday, November 19
Michelle Obama honors community youth programs
Michelle Obama cited the "transformative power of the arts" Monday as she presented national arts and humanities awards to 12 community-based, after-school programs that reach underserved youth. The programs— including some that focus on at-risk kids— use music, dance, poetry, theater, history, digital arts and other outlets to inspire creative ...
Stories for Saturday, November 17
Crave a Twinkie? The price is going up fast online
Twinkies are being sold on the Internet like exquisite delicacies. Hours after Twinkie-maker Hostess announced its plans to close its doors forever, people flocked to stores to fill their shopping baskets with boxes of the cream-filled sponge cakes and their sibling snacks — Ding Dongs, Ho Hos and Zingers. Late ...
Petraeus: CIA blamed terrorists for Libya attack
Testifying out of sight, ex-CIA Director David Petraeus told Congress Friday that classified intelligence showed the deadly raid on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was a terrorist attack but the administration withheld the suspected role of al-Qaida affiliates to avoid tipping them off. The recently resigned spy chief explained that ...
Stories for Wednesday, November 14
Obama: No evidence of security breach in scandal
President Barack Obama said Wednesday he has seen no evidence that national security was threatened by the widening sex scandal that ensnared his former CIA director and top military commander in Afghanistan. Facing questions from reporters, Obama also reaffirmed his belief that the U.S. can't afford to continue tax cuts ...
Official: Pelosi to remain as leader of House Dems
Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she will run to keep her job as the Democratic leader in the House after a pair of elections that kept the party in the minority there even as Democrats gained seats in the Senate and a second term for President Barack Obama. ...
Stories for Tuesday, November 13
Florida socialite at center of general's sex scandal
If you were to diagram the increasingly tangled sex scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus, nearly all lines would lead back to one person: Jill Kelley, a 37-year-old Tampa socialite who hosted parties for the nation's top military brass. Kelley's complaint about anonymous, threatening email triggered the FBI investigation ...
Stories for Sunday, November 11
Petraeus news hit Feinstein like 'lightning bolt'
The career of David Petraeus, the CIA director and renowned general, was derailed by allegedly vicious emails his paramour sent to another woman. Now the CIA, FBI and White House face questions from Congress about Petraeus' love life and how his emails came under investigation. And he may not be ...
Stories for Saturday, November 10
Obama wins Fla., topping Romney in final tally
President Barack Obama was declared the winner of Florida's 29 electoral votes Saturday, ending a four-day count with a razor-thin margin that narrowly avoided an automatic recount that would have brought back memories of 2000. No matter the outcome, Obama had already clinched re-election and now has 332 electoral votes ...
Stories for Friday, November 9
CIA director Petraeus quits over extramarital affair
David Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, abruptly resigned Friday as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair. The resignation shocked Washington's intelligence and political communities, bringing a sudden end to the public career of the best-known ...
What is the 'Fiscal Cliff'?
So just what is this "fiscal cliff" that has the financial markets rattled and economists and policymakers alike in a tizzy over the potential for sending the economy into another tailspin? It's a one-two punch of expiring Bush-era tax cuts and major across-the-board spending cuts to the Pentagon and domestic ...
Stories for Tuesday, November 6
Quiet media night explodes suddenly, Rove protests
Careful media coverage of a close presidential election Tuesday exploded so suddenly Tuesday that it left the bizarre spectacle of Fox News Channel analyst Karl Rove, a major fundraiser for Republican Mitt Romney, publicly questioning his network's declaration that President Barack Obama had been re-elected. ABC News was also frantically ...
The economy Obama faces: Slow but gaining steadily
Here's the assignment President Barack Obama has won with his re-election: Improve an economy burdened by high unemployment, stagnant pay, a European financial crisis, slowing global growth and U.S. companies still too anxious to expand much. And, oh yes, an economy that risks sinking into another recession if Congress can't ...
Analysis: Obama wins but Washington unchanged
President Barack Obama's victory means that everything he campaigned upon is alive and about to drive the political conversation with his adversaries. Every legacy of his first term is safe and enshrined to history. Yet big honeymoons don't come twice and Republicans won't swoon. If Obama cannot end gridlock, his ...
Obama powers to re-election despite weak economy
President Barack Obama rolled to re-election Tuesday night, vanquishing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and triumphing despite a weak economy that plagued his first term and put a crimp in the middle class dreams of millions. "This happened because of you. Thank you" Obama tweeted to supporters as he celebrated ...
Biggest late poll problem long lines in key states
Voters in key states such as Florida and Virginia waited in long lines hours after polls closed Tuesday night to cast ballots, even as politicians and their supporters urged them not to give up despite the long delays. Candidates turned to social media to encourage voters through the long wait. ...
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