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Can the president boost jobs and the economy between now and Election Day? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

President Barack Obama, center, delivers a statement on monthly jobs number, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010,  in Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. From left are, outgoing Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, the president, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Small Business Administrator (SBA) Karen G. Mills and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - With the Democrats' prospects in the upcoming midterm elections sinking with the release of each new bit of bad economic news, President Obama was quick to concede that performance is "not nearly good enough."



Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:30:04 GMT

Tea Party Express hopes to repeat Alaska win in Delaware Senate primary (The Upshot)
The Upshot - Buoyed by Joe Miller's surprise win in Alaska's Senate GOP primary, the Tea Party Express is hoping to take down another heavily favored Republican incumbent, this time in Delaware. The group plans to spend $250,000 on radio and TV ads to boost Christine O'Donnell, a largely unknown conservative activist who is vying against longtime GOP [...]
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:06:57 GMT

Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings (AP)
AP - A claim by Arizona's governor that rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has led to headless bodies turning up in the desert came back to haunt her during a stammering debate performance in which she failed to back it up.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:11:20 GMT

Why Are the Feds Suing Brash Arizona Sheriff? (The Atlantic Wire)

As he attends an unrelated news conference, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio hands back to one of his deputies an Associated Press news report stating the U.S. Justice Department is suing Arpaio saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Phoenix.  (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)The Atlantic Wire -



Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:55:59 GMT

Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace (AP)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as she hosted the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington\. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement.



Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:21:06 GMT

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer at a loss for words in first debate (The Upshot)
The Upshot - It's a politician's worst nightmare: Drawing a complete blank in a high-profile debate. That's what happened to Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer, who lost her train of thought during her opening statement during her first televised debate with her Democratic challenger, state Attorney General Terry Goddard. Brewer was in the middle of talking up her [...]
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:40:41 GMT

More Dems buck plan to let taxes increase for rich (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2009 file photo, Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., conducts a town hall event in Springfield, Va. Chances are fading that Congress will allow taxes to rise, even for the nation's top earners. Worried about the fragile economy and their own upcoming election, a growing number of Democrats are joining the rock-solid Republican opposition to President Barack Obama's plans to let some of the Bush administration's tax cuts expire.    (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans.



Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:37:30 GMT