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Obama to speak on budget on Monday (Reuters)

January 31st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Politics

President Barack Obama delivers his first State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Tim Sloan/PoolReuters - President Barack Obama will deliver remarks on the budget on Monday, the White House said on Sunday.


Hopeful Republicans target Obama Senate seat (AFP)

January 31st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Politics

President Barack Obama's former US Senate seat.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AFP - US Republicans hoping to harness voter anger and ride to victory in November mid-term elections have their eyes on a potent symbolic prize: President Barack Obama's former US Senate seat.


Obama’s $3.8 trillion budget heading to Congress (AP)

January 31st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Politics

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama delivers the first State of the Union address of his presidency on Capitol Hill in Washington. To the joint session of Congress Obama said, 'So, as temperatures cool, I want everyone to take another look at the plan we've proposed... if anyone from either party has a better approach that will bring down premiums, bring down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors and stop insurance company abuses, let me know... I'm eager to see it.' Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are seen in the background. (AP Photo/Tim Sloan, Pool, File)AP - President Barack Obama's proposed budget predicts the national deficit will crest at a record-breaking $1.6 trillion in the current fiscal year, then start to recede in 2011 to $1.3 trillion, a congressional official said Sunday.


Harold Ford Jr. visits Syracuse as he mulls running for U.S. Senate

January 31st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in 326508, 334963, 686583, Breaking News, Politics, Regional News, Top News, Washington
The former congressman from Tennessee wants to see if New Yorkers will support him in a race against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

Democrats Have More Cash Than Republicans for Off-Year Election (Bloomberg)

January 31st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Politics
Bloomberg - Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic Party committees entered an off-year election with more money in the bank than their Republican counterparts for the first time in at least 18 years, giving the party a financial boost as it tries to stave off a surge by the opposition.

Obama pushes nuclear energy to boost climate bill (AP)

January 31st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in business

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2010 file photo, Energy Secretary Steven Chu addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington. In an effort to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation, President Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, calling for a new generation of nuclear power plants to be built around the country. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)AP - President Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation.


Sen.-elect Brown says he supports abortion rights (AP)

January 31st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Politics

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2010, file photo Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown speaks during an interview at the Statehouse in Boston. On ABC's 'This Week' Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, Brown said he opposes federal funding for abortions, but thinks women should have the right to choose whether to have one. He went on to say that he disagrees with his party's position that the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion should be overturned. (AP Photo/Gretchen Ertl, File)AP - Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown of Massachusetts says he opposes federal funding for abortions, but thinks women should have the right to choose whether to have one.


Brown would like daughter back on ‘American Idol’ (AP)

January 31st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in entertainment

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2010, file photo Boston College women's basketball player Ayla Brown sings the National Anthem before the start of a men's NCAA college basketball game between Boston College and Maryland in Boston. On ABC's This Week Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, Sen.-elect Scott Brown said he'd like his daughter Ayla to have another crack at 'American Idol.' The fledgling recording artist, a 21-year-old student at Boston College, made it to the show's final 16 singers in 2006. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)AP - Sen.-elect Scott Brown says he'd like daughter Ayla to have another crack at American Idol, where judge Simon Cowell once described her performance as robotic and empty.


Scott Brown on healthcare reform: whole plan should be scrapped (The Christian Science Monitor)

January 31st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in topstories
The Christian Science Monitor - Massachusetts’ newly elected Republican senator, Scott Brown, was not in attendance at the meeting between President Obama and House Republicans Friday. But on Sunday, he spoke as if he was ready to help Mr. Obama turn the country around.

US to consider local views on 9/11 trial location (AP)

January 31st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Politics

This 2003 handout photo shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-described chief organizer of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Closing Guantanamo is emerging as a never-ending nightmare for President Barack Obama after he bowed to pressure and backed down from plans to try the accused 9/11 plotters in the heart of New York City.(AFP/HO/File)AP - The Obama administration said Sunday it would consider local opposition when deciding where to hold Sept. 11 trials and pledged to seek swift justice for the professed mastermind of the attacks.


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