China offers $10B in loans to Africa
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- China, already enjoying extensive reach into Africa's oil and other resources, has widened its influence by pledging $10 billion in easy loans to its nations. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made the announcement in an address to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheik. The low-interest, three-year loan pledge doubles China's similar offer of $5 billion made in 2006, The Washington Post reported....

Obama to meet Netanyahu at White House Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House announced Sunday that President Barack Obama will be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's trip to Washington, ending days of uncertainty.

Obama to meet Monday with Netanyahu
The White House, ending days of uncertainty, announced Sunday that President Obama will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during Mr. Netanyahu's trip to Washington to address Jewish groups.

Suspect from Orlando Office Shooting Apprehended at his Mother's Home
The man who is believed to have shot at least six people earlier this morning, killing at least one, is now in police custody News broke earlier this morning about a tragic office shooting in Orlando, Florida that resulted in the death of at least one individual and significant injury to at least five others. The Washington Post is reporting that the suspect who is believed to have terrorized Orlando’s Gateway Center, 40-year-old Jason Rodriguez, was taken into custody at his mother’s house a..

-Washington Post' Endorses Plagiarism to Defend Obama
Yesterday, The White House announced that it was removing Alma Thomas' plagiaristic piece “Watusi (Hard Edge)” from its walls.

Obama may make decision to send 34K more troops to Af-Pak soon: PHOTO
It’s been three months since General Stanley McChrystal informed the Obama Administration of the resources he needs to successfully prosecute the war.

Asia drawn to a rising China's orbit looks to Obama's trip for signs of US staying power
Beijing — Days after coming to power in September, Japan's new prime minister broached forming a new East Asian trading bloc with rival China — one that would exclude the United States. Some in Washington took it as a snub from the nation that has been America's rock in Asia for decades. Even more, Tokyo's new rhetoric underscored how China's rapid rise to power is challenging Washington's once-dominant sway in the region. This is the reality President Barack Obama confronts as he...

Netanyahu off to US hoping to meet Obama
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone to Washington to address Jews and hoping to meet President Barack Obama amid a delicate time in US efforts to restart Middle East peace talks. Although officials in the hawkish premier's office expressed optimism Mr Netanyahu will see Mr Obama during his three-day visit, The White House had yet to confirm such a meeting would take place. "I can't confirm in a categoric manner that there will be a meeting," Mr Netanyahu's spokesman Nir...

'We're Going to Have to Have More Stimulus, More Spending,' Donaldson Contends: PHOTO
With the Unemployment rate soaring in 10.2 percent in Friday's report on October, two old hands in the Washington press corps appeared on Sunday morning shows where they asserted that means we need another Stimulus bill and/or the problem is the current “Stimulus” bill wasn't big enough. On This Week, ABC News vet Sam Donaldson maintained “we're going to have to have more Stimulus, more spending.” Over on NBC's Meet the Press, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, a former Washington...

Olbermann to 'House Call' Organizers: Pay 'Black Faces,''Brown Faces' to Attend; Says It Looked Like a 'Pro-Apartheid Rally': PHOTO
Leave to a brilliant mind like Keith Olbermann, who finally decided to show his face on live TV after Nov. 3's Democratic defeat, to throw a temper tantrum about the public display of opposition to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's that occurred on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Nov.5 . After Olbermann and Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson all but declared Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., organizer of the "House Call" event , an enemy of the state, they predictably came...

Asia drawn to a rising China's orbit looks to Obama's trip for signs of US staying power
Beijing — Days after coming to power in September, Japan's new prime minister broached forming a new East Asian trading bloc with rival China — one that would exclude the United States. Some in Washington took it as a snub from the nation that has been America's rock in Asia for decades. Even more, Tokyo's new rhetoric underscored how China's rapid rise to power is challenging Washington's once-dominant sway in the region. This is the reality President Barack Obama confronts as he...

Obama visit to Alaska postponed a day
WASHINGTON -- President Obama's first visit to Alaska, originally scheduled for Veterans Day, has been postponed a day, The White House said today.

Pelosi to House caucus: You can't go home again: PHOTO
Byron York and the Washington Post agree on Nancy Pelosi’s plan to vote on her Health-care bill this Saturday — she can’t afford to let Democrats go home to their districts before the vote.

Army chief of staff says he favors sending more US troops to Afghanistan
Washington — The Army's chief of staff says he believes more Troops are needed in Afghanistan. But Gen. George Casey isn't saying exactly how many more should be sent into the war. Casey says more Troops would help cut into the Taliban's successes while U.S. forces continue training Afghan security forces. President Barack Obama is considering several options to increase the number of Troops fighting in Afghanistan, including Gen. Stanley McChrystal's preference of about 40,000 additional...

White House: Obama to attend memorial service Tuesday at Fort Hood....
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Sacramento mayor engaged to DC schools supe
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and Washington schools superintendent Michelle Rhee are engaged. The former NBA star and the nationally known education reformer have regularly been seen together ever since Johnson launched his mayoral bid in early 2008. They attended President Barack Obama's inauguration together. Rhee also served on the board of Johnson's St. HOPE Public Schools from 2006-2007. The engagement was first reported Friday in the Washington Post's Reliable...

New Pics! First Family Returns to White House: PHOTO
“The Insider” has the latest First Family photos!   President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walked with their two daughters Malia and Sasha down the lawn of The White House after returning from a night at Camp David. [Read full story on The Insider] Go here to see the original:

Levi Johnston pissed at Tonight Show for using fake Twitter to mock him
On Wednesday, The Tonight Show had a segment featuring William Shatner dramatically reading what were supposedly tweets from Levi Johnston. Conan assured us that the tweets were “real” and that “we didn’t make them up.” The result was hilarious. (The Washington Post has a web series called Twits , which involves dramatic readings of celebrity tweets that you might want to check out if you think this is funny.) The only problem is that Shatner was reading from a...

Obama, Netanyahu to meet, Israeli newspaper reports
November 8, 2009 Washington (JTA) – President Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu will meet, an Israeli newspaper reported a day after Obama canceled a scheduled appearance before the Jewish federations' General Assembly. Obama and the Israeli prime minister will meet in Washington Monday evening, according to Ha'aretz, just hours before Obama heads to Texas to attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas for the 13 people gunned down at the U.S. Army Base there on Thursday. Obama had been...

New Pics! First Family Returns to White House: PHOTO
ET has the latest First Family photos! President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walked with their two daughters Malia and Sasha down the lawn of The White House after returning from a night at Camp David. More from this gallery Posted November 08, 2009 2:38:00 PM See All: Obama Michelle Obama celebs Barack Obama E-Mail | Print | | RSS |  Rob Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart Talk 'New Moon' Nov 08, 2009 09:09 AM (PDT)   Tops & Flops: A Week in Fashion! Nov...

House health care bill has nowhere to go in Senate
WASHINGTON – The glow from a Health Care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama today as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.

The Fort Hood rampage and office violence: PHOTO
It’s too soon to draw many conclusions from the shooting yesterday at Fort Hood –I added a link, as

Healthcare Fight Moves to Tougher Stage with More hostile Political Climate
Washington Bureau - Read-only mm_head JANET HOOKReporting from Washington With the struggle over healthcare entering an even tougher phase, President Obama has hit both a milestone and a speed bump in his duel pursuit of a major overhaul of the nation's medical system and a rebirth of progressivism in America.

The Only Network to Provide Live Coverage of Speaker Pelosi? It's Not CNN or MSNBC
So, we wonder if The White House still thinks FOX News is " not a News network ." Tonight, FOX News was the only News channel [other than C-SPAN] to provide live coverage of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi making her way to the House chamber, then speaking to members ahead of tonight's vote on Health Care reform. CNN stayed with a taped replay of The Situation Room. MSNBC was airing a crime Documentary, but mentioned that Pelosi was speaking during a scheduled live cut-in. FNC and MSNBC have teased...

Obama: Iraq election law important milestone, helps political process to bring lasting peace, US
WASHINGTON (AP)