Alec MacGillis -- Why aren't President Obama's job-creation efforts more direct?
To hear President Obama tell it, he's been busy creating jobs since taking office. The $787 billion Stimulus package, he said last winter, would "save or create 3.5 million jobs." The White House is touting reports from recipients of Stimulus funds asserting that they have created or saved 640,00...

Owens to the Oval - Dem victor gets face time: PHOTO
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With wounded warriors - POTUS visits Walter Reed: PHOTO
POLITICO44 is a new and innovative way to cover the Obama presidency, minute-by-minute. Powered by the largest White House staff around, it will be the go-to place for news and analysis about the president, the staff, the first lady, the vice president, and the new administration.

Spending vs. jobs a Dem dilemma
Washington, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The White House and the Democratic Congress are caught between the proverbial rock and hard place, pressured to cut spending and create more jobs, analysts say. After Tuesday's Elections skewed toward the Republican party, GOP pollster Neil Newhouse warned President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats ignore voters' angst over growing deficits and government intrusion in their lives at their own peril, the Washington publication Politico reported Friday. "The...

Over 60 % turnout in Assembly by-polls; 53 % in Firozabad LS poll
New Delhi, Nov.7 - ANI: By-Elections for one Lok Sabha seat and 31 Assembly seats in seven states remained by and large peaceful, as over 60 per cent of voters turned out on Saturday. Saturdays polls were conducted under the watchful eyes of security forces and paramilitary personnel who were deployed to maintain a strict vigil in all constituencies undergoing Elections. 53 per cent polling was registered in Firozabad Lok Sabha Constituency, where Congress candidate and veteran Bollywood actor...

Seeking to Grow Jobs, Not the Deficit: PHOTO
A greater-than-expected rise in the October U.S. Unemployment rate, released Nov. 6, makes all the more clear that the U.S. could be facing a painful jobless recovery . At 10.2%, the jobless rate has increased 3.6 percentage points from a year ago. It has doubled since March 2008. With every uptick in the Unemployment rate, Congress and the Obama Administration face more pressure to bolster job growth. They are also under constant criticism for the high level of federal spending and rising...

Could Big Donors Break Obama's Fundraising Record?
November 7, 2009 Barack Obama's presidential campaign was a Fundraising juggernaut that changed all expectations about how much cash candidates might collect, especially over the Internet. It's still unclear whether any candidate or organization will be able replicate the Obama campaign's success. But the question has taken on new urgency: The Supreme Court is weighing a case that could potentially allow corporations and unions to pour unlimited amounts of cash into attack ads. And that, in...

Decision day for health care in the House - Yahoo! News
Washington – President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature Health Care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote in the House certain to be seen as a test of his presidency. Obama scheduled a late-morning visit with House Democrats convening a rare Saturday session on legislation to remake the U.S. Health Care system, extending coverage to tens of millions now uninsured and banning Insurance company practices such as denial of...

Watch Gossip Girl Season 3 Episode 9 | They Shoot Humphreys Don't They 3
Previously on our favorte show Gossip Girl , Olivia, as a guest on Jimmy Fallon’s talk show, says something she regrets and tries to hide it from Dan. With Elections coming up, Nate suspects his grandfather will do everything he has to get Trip into Congress. I’m sure everyone is already excited to watch Gossip Girl season 3 episode 9 entitled They Shoot Humphreys Don’t They coming this Monday night. Before you watch Gossip Girl s03e09 3×9 episode , check out the plot...

Obama signs home buyer tax credit, jobless assistance bill
The $24 billion Stimulus bill extends Unemployment assistance by 14 weeks.

At 11th hour, Obama to make in-person plea on House health reform vote
President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was on Saturday to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to overhaul US Health Care. Obama, who wooed skittish fellow Democrats by telephone Friday, hoped to bring the full persuasive power of the presidency to bear in an 11th-hour push to secure the 218 votes needed to prevail in the House of Representatives. "The sales pitch is simply that we're on the cusp of the type of Health...

Bishops' backing may get bill to 218
House leaders have won the backing of the nation’s Catholic bishops for Health reform, a critical last-minute boost that could give the bill enough momentum – and enough votes – for passage as early as Saturday. As they awaited President Barack Obama's visit before noon, House Democrats held out hopes they could rally the 218 votes to pass a sweeping $1.2 trillion Health reform bill, even if it took until late Saturday night. But they clearly weren't there yet. During the...

Obama Mourns Fort Hood Soldiers In Weekly Address
President Obama wove two themes together for his weekly Saturday address: the tragic shootings at Fort Hood this week where13 people were killed and Veterans Day on Nov. 11.

Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence
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Abbas' reluctance to seek re-election reflects deep Palestinian despair
Jerusalem — By saying he wants to step down as president, Mahmoud Abbas has highlighted a deep Palestinian despair rooted in decades of failed peace initiatives and fruitless violence. Neither strategy has yielded a Palestinian state, and Israeli settlements still encroach on lands that would make up their would-be nation. Facing a hawkish Israeli government and an Obama Administration reluctant to put muscle behind its demands on Israel, many Palestinians say they see no hope at all. "I...

Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence
Washington -- President Barack Obama said Saturday that the training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad prevented further deaths and ended the rampage at Fort Hood. He praised those who serve or have served in uniform and reminded the public of their diversity - a move designed to calm tensions around the suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. "They are Americans of every race, faith and station. They are Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and nonbelievers," Obama said in his...

Obama to speak to House Dems as health vote nears
Obama heads to Capitol on Saturday to meet with Democrats as House vote on Health Care looms

Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence
President Barack Obama said Saturday that the training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad prevented further deaths and ended the rampage at Fort Hood.

20% turnout till mid-day in assembly by-elections
New Delhi, Nov. 7 - ANI: Almost 20 per cent polling was recorded by mid-day for the assembly by-Elections in seven states. Thirty-one constituencies in the States of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Rajasthan, Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Chattisgarh are undergoing polls today. So far, the polling has been peaceful as security forces and para Military personnel are keeping a strict vigil in the poll-bound constituencies. In Firozabad Lok Sabha seat, where Congress candidate Raj Babbar is...

Obama delays Japan visit to attend Fort Hood memorial
Multimedia Moscow, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - U.S. President Barack Obama will start his visit to Japan a day late to allow him to attend a memorial ceremony for the victims of Thursday's shooting at the Fort Hood Military base, Japanese media said. Washington asked Tokyo to rearrange the schedule for Obama's two-day visit so that the president could pay his respects to the 13 people killed when Major Nidal Malik Hasan went on a shooting rampage at the Texan Military base . Obama was initially...

Obama praises army base heroism
Flags and crosses are laid out in respect at a church in Killeen, Texas US President Barack Obama has praised the heroism of Soldiers and civilians in their response to the deadly attack at a US army base in Texas. In his weekly address, he says that although the shootings showed the "worst of human nature" they had also brought out "the best of America". Maj Nidal Malik Hasan, a US-born Muslim, opened fire at Fort Hood on Thursday, killing 13 people.

Bin Laden videotape not new, monitoring site says
The tape, titled "To Our People in Pakistan," was broadly released in Arabic and Urdu on July 12, IntelCenter said. Excerpts had been aired by the Al Jazeera television network on June 3, it added. Earlier on Friday, IntelCenter had said Al-Qaeda's as-Sahab Media had released a new video from bin Laden. In his remarks broadcast by Al Jazeera in June, Saudi-born bin Laden said U.S. President Barack Obama had planted the seeds of "revenge and hatred" toward the United States in the Muslim world...

Obama praises army base heroism
US President Barack Obama has praised the heroism of Soldiers and civilians in their response to the deadly attack at a US army base in Texas. In his weekly address, he says that although the shootings showed the "worst of human nature" they had also brought out "the best of America".

Tea Partiers 'Stormed' Congress, But Pro-ObamaCare 'Activists' Simply 'Staged a Sit-in': PHOTO
Word choice can be a subtle but effective way in which the media colorfully editorialize on the news, skewing the perceptions of readers in one direction or another. Take Washington Post's Philip Rucker, who did masterful job in skewing his 19-paragaph-long page A4 story "Activists bring 'tea party' to Capitol Hill" in favor of ObamaCare proponents while smearing conservatives in a negative light. Rucker's labeling bias was a thread woven through the entire piece, starting with the...

Washcall: Fake H1N1 ... Congress takes a hit ... Deadspeak
WASHINGTON - Federal Law-enforcement and National-security authorities are on alert for counterfeit doses of H1N1 vaccine and anti-viral medications that they expect to surface in the United States, particularly as shortages of both continue to grow. Editorial: Welcome to America. That'll be $10 An editorial / By Dale McFeatters, Scripps Howard News Service Even though more people want to visit the States than the U.S. can handle, the federal government is planning a $10 fee on visitors...