WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday called on the White House to temporarily stop sending crude oil into the nation’s emergency stockpile.
“In an interview yesterday, Hillary — whose connection to President Clinton’s 2001 sentence commutations for two members of the Weather Underground has become an issue since she tried to raise questions about Obama’s acquaintance with another ex-Weatherman — told “Inside Edition” that she “didn’t know anything about” the 2001 clemency case.”
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate John McCain sharply criticized on Thursday what he called the Bush administration’s disgraceful handling of Hurricane Katrina and vowed, “Never again.”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. environmental groups joined forces on Thursday to target Senate candidates in Colorado, New Hampshire and New Mexico, aiming to elect a 60-vote majority to deal with global warming.
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – North Carolina’s Republican Party on Thursday withdrew an advertisement critical of Democrat Barack Obama’s links to a controversial preacher, Republican John McCain’s campaign said.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Indiana strategy relies on the state’s similarities with eastern neighbor Ohio, where fertile farmland and factory towns produced blue-collar workers who propelled her to victory there….
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama entered the final phase of an increasingly nasty U.S. presidential fight on Wednesday, with Clinton saying her decisive Pennsylvania win proved she was the best candidate to lead the Democrats back to the White House.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill barring employers and insurers from discriminating against people based on their genetics won unanimous passage in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, moving one step from final congressional approval.
CHICAGO (AP) — Barack Obama faced a choice: launch a political battle against a highly respected woman with more seniority or step aside and hope for another chance later….
I just finished reading Ron Paul’s new book, “The Revolution: A Manifesto” (hardcover, Grand Central Publishing, 192 pp) and I have to say that it far exceeded my expectations.