Day: May 1, 2008

Rahm Emanuel tees off on McCain’s bridge comments, calling them "disappointing and inappropriate."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Armed Services Committee said Thursday it had approved President George W. Bush’s request for U.S. missile-defense installations in the Czech Republic and Poland.

Online and brick-and-mortar second-hand stores have seen large increases in people selling their belongings to raise cash for bills and to fill the gas tank.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A group of Hillary Rodham Clinton supporters, including four New Mexico superdelegates, has accused the state Democratic Party of breaking national and state party rules when it nominated a 12th superdelegate….

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday said a vote in Myanmar this month would not be “free, fair or credible” and imposed new sanctions on state-owned companies to put pressure on the military junta.

FORT WAYNE, Indiana (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to convince Americans he is not elitist on Thursday as new polls showed his aura of inevitability has declined after weeks of negative headlines.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats and Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Senate on Thursday set the stage for a divisive energy policy debate with two dueling party-line bills to combat high gasoline prices.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An election-year push in the U.S. Congress to clamp down on illegal immigration has stalled as concerns grow about the cost of verifying the status of millions of workers, a leading congressional Democrat said on Thursday.

Seeks focus on "items that matter" to Americans. See also: McCain won’t use Wright against Obama.