Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/politics politics Politics News en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:33:24 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/politics http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall ap/20100210/toyota_recall AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:58:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a34a8a8911f445c09479da1f4f232350.japan_toyota_recall_tok104.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=11OK7RB3B9R8O_WVDUbk3A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.a34a8a8911f445c09479da1f4f232350.japan_toyota_recall_tok104.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=11OK7RB3B9R8O_WVDUbk3A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship ap/20100210/us_obama_bipartisanship AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:09:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d9c5f1a995ea4a12b64337c259be81bb.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm112.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vSsfLSOLHhDTihR54dGOmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, looks on as House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He's scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_bipartisanship"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d9c5f1a995ea4a12b64337c259be81bb.obama_bipartisanship_dcpm112.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vSsfLSOLHhDTihR54dGOmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, looks on as House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_he_me/us_med_murtha_surgery ap/20100209/us_med_murtha_surgery AP health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:48:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_he_me/us_med_murtha_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.8fb72c367df94266a481cfadc60d3701.obit_murtha_wx109.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=JbgaJ5K8eS1GJwFAEBz9eg--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="FILE - In this July 23, 2006 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D- Pa., waits to speak to Democrats at the Hampton, N.H. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gallbladder surgery is usually a very safe operation, but a powerful congressman's death is a reminder of the known risks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_he_me/us_med_murtha_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.8fb72c367df94266a481cfadc60d3701.obit_murtha_wx109.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=JbgaJ5K8eS1GJwFAEBz9eg--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this July 23, 2006 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D- Pa., waits to speak to Democrats at the Hampton, N.H. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/politico_rss/rss_politico_mostpop/http___www_politico_com_news_stories0210_32757_html/35051195/SIG=11mlmqbcu/*http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32757.html politico_rss/20100209/http___www_politico_com_news_stories0210_32757_html Politico Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:36:46 GMT Politico - Despite bipartisan session, she makes it clear there's disagreement even among Dems. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/politico_rss/rss_politico_mostpop/http___www_politico_com_news_stories0210_32764_html/35051528/SIG=11mhl5mkr/*http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32764.html politico_rss/20100209/http___www_politico_com_news_stories0210_32764_html Politico Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:02:08 GMT Politico - Speculation involving sex and drugs develops. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ge/us_democrats_wilder_kaine ap/20100210/us_democrats_wilder_kaine AP Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:30:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ge/us_democrats_wilder_kaine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.3395b99c739945d8b8fd4657b836735a.obama_whcd102.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=ZDh5dvYrZHNci.XXI.J8lg--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama is introduced by DNC Chairman Tim Kaine during a Democratic National Committee (DNC) fundraising event in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democratic former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder is urging President Barack Obama to fire Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine, another former Virginia governor.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_el_ge/us_democrats_wilder_kaine"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.3395b99c739945d8b8fd4657b836735a.obama_whcd102.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=ZDh5dvYrZHNci.XXI.J8lg--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama is introduced by DNC Chairman Tim Kaine during a Democratic National Committee (DNC) fundraising event in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_en_mu/us_obama_civil_rights_music ap/20100210/us_obama_civil_rights_music AP entertainment Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:25:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_en_mu/us_obama_civil_rights_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.39b2ddbbe4574046b71ac880fbbb0f8c.obama_whcd116.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=AwnGdzkydVpnY1nBRNUcVA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Yolanda Adams performs at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement hosted by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - Crediting civil rights-era protest songs and their spiritual predecessors for his election, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sat in the East Room of his White House and listened to an all-star lineup of performers pay tribute to the music that he said fueled freedom marches and civil disobedience.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_en_mu/us_obama_civil_rights_music"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100210/capt.39b2ddbbe4574046b71ac880fbbb0f8c.obama_whcd116.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=AwnGdzkydVpnY1nBRNUcVA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Yolanda Adams performs at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement hosted by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_us/us_senator_assault ap/20100210/us_senator_assault AP us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:06:10 GMT AP - The New York Senate is set to vote on expelling a senator convicted of misdemeanor assault. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_go_ot/us_new_orleans_mayor ap/20100207/us_new_orleans_mayor AP politics Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:43:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_go_ot/us_new_orleans_mayor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.352380011047441cb48bba2bb35894fa.new_orleans_mayor_lawh101.jpg?x=62&y=130&q=85&sig=PoPUPmk4tbcUf1TuZVXxxg--" align="left" height="130" width="62" alt="New Orleans mayoral candidate Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu greets his daughter Grace Landrieu at a campaign stop in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Landrieu is running for mayor of New Orleans, replacing incumbent Ray Nagin who is not eligible to seek reelection. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0" /></a>AP - Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu has been elected mayor of New Orleans, replacing term-limited Ray Nagin and becoming the majority-black city's first white mayor since 1979.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_go_ot/us_new_orleans_mayor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100206/capt.352380011047441cb48bba2bb35894fa.new_orleans_mayor_lawh101.jpg?x=62&y=130&q=85&sig=PoPUPmk4tbcUf1TuZVXxxg--" align="left" height="130" width="62" alt="photo" title="New Orleans mayoral candidate Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu greets his daughter Grace Landrieu at a campaign stop in New Orleans, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Landrieu is running for mayor of New Orleans, replacing incumbent Ray Nagin who is not eligible to seek reelection. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_us/us_souter_harvard_commencement ap/20100208/us_souter_harvard_commencement AP us Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:00:54 GMT AP - Harvard University says retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter will be the principal speaker at its spring commencement ceremony. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_afghan_us_deaths ap/20100205/us_afghan_us_deaths AP politics Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:07:08 GMT AP - As of Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at least 901 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_demjanjuk ap/20100209/eu_germany_demjanjuk AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:21:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_demjanjuk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.05b4ee744686414ab8cc63006e949819.germany_demjanjuk_trial_bmun104.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=FWO9ez9Yynkf6c83c_JOHg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk arrives in the courtroom in Munich, southern Germany Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Demjanjuk, a 89-year-old former U.S. auto worker, is on trial in Germany facing charges he helped force 27,900 Jews into gas chambers in the Sobibor extermination camp in 1943. (AP Photo/Andreas Gebert, pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - A top German investigator testified Tuesday that John Demjanjuk has given conflicting stories about where he spent the rest of World War II after being captured by the Germans in 1942.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_demjanjuk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.05b4ee744686414ab8cc63006e949819.germany_demjanjuk_trial_bmun104.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=FWO9ez9Yynkf6c83c_JOHg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk arrives in the courtroom in Munich, southern Germany Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Demjanjuk, a 89-year-old former U.S. auto worker, is on trial in Germany facing charges he helped force 27,900 Jews into gas chambers in the Sobibor extermination camp in 1943. (AP Photo/Andreas Gebert, pool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_iran ap/20100209/eu_italy_iran AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:19:38 GMT AP - About 100 Iranians protested Tuesday in front of the Italian embassy in Tehran, shouting "Death to Italy, Death to Berlusconi, " Italy's foreign minister said. Protests were also held outside the French and Dutch embassies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20100210/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:33:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.c1410de9c8464a3ea431ff07148b1b3b.obama__dcsa105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=EFz9GRrSB0l3WShxlUYgbQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama gestures while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - Signaling he'd meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he's willing to sign a bill even if it doesn't deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.c1410de9c8464a3ea431ff07148b1b3b.obama__dcsa105.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=EFz9GRrSB0l3WShxlUYgbQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama gestures while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100209/pl_mcclatchy/3422670 mcclatchy/20100209/3422670 McClatchy Newspapers politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:56:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; The Senate Tuesday failed to advance President Barack Obama's nomination of a union lawyer to the National Labor Relations Board, as the debate and vote became a test of union clout in Congress. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20100209/pl_cq_politics/politics3292380 cq/20100209/politics3292380 CQPolitics.com politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:59:16 GMT CQPolitics.com - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Tuesday he intends to push for a vote by this weekend on job creation legislation, though another winter storm bearing down on Washington made the Senate schedule increasingly tenuous. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20100209/pl_bloomberg/afxnnnujj4jo bloomberg/20100209/afxnnnujj4jo Bloomberg politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:17:31 GMT Bloomberg - Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House of Representatives has canceled votes for the week, hundreds of flights have been scrubbed and Amtrak still isn’t running a full schedule as a “paralyzing” storm packing as much as 20 inches of snow bears down on the East Coast.