Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/703 politics Politics News en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:36:43 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/703 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resigning ap/20090704/us_palin_resigning AP us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:36:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resigning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.02ca8b9102b040229bbefb8ddc40a53a.palin_resigning_akwtf101.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=jq8Vf2rrOAbADlqcfXfUTw--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)" border="0" /></a>AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resigning"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.02ca8b9102b040229bbefb8ddc40a53a.palin_resigning_akwtf101.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=jq8Vf2rrOAbADlqcfXfUTw--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="photo" title="Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_ot/us_mountain_of_debt ap/20090704/us_mountain_of_debt AP politics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:32:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_ot/us_mountain_of_debt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.3bef338f46d641d48a8cdc4d43425924.mountain_of_debt_nyr104.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=K1Ze0kelQMIXT2__fuYVFA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="The soaring national debt is recorded on the National Debt Clock in New York, Friday, July 3, 2009. Already complicating efforts by President Barack Obama and Congress to cope with the worst recession in decades, economists warn that the mountain of debt easily could become the next full-fledged economic crisis without firm action from Washington. (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. It's the national debt.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_ot/us_mountain_of_debt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.3bef338f46d641d48a8cdc4d43425924.mountain_of_debt_nyr104.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=K1Ze0kelQMIXT2__fuYVFA--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="The soaring national debt is recorded on the National Debt Clock in New York, Friday, July 3, 2009. Already complicating efforts by President Barack Obama and Congress to cope with the worst recession in decades, economists warn that the mountain of debt easily could become the next full-fledged economic crisis without firm action from Washington. (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20090703/us_health_care_overhaul AP politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:25:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.756b2ba0bcd94e20ad7cda6caf260014.aptopix_obama_dcpm107.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=dE2jEB_PCjBILIcZWWuBrw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="President Barack Obama gestures as he answers questions during a discussion on health care, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale , Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.756b2ba0bcd94e20ad7cda6caf260014.aptopix_obama_dcpm107.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=dE2jEB_PCjBILIcZWWuBrw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama gestures as he answers questions during a discussion on health care, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale , Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" 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_stories0709_24501_html/32586501/SIG=11mlo9dto/*http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24501.html politico_rss/20090703/http___www_politico_com_news_stories0709_24501_html Politico Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:14:13 GMT Politico - She will give serious consideration to running for president in 2012, but has made no decision, friends tell POLITICO. 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_stories0709_24497_html/32585037/SIG=11mu3fc1c/*http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24497.html politico_rss/20090703/http___www_politico_com_news_stories0709_24497_html Politico Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:04:50 GMT Politico - Move frees her to pursue presidency but also raises questions about her political standing at home. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_preview ap/20090703/us_obama_preview AP politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:25:31 GMT AP - President Barack Obama is helping the nation celebrate its birthday and his daughter Malia celebrate hers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_sotomayor_documents ap/20090704/us_sotomayor_documents AP politics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:24:55 GMT AP - A civil rights group advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in the 1980s brought several discrimination lawsuits that sought to scrap the results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored well, according to new documents that are fueling GOP criticism of the judge. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20090703/pl_cq_politics/politics3158465 cq/20090703/politics3158465 CQPolitics.com politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:26:21 GMT CQPolitics.com - Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee signaled anew Friday that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will be questioned about lawsuits charging racial bias during her tenure on the board of a Latino legal advocacy group. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_go_ot/us_us_guantanamo_documents ap/20090703/us_us_guantanamo_documents AP politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:17:55 GMT AP - Newly released Defense Department documents and memos about the first years of operation of the jail at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, portray a chaotic and sometimes violent operation that its own commanders described as dysfunctional. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_honduras nm/20090703/us_honduras Reuters topstories Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:35:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_honduras"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1861218960.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8DlvVT0yqn0Zxz6p6Dwmrg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya waves upon his arrival at Comalapa international airport, in San Salvador July 2, 2009. REUTERS/La Prensa Grafica/Milton Flores/Pool" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Organization of American States tried to convince Honduras on Friday to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya, but it hit a wall as the country's Supreme Court warned the leftist would be arrested if he came home.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_honduras"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1861218960.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8DlvVT0yqn0Zxz6p6Dwmrg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya waves upon his arrival at Comalapa international airport, in San Salvador July 2, 2009. REUTERS/La Prensa Grafica/Milton Flores/Pool" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_obama_teacher_pay ap/20090702/us_obama_teacher_pay AP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:48:30 GMT AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan challenged members of the National Education Association Thursday to stop resisting the idea of linking teacher pay to student achievement. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_somalia_conflict nm/20090703/us_somalia_conflict Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:53:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_somalia_conflict"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1207413983.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=HNCMYxMTsqne424eVgdGaQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A Somali child smiles as relatives flee fighting between Islamists and government forces in the Somali capital Mogadishu, July 3, 2009. Heavy fighting in the Somali capital killed at least 20 people on Thursday, the second day of fierce clashes as government forces tried to drive hardline Islamists out of their Mogadishu bases. REUTERS/Feisel Omar (SOMALIA CONFLICT)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - African leaders will consider a resolution Friday to give African Union peacekeepers in Somalia a mandate to do more than just defend themselves from attacks by hardline rebels.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_somalia_conflict"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1207413983.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=HNCMYxMTsqne424eVgdGaQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Somali child smiles as relatives flee fighting between Islamists and government forces in the Somali capital Mogadishu, July 3, 2009. Heavy fighting in the Somali capital killed at least 20 people on Thursday, the second day of fierce clashes as government forces tried to drive hardline Islamists out of their Mogadishu bases. REUTERS/Feisel Omar (SOMALIA CONFLICT)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_afp/africanunionsummit4th afp/20090703/africanunionsummit4th AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:52:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_afp/africanunionsummit4th"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246584519552-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=mpQuFIIDq5HaOOjxHlRirQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi at the 13th African Union summit in Sirte, Libya. Peacekeepers in Somalia and the war crimes warrant for Sudan's president dominated the final day of an African Union summit Friday, after a late-night compromise on a new regional Authority.(AFP/Mahmud Turkia)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Peacekeepers in Somalia and the war crimes warrant for Sudan's president dominated the final day of an African Union summit Friday, after a late-night compromise on a new regional Authority.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_afp/africanunionsummit4th"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246584519552-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=mpQuFIIDq5HaOOjxHlRirQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi at the 13th African Union summit in Sirte, Libya. Peacekeepers in Somalia and the war crimes warrant for Sudan's president dominated the final day of an African Union summit Friday, after a late-night compromise on a new regional Authority.(AFP/Mahmud Turkia)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/ts_alt_afp/uspoliticsdisneyoffbeat afp/20090703/uspoliticsdisneyoffbeat AFP us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:44:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/ts_alt_afp/uspoliticsdisneyoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246657426141-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=szerrEqYN4AP4VaE09NMCg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="US President Barack Obama arrives to board the Marine One helicopter at Fort McNair in Washington, DC. A model of Obama will make its debut at the "Hall of Presidents" in Orlando's Disney World during Independence Day celebrations on Saturday, Disney announced.(AFP/Jewel Samad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A model of US President Barack Obama will make its debut at the "Hall of Presidents" in Orlando's Disney World during Independence Day celebrations on Saturday, Disney announced.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/ts_alt_afp/uspoliticsdisneyoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246657426141-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=szerrEqYN4AP4VaE09NMCg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama arrives to board the Marine One helicopter at Fort McNair in Washington, DC. A model of Obama will make its debut at the "Hall of Presidents" in Orlando's Disney World during Independence Day celebrations on Saturday, Disney announced.(AFP/Jewel Samad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090702/pl_mcclatchy/3265012 mcclatchy/20090702/3265012 McClatchy Newspapers politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:24:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090702/pl_mcclatchy/3265012"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.0d7ad075d166434c99a90873b05105b7.sc_governor_scmc104.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=eGIbzdgxuE_qyfwFIsaM7w--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Columbia, S. C. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Sanford admitted that there were more encounters with his Argentine mistress than he previously has disclosed.(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)" border="0" /></a>McClatchy Newspapers - RIO DE JANEIRO — A television anchor who's the only journalist known to have spoken with South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's Argentine lover since news of their affair broke last week said the couple received an e-mail threat from the person who hacked into her Hotmail account.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090702/pl_mcclatchy/3265012"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.0d7ad075d166434c99a90873b05105b7.sc_governor_scmc104.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=eGIbzdgxuE_qyfwFIsaM7w--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Columbia, S. C. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Sanford admitted that there were more encounters with his Argentine mistress than he previously has disclosed.(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (McClatchy Newspapers) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20090703/pl_cq_politics/politics3158429 cq/20090703/politics3158429 CQPolitics.com politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:35:18 GMT CQPolitics.com - Another new month brings another tough-to- swallow employment report. The headlines trumpeted an increase in the number of jobs lost in June and a rise in the jobless rate. Neither was really a surprise. We know the picture is grim and will remain so for a while. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090703/pl_bloomberg/anip7te_bttk bloomberg/20090703/anip7te_bttk Bloomberg politics Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT Bloomberg - July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Edward Kennedy’s health committee released a new health-care overhaul plan that lawmakers said would lead to coverage for most Americans, in part by assessing fees on companies that don’t offer insurance.