Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/703 politics Politics News en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:49:08 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_go_ot/us_archives_missing_history ap/20090704/us_archives_missing_history AP politics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:43:43 GMT AP - National Archives visitors know they'll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building's magnificent rotunda in Washington. But they won't find the patent file for the Wright Brothers' Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_pivotal_week ap/20090704/us_obama_pivotal_week AP politics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:49:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_pivotal_week"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.356dc4aca85445df95efe17d7258dd9a.russia_us_mosb218.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=TSL7pQHt1kXoQVSuEEjxkQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Russian traditional wooden dolls, Matreshkas, depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barak Obama, form part of a street vendor's display in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, July 3, 2009. Obama is to visit Russia on July 6-8. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)" border="0" /></a>AP - Determined to change the way the world views the United States, Barack Obama is onto his next foreign mission: rebuilding relations with Russia, proving to global leaders that America is serious about climate change, and outlining his vision for Africa, his father's birthplace.</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_pr_wh/us_obama_pivotal_week"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.356dc4aca85445df95efe17d7258dd9a.russia_us_mosb218.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=TSL7pQHt1kXoQVSuEEjxkQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russian traditional wooden dolls, Matreshkas, depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barak Obama, form part of a street vendor's display in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, July 3, 2009. Obama is to visit Russia on July 6-8. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)" 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_pr_wh/us_powell_big_government ap/20090704/us_powell_big_government AP politics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:23:16 GMT AP - Colin Powell worries that President Barack Obama is trying to tackle too many big issues at one time and he offers this advice: take a hard look at costs and consider the additional red tape that will be created. 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_24461_html/32591915/SIG=11m4snpud/*http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24461.html politico_rss/20090704/http___www_politico_com_news_stories0709_24461_html Politico Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:11:29 GMT Politico - Simon says America was shaped by the great deeds of ordinary men and women. 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_24507_html/32588088/SIG=11mfqcde7/*http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24507.html politico_rss/20090704/http___www_politico_com_news_stories0709_24507_html Politico Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:51:37 GMT Politico - Skeptics say Friday&rsquo;s events diminished and perhaps demolished Palin's 2012 presidential hopes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_powell_michael_jackson ap/20090704/us_powell_michael_jackson AP us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:38:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_re_us/us_powell_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.9d1cfb208a7b41e592118fa5f56928c8.michael_jackson_neverland_carb102.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=kPsUbJhcUy1s4Y85FoCK2w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Luis Aldama, 17, of Salinas, Calif., holds a portrait of Micheal Jackson near the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Colin Powell says Michael Jackson had controversy in his life, but in death his art should be celebrated.</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_powell_michael_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.9d1cfb208a7b41e592118fa5f56928c8.michael_jackson_neverland_carb102.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=kPsUbJhcUy1s4Y85FoCK2w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Luis Aldama, 17, of Salinas, Calif., holds a portrait of Micheal Jackson near the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)" 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_co/us_senate_democrats__big_majority ap/20090704/us_senate_democrats__big_majority AP politics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:09:09 GMT AP - Congress returns for its midsummer session Monday with a Senate supermajority not super enough for President Barack Obama's top priorities to pass without Republican support. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_co/us_sotomayor_documents ap/20090704/us_sotomayor_documents AP politics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:25:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090704/ap_on_go_co/us_sotomayor_documents"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.971dbb60761b4c2bafa50a6cb678e1da.sotomayer_documents_ny110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=eGlvoiIMR7PHQSbnk6y1qA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - This June 2, 2009 file photo shows Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Capitol Hill in Washington. The top Republican on the Senate committee that will consider Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination says a Puerto Rican civil rights group's papers could shed light on her judicial approach, particularly her view of racial preferences in hiring. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A civil rights group on whose board Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor served filed racial bias lawsuits over employment examinations that resemble a Connecticut case in which she ruled against white firefighters, documents released by the Senate show.</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_co/us_sotomayor_documents"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.971dbb60761b4c2bafa50a6cb678e1da.sotomayer_documents_ny110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=eGlvoiIMR7PHQSbnk6y1qA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - This June 2, 2009 file photo shows Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Capitol Hill in Washington. The top Republican on the Senate committee that will consider Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination says a Puerto Rican civil rights group's papers could shed light on her judicial approach, particularly her view of racial preferences in hiring. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" 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 04:36:43 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.ac44a14df2e84475a1913130e91e44d2.mountain_of_debt_nyr103.jpg?x=130&y=66&q=85&sig=OqIAhmleLIZ_orOCt3BH0A--" align="left" height="66" 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.ac44a14df2e84475a1913130e91e44d2.mountain_of_debt_nyr103.jpg?x=130&y=66&q=85&sig=OqIAhmleLIZ_orOCt3BH0A--" align="left" height="66" 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/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_iran nm/20090703/us_iran Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:27:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3167122069.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=vF4teN1nN_6I5F16N2Ov3g--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he enters the room before meeting with Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela's Minister of Energy and Petroleum, in Tehran July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A senior Iranian cleric warned on Friday that detained British embassy staff would face trial for their alleged role in post-election unrest, and EU countries summoned Iranian envoys to protest against the detentions.</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_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r3167122069.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=vF4teN1nN_6I5F16N2Ov3g--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he enters the room before meeting with Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela's Minister of Energy and Petroleum, in Tehran July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi" 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/africanunionsummitsudan afp/20090703/africanunionsummitsudan AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:03:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_afp/africanunionsummitsudan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246646534976-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=FBlj1uXZg0KbaKZrALldEw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir attends the 13th African Union summit in Sirte, Libya. The African Union has decided not to cooperate with a war crimes warrant against Beshir and again appealed to the United Nations to delay the case, delegates said Friday.(AFP/Mahmud Turkia)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The African Union decided Friday not to cooperate with a war crimes warrant against Sudan President Omar al-Beshir and again appealed to the United Nations to delay the case.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_afp/africanunionsummitsudan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246646534976-2-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=FBlj1uXZg0KbaKZrALldEw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir attends the 13th African Union summit in Sirte, Libya. The African Union has decided not to cooperate with a war crimes warrant against Beshir and again appealed to the United Nations to delay the case, delegates said Friday.(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/20090704/wl_afp/uspoliticsobamaindependence afp/20090704/uspoliticsobamaindependence AFP world Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:40:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/wl_afp/uspoliticsobamaindependence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246714835483-1-0.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=b_LFw2a1L9l5mFT00nrsSQ--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="US President Barack Obama, seen here on July 1, has urged Americans to implement broad economic and social reforms, expressing confidence the country will be able to overcome the challenges it is facing.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US President Barack Obama urged Americans, who celebrate Independence Day Saturday, to implement broad economic and social reforms, expressing confidence the country will be able to overcome the challenges it is facing.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090704/wl_afp/uspoliticsobamaindependence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090704/capt.photo_1246714835483-1-0.jpg?x=116&y=130&q=85&sig=b_LFw2a1L9l5mFT00nrsSQ--" align="left" height="130" width="116" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama, seen here on July 1, has urged Americans to implement broad economic and social reforms, expressing confidence the country will be able to overcome the challenges it is facing.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" 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/20090704/pl_cq_politics/politics3158471 cq/20090704/politics3158471 CQPolitics.com politics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:39:19 GMT CQPolitics.com - Within hours of House passage June 26 of sweeping energy legislation, the party fund-raising letters were already going out. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090704/pl_bloomberg/a3xjt2wygozy bloomberg/20090704/a3xjt2wygozy Bloomberg politics Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT Bloomberg - July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Sarah Palin’s abrupt announcement that she was resigning as Alaska’s governor left observers speculating about a future for her that could range from a 2012 White House bid to political oblivion.