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Arkansas Rep. Marion Berry (Arkansas Democrat) to retire

Arkansas Rep. Marion Berry is expected to announce his retirement tomorrow morning, according to three sources briefed on the decision.

[ More ] January 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

Obama blasts campaign finance ruling

President Barack Obama sharply criticizes a Supreme Court decision easing limits on campaign spending by corporations and labor unions.
 

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |
 

Obama blasts Supreme Court campaign finance ruling

President Barack Obama on Saturday sharply criticized a Supreme Court decision easing limits on campaign spending by corporations and labor unions, saying he couldn’t “think of anything more devastating to the public interest.” He also suggested the…

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

Iraq president challenges ban on 511 candidates

Reporting from Baghdad – Iraq’s president has asked the country’s Supreme Court to rule on the legality of a ban on hundreds of candidates in the upcoming elections, offering the first official challenge to a decision that could undermine the legiti…

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |
 

U.S. officials defend arrest of jet bomb suspect

The Justice Department defends its decision to treat as a criminal rather than an enemy combatant a man suspected of trying to blow up a jetliner on Christmas Day.

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |