Archive for June 18th, 2009
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An exceptionally soggy June for many in US (AP)
AP – Mud season has been extended. From North Dakota to Long Island, rain after rain after rain has dampened spirits and swamped roads. Picnics and kids’ baseball games have been washed out, rescheduled and rained out again. Big-time sports, too. -
Judge to review Cheney interview in CIA leak case (AP)
AP – A federal judge said Thursday that he wants to look at notes from the FBI’s interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative. -
Hill wants reins on Fed (Politico)
Politico – Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is spending so much time on the Hill these days that he takes his lunch wherever he can, recently plopping down at a tiny desk inside Rep. Barney Frank’s office to sneak a sandwich. -
Officials: US tracking suspicious ship from NKorea (AP)
AP – The U.S. military is tracking a ship from North Korea that may be carrying illicit weapons, the first vessel monitored under tougher new United Nations rules meant to rein in and punish the communist government following a nuclear test, officials said Thursday. -
Analysis: Deficit could be chink in Obama’s armor (AP)
AP – The solid armor of President Barack Obama’s popularity may have a crack a nearly $2 trillion-sized one. -
Afghan civilian deaths big problem in war (AP)
AP – U.S. special operations forces in Afghanistan need more precision weapons systems to better avoid unintended civilian deaths, a top military officer told Congress Thursday. -
Obama being judged for actions, not promises, polls show
Three new national polls suggest President Obama is more popular than his policies. Two of those surveys, by NBC-Wall Street Journal and CBS-New York Times, also indicate concerns over the federal deficit are growing.
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Congress carves into Obama financial rule reforms (Reuters)
Reuters – Senior U.S. lawmakers launched an assault on Thursday on the centerpiece of the Obama administration’s financial reform plan — giving the Federal Reserve new powers to police broad risks in the economy. -
Congress sends $106B war-spending bill to Obama (AP)
AP – Congress on Thursday sent President Barack Obama a massive spending bill aimed at ensuring that the military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan won’t run out of money in the coming months. -
Banned by Obama, lobbyists find other ways to give (AP)
AP – Lobbyists were banned from a fundraiser Thursday night where President Barack Obama raised $3 million for Democratic candidates, but that won’t stop them from donating cash to the same political account.
