Archive for July 1st, 2009
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Obama widens mortgage refi program
The Obama administration is widening its mortgage refinancing program to allow more borrowers hit hard by falling home prices to take part.
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Obama awards WWII-era women pilots congressional medal
President Obama on Wednesday signed a measure awarding the 300 surviving Women Airforce Service Pilots from World War II the Congressional Gold Medal.
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AP: Ex-Edwards aide appears at federal courthouse (AP)
AP – An ex-aide to John Edwards who claimed he fathered a child born to the mistress of the two-time Democratic presidential candidate spent Wednesday in a federal courthouse, but declined to talk with a reporter about an investigation into his former boss. -
GOP: 60 Votes Will Haunt Democrats at Ballot Box (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com – Republicans say Democrat Al Franken’s victory in the long-contested Minnesota Senate race opens a new line of attack against Democrats for 2010.
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Mousavi urges Iran vote re-run, backs rights group (AFP)
AFP – Iranian presidential election runner up Mir Hossein Mousavi renewed a demand for a complete re-run of the vote and pledged to help set up a new group to defend citizen’s rights. -
Emotion, few details, in Obama’s health care pitch (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama wanted to put a human face on his plans to overhaul health care, and a Virginia supporter did just that Wednesday. Fighting back tears, Debby Smith, 53, told Obama of her kidney cancer and her inability to obtain health insurance or hold a job. -
U.S. halts military relations with Honduras
The Obama administration says it has suspended joint military operations with Honduras to protest a coup that forced President Manuel Zelaya into exile. -
Detainee attorney seeks to suppress interrogations (AP)
AP – Attorneys for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner asked a federal judge Wednesday to exclude as evidence against him the statements he made during at least 57 interrogations since his capture, saying they were the result of torture and other coercion.
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Adviser: Gillibrand gets Maloney primary challenge (AP)
AP – New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney has decided to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the state’s Democratic primary, setting the stage for a potentially costly and contentious fight that other congressional Democrats have avoided. -
Obama pitches health plan, hugs cancer patient
President Barack Obama wanted to put a human face on his plans to overhaul health care, and a Virginia supporter did just that Wednesday.
