Politics

Old photos may be deceptive in Fla. shooting case

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When he was shot, Trayvon Martin was not the baby-faced boy in the photo that has been on front pages across the country. And George Zimmerman wasn't the beefy-looking figure in the widely published mugshot.

Both photos are a few years old and no ...

Obama's Missing Detainees

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
Killing terrorists means never having to interrogate them.


An African Story

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
Not all transitions on the continent are military coups.


To Live and Die in Tennessee

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
Governor Haslam now endorses death-tax repeal.


Obama could face election-year jam on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- President Barack Obama could be caught in an election-year bind on gay marriage, wedged between the pressure of supporters who want him to back same-sex marriage and the political perils of igniting an explosive social issue in the midst of the campaign....

Obama could face election-year jam on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- President Barack Obama could be caught in an election-year bind on gay marriage, wedged between the pressure of supporters who want him to back same-sex marriage and the political perils of igniting an explosive social issue in the midst of the campaign....

Obama could face election-year jam on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- President Barack Obama could be caught in an election-year bind on gay marriage, wedged between the pressure of supporters who want him to back same-sex marriage and the political perils of igniting an explosive social issue in the midst of the campaign....

Obama could face election-year jam on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- President Barack Obama could be caught in an election-year bind on gay marriage, wedged between the pressure of supporters who want him to back same-sex marriage and the political perils of igniting an explosive social issue in the midst of the campaign....

Obama could face election-year jam on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- President Barack Obama could be caught in an election-year bind on gay marriage, wedged between the pressure of supporters who want him to back same-sex marriage and the political perils of igniting an explosive social issue in the midst of the campaign....

Obama could face election-year jam on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- President Barack Obama could be caught in an election-year bind on gay marriage, wedged between the pressure of supporters who want him to back same-sex marriage and the political perils of igniting an explosive social issue in the midst of the campaign....

Obama team trumpets new polling on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is beginning to express some confidence that the president's historic, yet politically risky, embrace of gay marriage may not hurt him in the November election....

Minn. could test Obama influence on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The political impact of President Barack Obama's support for gay marriage will be tested this fall in Minnesota, where opponents of a proposed gay marriage ban are hoping the president's enduring popularity here will help persuade skeptical Democrats to vote it down....

Current TV ousts talk show host Keith Olbermann

NEW YORK (AP) — Current TV says it has ejected Keith Olbermann from its talk-show lineup after less than a year.

The network announced late Friday afternoon that "Countdown," the show Olbermann has hosted since last June, was to be replaced with a show hosted by former New York Gov. ...

Democracy's Quiet Champion

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
In "The Lady and the Peacock" Peter Popham paints a masterly portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi.


Five Best Books: Presidential Campaigns

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
Historian Lewis L. Gould on outstanding books about quests for the White House, from the 1896 McKinley-Bryan "Battle of the Standards" to the Clinton-Bush-Perot race in 1992.


The Endless Spending Spree

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
In "White House Burning," Simon Johnson and James Kwak analyze the U.S.'s fiscal problems and offer ways of reducing the national debt.


A Run for Their Money

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
In "Illegal Procedure," an ex-sports agent confesses to "scoundrel" behavior—and says it is common in the pursuit of future NFL stars. Adam Thompson reviews.


Romney gets Ryan backing

CNN - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney picked up another major endorsement Friday when conservative favorite Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, whose state votes Tuesday, called Romney "the right person for the job."
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Romney racks up endorsements

CNN - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
Another major conservative figure backs Mitt Romney. His voice joins a growing chorus of major names in the Republican Party calling for the divisive GOP nomination battle to come to an end.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Romney is Liberty University commencement speaker

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 07:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is set to deliver this year's commencement address at Liberty University, the evangelical Christian institution founded by the late televangelist Jerry Falwell Sr....
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