Politics

Obama squeezes N. Korea to change, China to help

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama is broadening a squeeze play on North Korea from the heart of this tensely divided peninsula, pressuring China to show more influence and warning the unpredictable North that it is headed toward a crippling "dead end" of isolation....

Tom Nassif: Beyond Baseball's Guest Workers

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
People who harvest our food are as important as those who swing a bat.


O'Grady: Why Socialist Cuba Prohibits Social Media

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
The regime fears Cuban-to-Cuban chatter even more than it does communication with the outside world.


Reuel Marc Gerecht: How Washington Encourages Israel to Bomb Iran

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
Israel knows sanctions aren't likely to work and is increasingly aware of the poor quality of U.S. intelligence.


David Gelernter: The Pros and Cons of Cyber-English

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
The English language needs to be shaken up on occasion, but beware the smiley-face and the plague of nowness.


Crovitz: Could Morse Have Patented the Web?

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
Under today's loose standards, the telegraph inventor might own the Internet.


Parishioners comfort relatives of West Virginia fire victims

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As Talma Isabell coped with the crushing heartache of losing her daughter and five grandchildren in a house fire that killed nine people in all, several dozen people surrounded the woman and her family at church Sunday with their arms raised and their heads bowed in ...

American Scene: Training on Everest climb helps man wins memory contest

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Training on Everest climb helps man wins memory contest

NEW YORK | A Florida man who trained for a national memory competition by memorizing a randomly shuffled deck of cards as he climbed Mount Everest won the mental bout Saturday and broke a U.S. record.

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Cuomo's Pension Retreat

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
New York's Governor loses a round to the unions.


Jim Kim to the World Bank

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
The Dartmouth president is better than the bank deserves.


Governor 13.3%

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
Jerry Brown's latest California accomplishment.


House GOP budget plan heats up as campaign issue

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The new debt-slashing budget plan pushed by House Republicans heated up as a presidential campaign issue Sunday as the proposal's architect, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, sparred with top Democrats over its political fallout and downplayed the possibility he could be tapped as a vice presidential candidate....

House GOP budget plan heats up as campaign issue

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The new debt-slashing budget plan pushed by House Republicans heated up as a presidential campaign issue Sunday as the proposal's architect, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, sparred with top Democrats over its political fallout and downplayed the possibility he could be tapped as a vice presidential candidate....

WILLIAMS: Why the 1 percenters lean left

I have often asked myself, and heard it asked by others, why so many wealthy people support liberal causes. (This is the flip side of the usual election-year frustration of the liberals with the working classes' clinging to their guns and religion.) In this presidential campaign season, as in 2008, ...

Supreme Court election-year blockbusters

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
The justices on the Supreme Court know very well their rulings can send immediate political shock waves, and those just intensify in a presidential election year. Here are some landmark, presidential election-year legal disputes -- judicial blockbusters if you will -- handled by the Supreme Court.
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Health care reform FAQ

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
The U.S. Supreme Court is prepared to take on an emotionally charged case: the massive health care reform legislation championed by President Barack Obama.
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Louisiana win shows race goes on for Santorum

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
Fresh off a big win in Louisiana, Rick Santorum insisted Sunday that Republicans are rejecting the premise that rival Mitt Romney has virtually locked up the GOP presidential nomination.
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Dick Cheney recovering after heart transplant

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
Former President George W. Bush was happy that heart transplant surgery for his vice president, Dick Cheney, went well, according to a statement Sunday from Bush's spokesman.
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Court's health ruling could shake fall elections

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court's ruling on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is likely to shake the presidential election race in early summer. But the winners in the court will not necessarily be the winners in the political arena....

Court's health ruling could shake fall elections

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-18 01:41
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court's ruling on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is likely to shake the presidential election race in early summer. But the winners in the court will not necessarily be the winners in the political arena....
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