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April 2008 - Posts
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Senator Barack Obama’s aura of inevitability in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination has diminished after his loss in the Pennsylvania Read More...
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Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne proposed new regulations Wednesday that would allow people to carry a concealed weapon in some national parks and wildlife Read More...
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The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that while Obama's image has been hurt by Wright and some are wary of a Bill Clinton return to the White Read More...
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On the trail in Indiana, Sen. Barack Obama seeks to get his campaign message back on track. He has been mired in the controversy over remarks by his outspoken Read More...
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Citing budget concerns, authorities in Virginia's Prince William County have scaled back an aggressive policy to check immigration status. A law aimed Read More...
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Sen. Barack Obama used strong words Tuesday in a bid to distance himself from his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. What do black voters in North Read More...
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The Alvin School District, near Houston, will likely serve some of the children who were taken into state custody after a raid on a polygamist sect in Read More...
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Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton have divided the Democratic Party by race, income and education, but there is no demographic Read More...
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The Democratic presidential campaigns are crisscrossing Indiana, stopping in Republican strongholds such as Martinsville. In this town with a troubled Read More...
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Howard Dean says the superdelegates will vote for the most electable candidate -- a reasonable standard, but how do you calculate it? Read More...
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Soon after his former pastor startled some with a defiant performance that was televised nationwide, Barack Obama urged supporters to stay calm and shrug Read More...
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In this week's edition of the Political Junkie , NPR's political editor Ken Rudin talks about the upcoming primaries in North Carolina and Indiana. Also, Read More...
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Members of Congress continue to battle out details of the latest farm bill, which covers much more than just farming. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) discusses Read More...
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Joyce Bristow has attended Trinity United Church of Christ for ten years. She tells Madeleine Brand that the Rev. Wright controversy is negatively affecting Read More...
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It has become a campaign like on other. Continuing to throw conventional wisdom out the window, it defies description or logic. Sens. Hillary Clinton and Read More...
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Senate candidate Al Franken, dogged by accusations that he failed to file tax returns in California, said Tuesday he will pay about $70,000 in back income Read More...
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The president, seeking a Middle East peace legacy that eluded his predecessors, said on Tuesday he is still hopeful an Israeli-Palestinian deal can be Read More...
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Bertie Ahern to be honored for his role in establishing peace in Northern Ireland after decades of violence. Read More...
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At a news conference Tuesday in North Carolina, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama strongly condemned recent remarks by his former pastor, Read More...
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Reporters aren't used to seeing Barack Obama display much emotion, but he left no doubt about his anger and distaste for Rev. Jeremiah Wright's latest Read More...
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With gasoline prices now nearing $4 a gallon in some parts of the country, the high cost to fill up the tank is increasingly the hot topic on Capitol Hill, Read More...
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House Republicans, who have feuded with Senator John McCain over the years, now see him as a potential savior in an off-year for the party brand. Read More...
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Running for president, even six months before the general election, can seem like a marathon. Reporter David Greene followed New York Sen. Hillary Clinton Read More...
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The Arkansas National Guard's 39th Combat Brigade Team has returned to Iraq roughly three years after deployment. On this tour, the soldiers have lighter Read More...
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Sen. John McCain on Tuesday rejected calls by his Democratic opponents for universal health coverage, instead offering a market-based solution with an Read More...
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The Supreme Court’s decision Monday upholding Indiana’s voter photo identification law was another timely reminder, if any were needed, of how big the Read More...
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Barack Obama used basketball to help adjust to a white world as a racially mixed teenager, and the game now stands as a sweaty platform for his Democratic Read More...
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Sacrifice is a word Americans like to associate with their heritage, ideals and themselves. But these days, it's not a word that comes easily to the lips Read More...
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You look at the man today — immaculately tailored suit, ramrod-straight posture, confidently articulating complex beliefs in a swanky Midwestern hotel Read More...
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Democrat Barack Obama says he was outraged by the comments of his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and saddened by the spectacle of his appearance Read More...
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Three New York City police officers were acquitted on Friday in the shooting death of Sean Bell, a young, unarmed African-American man who was killed hours Read More...
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Despite Hillary Clinton's recent show of strength, the odds against her winning the Democratic nomination are probably worse than ever. By Charlie Cook, Read More...
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People can get more prison time for mail fraud than for violating safety standards that can kill workers, Democratic senators said as they called for tougher Read More...
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The increasing gap between the number of young voters (18-29) identifying as Democrats and those identifying as Republicans appears to have one main cause: Read More...
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California's public schools are facing billions of dollars in budget cuts. Large and small, districts are making tough choices. Some are cutting staff Read More...
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"I couldn't write you a quake policy now if you were the Queen of Outer Space." That's what Cory Farley's insurance agent told him when he called to ask Read More...
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Video game fans lined up for hours Tuesday to get their hands on the new Grand Theft Auto IV. Set in the fictional town of Liberty City — a murderous, Read More...
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The Democratic hopeful is arguing that his rivals' call for a temporary suspension of the federal gas tax is "designed to get them through an election" Read More...
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The Democratic hopeful talks of trying to make time for family while he's considered the runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Read More...
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Gov. Mike Easley endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton Tuesday, boosting her presidential bid a week before North Carolina's May 6 primary. Read More...
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On this very day your U.S. House will vote to express its "sense" that "there should be established a National Watermelon Month." Later this afternoon, Read More...
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After weeks of silence, Rev. Jeremiah Wright is publicly defending his controversial comments from the pulpit, remarks that Sen. Barack Obama has had to Read More...
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Loyal Democrat Richard Somer says if Hillary Rodham Clinton gets his party's presidential nomination, he just may sit it out this Election Day. Read More...
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Speaking at a White House news conference Tuesday, the president says Congress has blocked his solutions to the nation's economic and energy problems. Read More...
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North Carolina Democratic Gov. Mike Easley made his endorsement official this morning, saying that Hillary Clinton “gets it” and is a fighter who he said Read More...
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For all his basketball skills, Barack Obama was out of his league. The Democratic presidential candidate played hoops with the University of North Carolina Read More...
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President Bush will address Americans’ growing worry about the economy at a news conference Tuesday at the White House. Read More...
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Florida's legislature is working out the details of a bill that would either allow or require science teachers to present students with alternatives to Read More...
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Hillary Clinton has seized on a symbol of what she sees as the erosion of America’s defense industrial base: a company called Magnequench which once made Read More...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Barack Obama on Monday for opposing proposals to suspend federal gas taxes this summer, a plan she and Republican John Read More...
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor keeps making headlines with controversial speeches. Obama told reporters Rev. Jeremiah Wright doesn't speak Read More...
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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can require voters to present a photo ID at the polling place. Rick Hasen of Loyola Law School in Los Read More...
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states can require voters to show identity cards, rejecting arguments that this amounts to an unconstitutional burden, Read More...
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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright told told the National Press Club that attacks on him are really attacks on the black church. Earlier comments about race and Read More...
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A new court in Buffalo is working with the Veterans Affairs Department to help veterans such as Gary Pettingill, who was busted in a drug sweep, get back Read More...
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Should the Bush administration be doing more to boost a Mideast peace settlement? Not right now, says a public policy scholar at Washington's Woodrow Wilson Read More...
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Rudy Giuliani should not have received Holy Communion during the pope's visit because the former presidential candidate supports abortion rights, New York Read More...
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Student activists in the 1960s wanted to create a new system. The current activists, who make up a large part of Obama's support, are more interested in Read More...
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Lawmakers in many states have found other uses for a huge 1999 civil settlement with tobacco companies that was initially meant to create anti-smoking Read More...
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The Bush administration is undermining the EPA's ability to determine health dangers of toxic chemicals by letting nonscientists have a bigger say, congressional Read More...
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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's former pastor, defends the sermon that has become a source of political turmoil. He faced off with reporters during Read More...
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In the final part of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's three-part interview with NPR, he discusses his views on the Constitution, judicial activism Read More...
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The Supreme Court backs an Indiana law that requires voters to show government-issued photo ID cards when they cast ballots. The challengers of the law Read More...
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The May 6 Clinton-Obama primary showdown isn't the only political race engaging Indiana voters. The governor's contest could have a local impact on who Read More...
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The latest Newsweek poll has found that Clinton is now only trailing Obama by 7 points, down from 19 just a week ago, and that his negative ratings are Read More...
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The GOP candidate criticized his Democratic rivals on Monday for a 'big government' approach to health care and said he would focus on reducing costs and Read More...
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