Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/703 Politics News en-us Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:22:10 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/703 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_pr_wh/the_presidents__club ap/20090108/the_presidents__club AP Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:28:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_pr_wh/the_presidents__club"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090107/capt.1bd6e2b4d15b42988ac8d099e132b017.the_presidents__club_dcsa102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=zScJnZFl2TMFKoD87XfRRQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="President-elect Barack Obama is welcomed by President George W. Bush for a meeting at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, with former presidents, from left, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - Confronting a grim economy and a Middle East on fire, Barack Obama turned Wednesday to perhaps the only people on the planet who understand what he's in for: the four living members of the U.S. presidents' club.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_pr_wh/the_presidents__club"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090107/capt.1bd6e2b4d15b42988ac8d099e132b017.the_presidents__club_dcsa102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=zScJnZFl2TMFKoD87XfRRQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="President-elect Barack Obama is welcomed by President George W. Bush for a meeting at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, with former presidents, from left, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_co/senate_burris ap/20090108/senate_burris AP Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:31:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_co/senate_burris"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090107/capt.ee6432347f6b4ae884c493e95c045aa6.senate_burris_dcsw104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Bvqo.dqZqbCaTemY2N6v2w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Illinois U.S. Senate Appointee Roland Burris, left, meets with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light. Burris said with a smile he expected to join them "very shortly."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_co/senate_burris"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090107/capt.ee6432347f6b4ae884c493e95c045aa6.senate_burris_dcsw104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Bvqo.dqZqbCaTemY2N6v2w--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Illinois U.S. Senate Appointee Roland Burris, left, meets with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_co/senate_burris_missteps ap/20090108/senate_burris_missteps AP Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:34:57 GMT AP - Senate Democrats who thought they could push away Roland Burris misjudged the racial fallout, underestimated public reaction and wound up on shaky legal ground. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_pr_wh/recession_stimulus ap/20090108/recession_stimulus AP Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:31:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_pr_wh/recession_stimulus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090107/capt.6aa17a39500241f1b57f72df0af0e03b.obama_dclj102.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=AB3af7iVHi8Kdrk_vDjSZQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="President-elect Barack Obama gestures during a news conference at his transition office in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, where he introduced Nancy Killefer, not shown, to the newly created position of chief performance officer. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)" border="0" /></a>AP - Pointing with concern to "red ink as far as the eye can see," President-elect Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to tackle out-of-control Social Security and Medicare spending and named a special watchdog to clamp down on other federal programs — even as he campaigned anew to spend the largest pile of taxpayer money in history to revive the sinking economy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_pr_wh/recession_stimulus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090107/capt.6aa17a39500241f1b57f72df0af0e03b.obama_dclj102.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=AB3af7iVHi8Kdrk_vDjSZQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="President-elect Barack Obama gestures during a news conference at his transition office in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, where he introduced Nancy Killefer, not shown, to the newly created position of chief performance officer. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090108/pl_politico/17195 politico/20090108/17195 Politico Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:51:00 GMT Politico - Harry Reid is poised to let Roland Burris take a seat in the Senate &mdash; an embarrassing about-face for a Democratic leader at the pinnacle of his power. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_he_me/vitamin_d ap/20090108/vitamin_d AP Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:03:54 GMT AP - The nation's largest medical lab company says it recently discovered and fixed a problem that led to inaccuracies in a small number of tests for vitamin D deficiency. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_go_co/burris_legal ap/20090107/burris_legal AP Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:53:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_go_co/burris_legal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20090107/i/r1842118668.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=p4dj.AALAWxUlvGrJpcEGQ--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="U.S. Senate-designate Roland Burris (D-IL) speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington January 7, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>AP - A conservative watchdog group has sued the Senate for refusing to immediately seat Roland Burris as the new senator from Illinois.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_go_co/burris_legal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20090107/i/r1842118668.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=p4dj.AALAWxUlvGrJpcEGQ--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="photo" title="U.S. Senate-designate Roland Burris (D-IL) speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington January 7, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_el_se/matthews_senate ap/20090108/matthews_senate AP Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:17:58 GMT AP - MSNBC political commentator Chris Matthews has told his colleagues he won't be leaving television to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_go_ot/irs_worst_problems ap/20090107/irs_worst_problems AP Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:55:27 GMT AP - The nation's tax code is so complex that taxpayers spend nearly $200 billion a year on the work required to comply with requirements, the government's taxpayer advocate said in a report released Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090107/pl_nm/us_payfairness_house nm/20090107/us_payfairness_house Reuters Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:58:56 GMT Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on Friday on two bills to combat workplace sex discrimination, including legislation named after an Alabama woman who lost a pay equity case at the U.S. Supreme Court because she waited too long to file a lawsuit, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_terrorism ap/20090107/eu_britain_terrorism AP Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:31:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_terrorism"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090107/capt.79cdae9bddfb459399942a4b5ce5eb7a.britain_terrorism_mi5_chief_evans_lon801.jpg?x=125&y=130&q=85&sig=tS3o4py7UAUq_TugK9DYxg--" align="left" height="130" width="125" alt="In this image provided by the British Government and released Wednesday Jan. 7, 2009, shows The Director General of Britain's domestic spy agency MI5, Jonathan Evans sits at a desk in Thames House, London, on Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009. Evans gave the first-ever media interview Tuesday by a serving chief in MI5's 100-year history, and is quoted in British newspapers published Wednesday, as saying al-Qaida is still trying to use British citizens to carry out terrorist attacks on the U.K. and his officers keep some 2,000 people suspected of terrorism involvement under constant surveillance.(AP Photo / British Government - CROWN COPYRIGHT)" border="0" /></a>AP - Terrorists based in Britain have plotted fewer attacks against the U.K. over the last 18 months — but the overall threat from terrorism remains severe, the head of Britain's MI5 domestic intelligence agency was quoted as saying Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_terrorism"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090107/capt.79cdae9bddfb459399942a4b5ce5eb7a.britain_terrorism_mi5_chief_evans_lon801.jpg?x=125&y=130&q=85&sig=tS3o4py7UAUq_TugK9DYxg--" align="left" height="130" width="125" alt="photo" title="In this image provided by the British Government and released Wednesday Jan. 7, 2009, shows The Director General of Britain's domestic spy agency MI5, Jonathan Evans sits at a desk in Thames House, London, on Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009. Evans gave the first-ever media interview Tuesday by a serving chief in MI5's 100-year history, and is quoted in British newspapers published Wednesday, as saying al-Qaida is still trying to use British citizens to carry out terrorist attacks on the U.K. and his officers keep some 2,000 people suspected of terrorism involvement under constant surveillance.(AP Photo / British Government - CROWN COPYRIGHT)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)