Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Make more than $250k? Obama wants you to pay more in taxes, like it or not

President Barack Obama made it very clear on Wednesday: If you are rich, you should be paying more in taxes.


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Pentagon: Deep defense cuts threaten national security

In what appears to be a shot across the bow, the Pentagon today said future cuts in defense spending "should be shaped by strategy and policy, not budget math."

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Trump off to a promising start

For the past three months, Donald Trump has been making a lot of news about his possible run for the presidency. It started in February when he spoke at the annual gathering of CPAC.


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Obama to renew call to end Bush-era tax cuts in outlining deficit reduction plan

President Obama's speech on deficit reduction will advocate a balance between controling deficits while protecting spending for education, innovation and clean energy.


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US plans new push on Arab-Israeli peace

The United States plans a new push to promote comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday.

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

McConnell ready to play hardball with debt ceiling

The top Senate Republican on Tuesday laid out a hard-line negotiating stance on upcoming budget battles, rejecting any tax increases in exchange for his vote to raise the debt ceiling.


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DC mayor arrested protesting budget restrictions

Mayor Vincent Gray is searched by Capitol Hill police after being arrested on Monday, April 11 in Washington, D.C.A day after getting arrested with other city leaders, the District of Columbia's mayor called on residents of the nation's capital to join him in protesting likely new restrictions on the city from Congress, drawing analogies to this year's popular uprisings in Egypt and Libya.


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