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Stupak got tied up supporting government-funded abortion Apr 9, 2010 By THE WASHINGTON TIMES Rep. Bart Stupak’s announcement today that he will not seek re-election is no big surprise. The Michigan Democrat dug himself into a deep political hole and and couldn’t climb out of it. Mr. Stupak repeatedly vowed that he would never vote [...]
Apr 9, 2010 By Ken Klukowski FOXNews.com The announcement that Justice Stevens will retire from the Supreme Court profoundly changes the national political climate as possible successors come to the fore. Justice Stevens dropped a national bombshell on Friday by announcing his retirement from the Supreme Court. Given the hot-button issues the High Court [...]
Apr 9, 2010 By Newt Gingrich FOXNews.com If you have spending with no representative knowing what it is, you don’t have representative self-government. You have a machine. And that was the first signal that this is very different. This is the most radical administration in American history. Editor’s note: The following is a transcript [...]
Apr 9, 2010 By Andrea Tantaros FOXNews.com The Obama administration is creating a crisis so that they can solve it with a mechanism that will serve as the catalyst for future spending on their massive government programs. And even though our president said he wouldn’t raise taxes on 95% of Americans while he was [...]
From Terry Frieden, CNN Justice Producer April 10, 2010 12:12 a.m. EDT Washington (CNN) — A controversial Obama administration nominee to a powerful Justice Department post announced Friday that she has withdrawn her nomination in the face of unrelenting Republican opposition. Dawn Johnsen, an outspoken champion of abortion rights and a harsh critic of Bush [...]
By the CNN Wire Staff April 9, 2010 6:10 p.m. EDT (CNN) – Iran announced Friday it has advanced its nuclear technology, unveiling new, faster centrifuges and celebrating “giant steps” forward. In a speech celebrating National Nuclear Day, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slammed “selfish behavior” by “arrogant” countries that have tried to negotiate a halt to [...]
Ahmadinejad Defiant Despite Threat of Sanctions; New Centrifuge Accelerates Uranium Enrichment Program Apr 9, 2010 Iran unveiled a third generation of domestically built centrifuges Friday as the Islamic Republic accelerates a uranium enrichment program that has alarmed world powers fearful of the nuclear program’s aims. The new machines are capable of much faster enrichment than [...]
Bergen County Teachers Union’s Memo The Latest Salvo In War Of Words With Gov. Christie; Swift Apology Issued Apr 10, 2010 Reporting Marcia Kramer New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s take-no-prisoners demand for education cuts got him a whole lot more than he bargained for — a death wish. It was in a controversial e-mail sent [...]
By SIMON HUGHES, Chief Investigative Reporter Apr 10, 2010 The terror group pledged to target the match between England and the USA in South Africa in June, warning “hundreds” of fans could die. A branch of al-Qaeda which last year killed British hostage Edwin Dyer, 61, in Mali made the threats. They also vowed to [...]
Apr 9, 7:00 AM (ET) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea has denounced President Barack Obama’s nuclear policy as “hostile,” and is vowing to keep building and expanding its arsenal of atomic weapons. The blistering criticism from North Korea’s Foreign Ministry was carried Friday by the official Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang. Read [...]

