Aug 31, 2011 By Dan Farber President Obama chose to request Sept. 7 at 8:00 PM ET as the time to address a joint session of Congress with his jobs proposal, which is precisely the same time for the GOP debate that has been scheduled for several weeks. It’s difficult not to perceive the timing [...]

Aug 31, 2011 By Caroline May In response to recent comments made by Indiana Democratic Rep. Andre Carson and California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters that denigrate the tea party movement, Florida Republican Rep. Allen West — a member of both the Congressional Black Caucus and the Tea Party Caucus — sent a letter to CBC [...]

Published August 31, 2011 FoxNews.com President Obama called on Congress Wednesday to pass a transportation funding bill that includes an extension of the federal gas tax, claiming the move would protect about 1 million jobs.  At issue is the renewal of a transportation spending bill that expires Sept. 30. The president, speaking in the Rose [...]

Aug 31, 2011 France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Wednesday that Iran’s alleged attempts to build long-range missiles and nuclear weapons could lead unnamed countries to launch a pre-emptive attack. “Its military nuclear and ballistic ambitions constitute a growing threat that may lead to a preventive attack against Iranian sites that would provoke a major [...]

By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON | Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:09pm EDT  (Reuters) – Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday she resented what she viewed as an attack on her integrity by former Vice President Dick Cheney in his just-published memoir. Speaking in an interview with Reuters, Rice rejected Cheney’s contention that she [...]

By GLENN THRUSH & JONATHAN ALLEN | 8/31/11 12:26 PM EDT Updated: 9/1/11 6:26 AM EDT A presidential address to a joint session of Congress is usually one of Washington’s more dignified and predictable events — but President Barack Obama’s request to deliver a Sept. 7 speech quickly devolved into just another partisan pie fight. [...]

Says purchase was to show support for American workers By Paul Bedard August 31, 2011 To show her support for American workers, President Obama’s labor secretary, Hilda Solis, has junked the standard black limo and purchased a new Chevrolet Equinox to ride around Washington in. The problem: the crossover SUV is built and assembled in [...]

Aug 31, 2011 WAUSAU, Wis. (WLS) – The Marathon County Labor Council has reversed a decision that excluded Republican politicians from participating in the Labor Day parade in Wausau. Labor Council President Randy Radtke earlier said Republican elected officials were not invited because they supported changes to collective bargaining for public employee unions. Wausau Mayor [...]