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'Fighting' Obama hits Supreme Court over campaign finance
Atlanta - Fresh off a fighting stance at an Ohio event, President Obama aimed a haymaker at the Supreme Court in his Saturday morning address, saying a 5-4 ruling striking down the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law undermines the Republic by giving “voice to the powerful interests that already drown out the voices of everyday Americans.”
People:Hillary Clinton Activities:Obama Admin. Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2010-01-24
China says missing lawyer 'is where he should be'
BEIJING - A Chinese human rights lawyer missing for almost a year has been judged by legal authorities and "is where he should be," a Foreign Ministry official said in China's first public comment on the case.
Nations:China Source:(AP)
2010-01-24
US asked to drag China to WTO over Google dispute
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Some groups are calling on the United States to challenge China?s "firewall" before the World Trade Organization, as a bilateral row over cyberattacks on Google adds to trade tensions.
Nations:U.S. China People:Barack Obama Activities:2010 Google China Dispute China-U.S. Source:(AFP)
2010-01-23
Supreme Court rolls back campaign spending limits
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that corporations may spend as freely as they like to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on business efforts to influence federal campaigns.
People:Sonia Sotomayor Samuel Alito Hillary Clinton Source:(AP)
2010-01-21
Photo of Spanish Prime Minister's daughters highlights privacy concerns for world leaders
Last week Barack and Michelle Obama hosted a reception for visiting foreign dignitaries at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Over the course of the evening, the president, whose "amazingly consistent" smile created a viral video, and first lady posed for over 130 photographs with their guests, all of which were later posted to the State Department's Flickr page.
People:Caroline Kennedy Michelle Obama Rush Limbaugh John McCain
2009-09-29
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