Latest ethics complaints should be 'a wake-up call,' Palin says

Gov. Palin's office announced Friday night that two more ethics complaints have been filed against her in the last week. (CNN) – The two new ethics complaints filed against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in the past week should be ‘a wake-up call,’ the former Republican vice presidential candidate says. In a statement released late Friday night, Palin’s [...] Comments

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Obama bids goodbye to Ghana

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Obama visits historic slave trading site in Ghana

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Sotomayor in the spotlight

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U.S. seeks amnesty for two held in North Korea

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives a news briefing Friday at the State Department. WASHINGTON (CNN) — The United States has dropped its request that two American journalists imprisoned in North Korea be released on humanitarian grounds, and is seeking amnesty instead, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. A plea for amnesty implies forgiveness for some [...] Comments

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Obama defends $787B stimulus bill

WASHINGTON (CNN) – After a week of increasing Republican criticism of Democrats’ $787 billion stimulus bill, President Obama is using his weekly address to defend the massive piece of legislation which has in many ways come to define his young administration thus far. “In a little over one hundred days,” Obama says in Saturday’s address, the [...] Comments

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Top House Republican slams Obama over stimulus, jobs

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, the number two Republican in the House of Representatives, used the weekly Republican radio and internet address to slam President Barack Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan. Saying the stimulus bill passed earlier this year was "full of pork barrel spending, government waste, and massive borrowing," the House Minority [...] Comments

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Obama urges 'strong, sustainable' governments in Africa

President Obama addressed Ghana's Parliament Saturday in a speech that emphasized the importance of establishing democratic governments across the African continent. (CNN) — President Obama praised Ghana on Saturday for working to put its democratic government on a firmer footing, with peaceful transfers to powers. Obama stressed that all nations must support "strong and sustainable" governments. Watch: Obama [...] Comments

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Africans reach out to Obama via text messages

President Obama greets people Saturday during breakfast at Osu Castle in Accra, Ghana. (CNN) — The text messages address various issues and come from all over the African continent. From the personal: "Obama, as a young lady I dream of being the president. U r a huge encouragement." To cries for help: "Dear president, Darfur firing again…waiting for [...] Comments

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Report: Secret Service off hook in 2008 Obama plane mishaps

WASHINGTON (CNN) – A preliminary report on the mysterious deployment of an evacuation chute aboard a Barack Obama campaign plane last summer appears to close the book on one potentially embarrassing possibility — that Secret Service agents inadvertently tampered with the chute mechanism during preflight security checks. "An internal (Secret Service) investigation … revealed [...] Comments

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House Dems to levy new tax on wealthy to pay for health care

President Obama speaks about health care reform in May. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee Friday proposed a graduated tax on wealthy Americans to pay for health care reform, to several Democratic sources tell CNN. The new tax would kick in for individuals who make over between $280,000 to $400,000 per year [...] Comments

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Obama arrives in Ghana

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Is Obama snubbing his father's country?

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Christie won't ask for Palin's help

She may be a hit with the base, but she won't be hitting the trail for Christie. (CNN) — New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie says he won't invite Sarah Palin to join him on the campaign trail. "This is about New Jersey issues and New Jersey, and I don't think having Gov. [...] Comments

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Burris not running for a full Senate term

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — Sen. Roland Burris, D-Illinois, announced Friday that he will not run for a full six-year term next year. "Being a United States senator today requires not only a significant time commitment to performing the job, but almost equal commitment to raising funds to run competitively for the office," he told [...] Comments

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President gives pope personal letter from Kennedy

(CNN) — President Obama presented Pope Benedict XVI a letter from Sen. Edward Kennedy during their meeting at the Vatican Friday, and asked the Pontiff to pray for the senator, who is being treated for brain cancer. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters the president called the Massachusetts Democrat after the meeting. Gibbs said [...] Comments

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Domestic surveillance program began soon after 9/11

A demonstration in Chicago in 2006 protests the Bush administration's wiretapping program. WASHINGTON (CNN) – The highly controversial warrantless surveillance program initiated by President George W. Bush began within weeks of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to a newly released report to Congress compiled by the inspectors general of the nation's top intelligence agencies, [...] Comments

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California's IOUs rejected

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CNN Poll: Do American care if Obama smokes?

President Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act on June 22. WASHINGTON (CNN) – Most Americans say that President Barack Obama's struggle to quit smoking doesn't change their views of him, according to a new national poll. The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday also indicates that only a third say that they would [...] Comments

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Powell gives Clinton advice

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