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Israel and Palestinians agree to more peace meetings
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a U.S.-backed peace deal within a year and end a conflict that has boiled for six decades.
09/02/2010 - 06:40 PM
Obama unpopular ahead of midterms: Will the GOP benefit?
(Time.com)
 Time.com - Nine weeks before the midterm elections, Barack Obama finds himself on the wrong side of the polls. Where did all that adoration go -- and is a Republican sweep next?
09/02/2010 - 11:00 PM
POLITICAL INSIDER: Clinton helps Ark. Democrat
(AP)
AP - Former President Bill Clinton is coming to the aid of endangered Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln.
09/02/2010 - 09:51 AM
Wary of tea party, GOP attacks Senate candidate
(AP)
 AP - Delaware Republicans call Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell a liar who "could not be elected dog catcher" in a fierce attack that underscores GOP fears of the tea party-backed candidate knocking off top recruit Rep. Mike Castle and winning the nomination.
09/02/2010 - 10:00 PM
Anti-abortion group targets Democrats in radio ads
(AP)
AP - An anti-abortion group plans to air radio ads in three congressional races calling for the defeat of Democratic incumbents, among the first ads to capitalize on a Supreme Court ruling this year that freed corporations to directly influence elections.
09/02/2010 - 09:39 PM
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer at a loss for words in first debate
(The Upshot)
The Upshot - It's a politician's worst nightmare: Drawing a complete blank in a high-profile debate. That's what happened to Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer, who lost her train of thought during her opening statement during her first televised debate with her Democratic challenger, state Attorney General Terry Goddard. Brewer was in the middle of talking up her [...]
09/02/2010 - 04:40 PM
More Dems buck plan to let taxes increase for rich
(AP)
 AP - Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans.
09/02/2010 - 07:37 PM
Gibbs defends Obama's efforts to help House Democrats
(CQPolitics.com)
 CQPolitics.com - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Thursday defended President Barack Obama's track record of campaigning for House Democrats as new polling shows their party taking a nose dive.
09/02/2010 - 06:58 PM
Happy beginning for a W.H. production
(Politico)
Politico - Obama was able to show on the foreign policy stage.
09/02/2010 - 07:43 PM
Obama visits Dole at Walter Reed
(Politico)
Politico - The president saw the former Kansas senator and 1996 GOP presidential nominee on Monday.
09/02/2010 - 05:23 PM
Hopeful sign: More talks for Israel, Palestinians
(AP)
 AP - In an early sign of promise, Israeli and Palestinian leaders pledged Thursday in a cordial first round of talks to keep meeting at regular intervals, aiming to nail down a framework for overcoming deep disputes and achieving lasting peace within a year.
09/02/2010 - 10:41 PM
Jordan's king: Terrorists want to derail talks
(AP)
 AP - Jordan's King Abdullah II suggests that failure of new peace talks between Isarel and the Palestinians would be a victory for terrorists seeking to derail the process.
09/01/2010 - 07:33 PM
US officers take up posts at Paris airport
(AP)
AP - American officers are taking up posts at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport to help identify potential terrorists or other high-risk passengers heading to the United States.
09/02/2010 - 09:49 AM
Israeli-Palestinian talks: no breakthroughs, but a way forward
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas achieved no jaw-dropping breakthroughs as they relaunched direct peace talks Thursday with a determined nudge from the Obama administration.
09/02/2010 - 08:05 PM
AMERICA'S LITTLE WARS ARE DRAINING US IN A BIG WAY
(Georgie Anne Geyer)
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- You have to wonder exactly what you're supposed to say in a week like this one, as President Obama officially declared the end to the U.S. war in Iraq and most Americans breathed a tempered sigh of relief.
09/02/2010 - 07:56 PM
Sloan Wages Quixotic Campaign Against Norton
(CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Doug Sloan wants the microphone.
09/02/2010 - 11:05 PM
Labor, business leaders differ on ways to fix economy
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — With the Labor Day weekend approaching, union leaders and U.S. business interests expressed concerns Thursday about the fragility of the nation's economic recovery. They offered drastically different remedies for fixing the country's woes, however.
09/02/2010 - 06:40 PM
GOP Committees Look to Outside Groups to Fund Fall Ground Game
(CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Republican strategists wary of relying on a Republican National Committee beset by controversy are relying on third-party organizations to fund and manage crucial ground game operations for the midterm elections.
09/02/2010 - 01:51 PM
Tea party seeks another upset in Delaware's Senate primary
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WILMINGTON, Del. — Thanks to the tea party, Rep. Mike Castle's once smooth path to Delaware's Republican Senate nomination suddenly has become less predictable — and is providing a fresh reason for already staggering moderate Republicans everywhere to be frightened.
09/02/2010 - 05:19 PM
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