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GOP, Dems in Different Worlds
 GOP, Dems in Different Worlds 
Jul 28, 2011 7:27 AM CDT

GOP, Dems in Different Worlds

Could Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell save the day?

(Newser) - Harry Reid and John Boehner each made progress in their quest for votes yesterday—but that actually drove them further away from a compromise. House Republicans and Senate Democrats “seemed to operate in alternate realities,” the New York Times observes, with each sure the other would eventually cave...

Hacker Gets 18 Years for Framing Neighbor in Biden Threat

Attack started after parents reported man for kissing young son

(Newser) - A Minnesota man has been sentenced to 18 years for hacking into his neighbors' wireless account to send child pornography and threats against Vice President Joe Biden and other officials. Barry Ardolf aimed to "ruin" his neighbors' "reputation and livelihood," said an FBI spokesman. The two-year attack...

Joe Biden Twitter: Vice President Makes July 4 Twitter Debut
 Biden Makes His Twitter Debut 
Jul 4, 2011 4:36 PM CDT

Biden Makes His Twitter Debut

...with a July 4 wish to military families

(Newser) - Joe Biden can now call himself a tweeter as well as the vice president. He entered the world of Twitter today, news that pales in comparison to the AP's semi-hilarious telling of it. AP's headline: "Verbose Biden now on Twitter, will have to jam deep thoughts into...

Obama Steps Into Budget Talks

President will meet with key lawmakers next week

(Newser) - Step aside, Joe. A day after congressional Republicans called off debt-reduction talks with Vice President Joe Biden, the White House announced President Obama will meet directly with key lawmakers next week, reports the Washington Post . Obama will meet with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on...

Kyl Leaves Debt Talks, Too: No Republicans Left

He joins Eric Cantor in bailing on Joe Biden's negotiations

(Newser) - And then there were none: Arizona Senator Jon Kyl is joining Eric Cantor in his decision to skip Joe Biden's deficit-reduction talks, which means no Republicans are left on the panel, reports ABC News . The departures come as Mitch McConnell blasted President Obama on the Senate floor, notes Politico...

Cantor Pulls Out of Budget Talks
 Cantor Bails on Budget Talks 
Jun 23, 2011 10:14 AM CDT

Cantor Bails on Budget Talks

Says Boehner, Obama need to work out tax issue

(Newser) - Eric Cantor has told reporters that he’s not attending today’s Joe Biden-led budget meeting, or any future budget meetings, because the group has reached an impasse over taxes that he thinks can only be bridged by John Boehner and President Obama. “We’ve reached the point where...

Obama, Boehner Tee Off in Golf Summit

They hit the links with Joe Biden, John Kasich

(Newser) - Who knows what they'll talk about in the cart— foreign policy , maybe?—but President Obama and John Boehner have begun a round of golf together at Andrews Air Force Base, reports Politico . They're joined by Joe Biden and Ohio's Republican governor, John Kasich, notes AP . "Did...

Pentagon: Wait Til Fall 2012 to End Afghanistan Surge

Military pushes for slow withdrawal as Obama weighs next move

(Newser) - The military has called on President Obama to keep the Afghanistan troop surge in place until the fall of next year, ensuring that many of the 33,000 extra troops remain in the country for the next two fighting seasons, when the weather is warm. The military wants to avoid...

Biden: We've Got $1T in Cuts

...but Republicans want $2T

(Newser) - Budget negotiations between congressional leaders seem to be off to a strong start: The sides have identified at least $1 trillion in possible spending cuts, mediator Joe Biden told reporters yesterday. “If we keep on this pace, we can get to a relatively large number,” he said, adding...

Bin Laden to al-Qaeda: No Point in Killing Joe Biden

Veep doesn't wield enough power to be worth assassinating

(Newser) - Osama bin Laden wanted to assassinate President Obama—but Joe Biden? No point in bothering with him, the al-Qaeda leader told his followers. Amongst bin Laden’s records, “there is a note indicating that the vice president is not an important target because that position has less weight,”...

Biden, Clinton Press China on Human Rights

Protesters gather outside as talks begin in Washington

(Newser) - Chinese officials arrived in Washington today for a round of high-level talks, and were greeted with a light scolding from Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton for their government’s recent crackdown on dissent. “We have a vigorous disagreement in the area of human rights,” Biden said in his...

Medicare Overhaul Looks Dead This Year

Republicans backing away from plan for now

(Newser) - After a day of conflicting reports and quotes, this now seems like a safe bet: The Republican plan to overhaul Medicare with a voucher system will be put off until after the 2012 election. Paul Ryan conceded as much even as John Boehner insisted "nothing is off the table....

Obama Situation Room: Inside the Tense 40 Minutes as President Monitored Raid on Osama bin Laden
 40 Tense Minutes 
 Inside the Situation Room 
'We've ID'D GERONIMO'
May 2, 2011 6:41 PM CDT

40 Tense Minutes Inside the Situation Room

Obama's order was fraught with risk

(Newser) - It was a daring gambit: Invade another nation's airspace, raid a compound, bag the world's most notorious terrorist, and get your troops out alive—all on the 50% to 80% chance Osama bin Laden was even there to begin with. Once President Obama ordered the raid on the...

Time's Most Influential List: Julian Assange, Justin Bieber, Michele Bachmann, Oprah
 Time Unveils Influential List 
Apr 21, 2011 10:29 AM CDT

Time Unveils Influential List

A look at some of the more interesting entries from this year's list

(Newser) - Time has just released its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and there are some perennial favorites (Barack Obama, Oprah), some recent newsmakers (Julian Assange, Mark Zuckerberg), some villains (Anwar al-Awlaki, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, Kim Jong Un, all of whom get very brief write-ups), some...

Barack Obama Tax Returns: President and Michelle Obama Made $1.7 Million Last Year

 Bush Tax Cuts 
 Save Obamas 
 $100K 
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Apr 19, 2011 8:03 AM CDT

Bush Tax Cuts Save Obamas $100K

President pulled in $1.73M in 2010, based mostly on books

(Newser) - Barack and Michelle Obama reeled in $1,728,096 last year—a precipitous drop from the $5.5 million the first couple claimed the year before, according to tax returns released yesterday by the White House. And while Obama proclaimed in last Wednesday's speech that he doesn't "...

Biden Appears to Nod Off During Obama Speech

Vice president takes a ribbing as video takes off

(Newser) - Only Joe Biden knows for certain, but it sure looks like he nodded off today during President Obama's big budget speech . Either way, the VP is taking a ribbing as the video makes the rounds: See ABC , Politico , Mediaite , and the Daily Caller .

Biden Daughter Blasts Trump

Birther 'makes me ill,' she says on Facebook

(Newser) - As Donald Trump brings new media attention to the birther movement, the White House is keeping mum—but Joe Biden’s daughter isn't. Ashley Biden slammed Trump on Facebook last night, saying he "makes me ill...bring it on!" She added that “this discussion or debate over...

Dems Offer $33B in Cuts to Revive Budget Talks

But Senate democrats worry they're capitulating too easily

(Newser) - The White House jolted budget negotiations back to life yesterday, getting Senate Democrats to agree to $33 billion in cuts in the hopes of finding middle ground with John Boehner and Co., Politico reports. Joe Biden met with Democratic leadership yesterday evening, and emerged saying that the Senate and president...

Biden Aide to Journo: Sorry We Put You in the Closet

Blogosphere erupts over reporter's hour-long wait

(Newser) - A rep for Joe Biden has apologized to a reporter for his lengthy stay in a storage closet on Wednesday, where he waited to cover a fundraiser, reports Fox News . “This was the unfortunate mistake of an inexperienced staffer and the vice president's office has made sure it will...

Biden's Old 'Impeach Bush' Speech Turned Against Him

... and toward his new boss

(Newser) - Churn through enough news sites today, and you're bound to come across a 2007 clip of Joe Biden promising to lead an impeachment of President Bush if he attacks Iran without getting the approval of Congress, notes Mediaite . It's leading to charges of Libya hypocrisy along these lines from Ed...

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