▼ Author Community Vote 7 days ago Mark Silva Unemployment steady: 9.7 percent - — The nation's unemployment rate held steady in February at 9.7 percent, the government said today, and employer payrolls dropped by a net 36,000 last month, although most if not all of the decline was seen as due to temporary work stoppages stemming from the blizzards on the East Coast. 9 days ago Mark Silva 'Obama, Bush, Clinton:' A comic reunion - — President Barack Obama emerges from a smoke-filled bathroom. — Sneaking cigarettes again, the first lady asks? — “Nope.” — Only, this isn't the president, but rather a Saturday Night Live player — followed by many SNL players … 10 days ago Mark Silva 'Sarah Palin's primaries:' 55 party fights - — Sarah Palin - fresh from her late-night talk-show duel with fellow Republican Mitt Romney (Palin is appearing with Leno tonight, Romney with Letterman) - will be heading to Ohio for some Right to Life fundraising and stumping in a hot congressional district. 11 days ago Mark Silva Obama steers grants to lagging schools - — President Barack Obama today announced a new intervention program for 5,000 of the nation's lowest-performing schools, available to districts where officials take action as drastic as firing principals, clearing out staff or even shuttering some campuses. 12 days ago Mark Silva Doctors to Obama: Come back at 50 - — President Barack Obama got a physical examination this morning at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. — He arrived there by helicopter at about 6:40 am EST. The physical was performed by Dr. Jeff Kuhlman, a Navy captain and head … 13 days ago Mark Silva TEA Party's power: 'Really in charge' - — One year into a still loosely defined and generally leaderless movement known as the TEA Party — for “Taxed Enough Already” — the relationship between the Republican Party and an angry and voluble faction which some view as little more than the base of the party still is a work in progress. 14 days ago Mark Silva Rangel ethics violations charged - — Longtime Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York said he was “saving the best for last” when he finally was called on to speak near the end of President Barack Obama's daylong bipartisan healthcare summit yesterday. — But a long day was not over for the Democrat … 16 days ago Mark Silva TEA Party folds when economy revives - — The “TEA Party,” that anti-tax, anti big-government movement of people intent on turning out incumbents this year, will “disappear” as the economy improves. — So says Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Republican governor of California whom some in his own party view as a RINO. 16 days ago Mark Silva Abortion limits: Healthcare sticking point - — With that bipartisan health-care summit coming Thursday, and the White House's plan for a health-care insurance overhaul on the table, one of the thorniest issues of the debate appears to be far from resolved within the president's own party. 19 days ago Mark Silva Obama seeking higher school standards - — President Barack Obama will announce initiatives to raise public school standards around the country on Monday, as part of a broader plan to revise and raise the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act, an administration official said today.

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