http://www.comcast.net?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_ AP - ap.online.headlines.politics News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:47:18 -0500 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:41:00 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/politics/2009/11/26/US.State.Dinner.Uninvited.Guests/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_politics_US.State.Dinner.Uninvited.Guests 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-728a Crashing a state dinner at the White House apparently takes a security breakdown as well as some kind of nerve. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:05:19 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/politics/2009/11/25/US.Obama.Copenhagen/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_politics_US.Obama.Copenhagen 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-2ad6 Putting his prestige on the line, President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a goal of substantially cutting greenhouse gases at next month's Copenhagen climate summit. He will insist America is ready to tackle global warming despite resistance in Congress over higher costs for businesses and homeowners. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:38:48 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/politics/2009/11/23/US.US.Afghanistan/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_politics_US.US.Afghanistan 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4107 President Barack Obama plans to announce a redrawn battle plan for Afghanistan, including what the military says could be a roughly 50 percent increase in U.S. forces, in a national address Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:37:21 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/politics/2009/11/25/US.White.House.Health.Meetings/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_politics_US.White.House.Health.Meetings 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-77f6 President Barack Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:00:35 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/politics/2009/11/25/US.Obamas.Turkey.Delivery/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_politics_US.Obamas.Turkey.Delivery 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-7453 The Obama family passed out turkeys, stuffing and other Thanksgiving favorites to people at a food pantry organization. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:29:54 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/politics/2009/11/25/US.Toyota.Floor.Mats/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_politics_US.Toyota.Floor.Mats 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-2c33 Toyota plans to replace the gas pedals on 4 million vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats and cause sudden acceleration, a flaw that led to the sixth-largest recall ever in the U.S. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:40:09 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/politics/2009/11/25/US.Obama.Turkey.Pardon/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_politics_US.Obama.Turkey.Pardon 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-2871 After 10 months in office, President Barack Obama on Wednesday granted his first pardon — to Courage, a 45-pound turkey spared from the Thanksgiving table. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:33:04 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/politics/2009/11/25/US.US.Israel/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_politics_US.US.Israel 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-7851 The Obama administration on Wednesday welcomed Israel's decision to temporarily freeze new construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank as a step toward restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:54:22 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/politics/2009/11/23/US.US.India/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_politics_US.US.India 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-4ad9 India's prime minister said Wednesday that Pakistan must do more to punish the masterminds of last year's terrorist attacks in the Indian financial capital. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:41:32 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/politics/2009/11/25/SCI.Climate.Health/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_politics_SCI.Climate.Health 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-2ba0 Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier too, new research suggests.