http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=49&catid=299News Feed for - US-politicshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96667185&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T15:23:00WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sarah Stephens, executive director of the Center for Democracy in the Americas (CDA), released this statement urging the United States government not to Reutershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96656778&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T13:56:00The Secret Service maintains that President Barack Obama was never in danger at a state dinner after an uninvited Virginia couple got through security, but it wouldn't comment on whether anyone is screened San Francisco Chroniclehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96456213&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T15:13:00(AFP) - The is investigating how two aspiring reality TV stars beat several layers of security to gatecrash President Barack Obama's first White House state dinner. The Secret Service, in charge of White Vancouver Sunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96676457&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T16:09:00President Barack Obama's plan to announce the U.S. will cut its greenhouse emissions 17% by 2020, may finally kill off those who continue to believe new fuel efficiency and tailpipe emission standards CNBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96604364&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T14:00:00A spokeswoman for Bravo says the couple who crashed a White House state dinner were being filmed that day by a camera crew connected with a reality television program.Globe and Mailhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96506371&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T15:23:00BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's promise on its carbon dioxide emissions cut target was 'a serious and solemn one,' said Premier Wen Jiabao here Friday. Wen made the remarks in a meeting with representatives Xinhua News Agencyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96398240&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T15:09:00Oprah Winfrey will interview President Obama and his wife, Michelle, next month for a 60-minute program to air before Christmas, the talk show host announced Wednesday. 'Christmas at the White House: CNNhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96638863&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T16:21:00This year's official White House Christmas tree will be an 18 1/2-foot-tall Douglas fir from Shepherdstown, W.Va., Michelle Obama's office said. The tree is expected to arrive on the traditional horse-drawn UPIhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96655244&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T11:53:00It's the pie. Not the turkey. Much as we loved the fresh hen we devoured today, it's the pumpkin pie awaiting us, after a three-hour cooling-off period perhaps, that makes the mouth water. That must be Chicago Tribunehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96633239&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T06:26:00USA-POLITICS/ARKANSAS (ANALYSIS): * Lincoln's poll numbers sag ahead of 2010 election * Healthcare vote raises political vulnerability * Lincoln has close ties to agriculture industry LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96672146&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T15:34:00Fanning myself after reading the , Michaele and Tareq Salahi. What narcissistic jerks! Sorry, but I'm humorless on this. It's an issue of presidential security and you don't monkey around with it for Washington Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96551179&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T13:35:00The Shepherdstown, W.Va., couple, now in their 80s, will today deliver a precisely 18½ foot Douglas fir to Michelle Obama at the White House, where the tree will stand in the Blue Room throughout the ABC Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96670454&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T15:17:00California's first family seems to be haivng its fair share of public slipups. First, Maria Shriver was caught breaking husband Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's ban against driving while talking on a USA Todayhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96647430&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T15:58:00: Phil LeBeauCNBC CorrespondentPresident Barack Obama's plan to announce the U.S. will cut its greenhouse emissions 17% by 2020, may finally kill off those who continue to believe new fuel efficiency CNBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96616544&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T10:06:00WASHINGTON - Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb K Street's influence MSNBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96646267&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T09:18:00Interactive: Try your hand at closing California's budget shortfall, estimated at $24 billion. It's not easy, but it can be done. Click here Related Stories October 1, 2009 CAPITOL JOURNAL Sure, you can't Los Angeles Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96624449&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T09:20:00WASHINGTON Fundraising for Democratic campaign committees is surging, helping the party to extend a winning streak in competitive special elections and giving House Democrats a more than 3-to-1 advantage USA Todayhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96641325&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T08:03:00Barack Obama needs a quick victory in Afghanistan if he is to stay in the White House, says Con Coughlin. On their way out? US troops in Afghanistan Photo: AP President Obama says that when he finally Telegraphhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96614224&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T08:19:00Reporting from Washington - The Secret Service has launched a "comprehensive investigation" of its security measures after two aspiring reality-TV stars crashed President Obama's state dinner at the White Los Angeles Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96639284&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T07:36:00As his daughters and others watched on Wednesday, President Obama followed long-standing tradition and pardoned two turkeys in honor of Thanksgiving Day. The 40-pound Butterballs, Courage and Carolina, Washington Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96632236&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T06:18:00PORT OF SPAIN: The banquet hosted by US President Barack Obama on Tuesday was a 'unique experience' and 'one of the best dinners'. This is how Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described the gala event when Times of Indiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96583531&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T05:11:00The fact that party crashers were allowed into a White House State Dinner without being on the guest list is emblematic of the Secret Service's corner cutting detailed in my book, 'In the President's NewsMax.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96624441&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T04:47:00WASHINGTON President Obama opened his first state dinner in the White House on Tuesday with a toast for India's prime minister in which he called the United States' relationship with India a 'great and USA Todayhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96620197&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T02:52:00Look who's talking: Oprah and Obama It's beginning to look a lot like Oprah-interviewing-President Obama. ABC has announced that the queen of daytime inspirational television will do her first sit-down Washington Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96617213&Channel_ID=49&Category_ID=2992009-11-27T02:08:00U.S. President Barack Obama has an unprecedented fondness for the word 'unprecedented,' a U.S. political magazine said on Wednesday. Obama has used the word at least 129 times in speeches or statements Digital Chosun