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White House Asks Library to Speed Release of Kagan Papers

6 hours 29 minutes ago |AP

WASHINGTON (May 15) -- The White House on Saturday asked Bill Clinton's presidential library to speed the release of more than 160,000 pages of paper, including e-mail, in its possession from Supreme ...

NAACP Backs Obama's Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan

10 hours 7 minutes ago |AP

WASHINGTON (May 15) -- The NAACP gave its backing Saturday to Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, expressing confidence in President Barack Obama's pick after early hesitation that she might not be a ...

Library Papers Show Kagan as Savvy Political Insider

12 hours 54 minutes ago |Politics Daily

University of Chicago Law School / AP

(May 15) - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is making courtesy calls on senators to smooth the way for her confirmation hearings, with a White House team in tow to manage the process. With a backgro ...

Sarah Palin Tells NRA Obama Wants to Ban Guns

1 day 7 hours ago |Politics Daily

Alex Brandon, AP

(May 14) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told National Rifle Association members that the only thing stopping President Obama and the Democratic Congress from banning guns is a potential political ...

MIT Gadflies Take Aim at Obama Missile Defense Plan

1 day 10 hours ago |AOL News

Missile Defense Agency

(May 14) -- When the Obama administration announced last year it would forgo expanding a ground-based missile defense system in Europe in favor of a seemingly more proven sea-based system, the decisi ...

Speak English Only, Small NY Towns Decree

1 day 14 hours ago |AOL News

(May 14) -- Some small towns in New York have thrust themselves into a big dispute centered around the racially charged issue of "English-only" ordinances. The community of Easton is expected to pass ...

Palin Attacks Decision to Cancel School Trip to Arizona

1 day 14 hours ago |AOL News

Mandel Ngan, AFP / Getty Images

(May 14) -- Never one to avoid a testy issue, Sarah Palin has come out fighting against a Chicago-area school's decision to cancel a girls basketball team's visit to Arizona because of concerns over ...

Marcos Family: Philippines' 'Comeback Clan'

1 day 15 hours ago |AOL News

Romeo Gacad, AFP / Getty Images

(May 14) -- There may be no second acts in American lives, as F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote. But that rule certainly doesn't apply in the Philippines. Monday's election saw the political resurgence ...

Official: Money Network Linked to NYC Terror Suspect

1 day 18 hours ago |AP

NEW YORK (May 14) -- Long before there was MoneyGram and Western Union, people in South Asian countries often used an informal network of brokers, called an "hawala," to transfer money over long dist ...

Hamid Karzai Refurbished and Ready for Peace

1 day 18 hours ago |Politics Daily

Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP

(May 13) -- Afghan President Karzai was to head home Friday, strengthened by a carefully stage-managed visit to Washington intended to highlight his role as a capable military and political commander ...

Will Anger Rehab Work for 'South Africa's Sarah Palin'?

2 days 4 hours ago |AOL News

Alexander Joe, AFP / Getty Images

(May 13) -- Anger management therapy can help tame a wide variety of temperamental sorts: surly teens, testy adults, even some hot-headed celebrities. But what about a politician whose career is base ...

Obama's Afghanistan: No Political Strategy

2 days 5 hours ago |Politics Daily

Jim Watson, AFP / Getty Images

(May 13) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's meetings in Washington this week ended with no sign of a badly needed joint political strategy to buttress the U.S.-led military campaign.