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Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com Senate Republicans sought Tuesday to force an immediate vote on President Obama’s jobs plan in a ploy reacting to the President’s nationwide barnstorm to push for a vote “right away” on the measure. Holding a copy of the President’s plan on the Senate floor this afternoon, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell moved [...]

Full Story at msnbc.com Betty Ford, the former first lady whose triumph over drug and alcohol addiction became a beacon of hope for addicts and the inspiration for her Betty Ford Center in California, died at age 93, a family friend said late Friday. Her death Friday was confirmed to The Associated Press by Marty [...]

Full Story At  msnbc.com COLUMBUS, Ohio — The directors of media conglomerate News Corp., the owner of Fox News Channel, have quietly put in place a policy to disclose corporate political donations on the company’s website. The decision was made April 12, according to a notice posted without fanfare by the company. A News Corp. spokeswoman [...]

Full Story at msnbc.com ASHINGTON — House Republicans continued their multipronged attack on the health care law enacted last year with a vote Wednesday to eliminate a section in the law providing $15 billion over the next decade on such preventive health care issues as fighting obesity, reducing smoking and promoting better nutrition.

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to leave his post in the spring of 2011, a senior administration source told CNN on Monday. A Pentagon spokesman confirmed that Gates wants to retire some time next year. Gates was quoted in an article in the magazine Foreign Policy published [...]

Full Story at msnbc.comWASHINGTON – Risking the wrath of Democrats, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., threatened Sunday to join Republicans in opposing health care legislation if it permits uninsured individuals as young to 55 to purchase Medicare coverage. Lieberman, whose vote is critical to the bill’s prospects, expressed his opposition twice during the day: first in [...]

Full Story at CNN.com Senators this week joined their colleagues from the House at town hall meetings as they spent their August recess in their home districts. But disruptive protests are turning town hall meetings into shouting matches and drowning out discussion over what is and isn’t in health care plans in the House and [...]

Full Story At CNN.com WASHINGTON (CNN) – Former Secretary of State Colin Powell told reporters Friday that he enjoys his private life, and that he does not want a job with the incoming administration. Powell, who crossed party lines weeks before the general election to endorse Obama, has said before that he is not interested [...]

Full Story At msnbc.com Authorities are organizing what appears to be the largest security operation ever for an inauguration, bringing in thousands of extra police, agents and troops to handle crowds as President-elect Barack Obama is sworn in. Security officials are bracing not just for the ceremony and parade Jan. 20 but also for at [...]

Full Story At Boston.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers will pack greater clout when the new Congress convenes on Tuesday but they face enormous expectations from voters as they grapple with two wars, a financial crisis and record budget deficits. Lawmakers begin work 14 days before Barack Obama is sworn in as president. When he [...]

Full Story At CBS News (CBS/AP) He was a distinguished investor who traced his lineage to the French aristocracy, hobnobbed with members of European high society and sailed around the world on fancy yachts. But after losing more than $1 billion of his clients’ money to Bernard Madoff, Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet had enough. [...]