‘Don’t Palinize me for raising funds,’ says Minnesotan Republican

October 14th, 2009 PARIS - The Paris public prosecutor's office has opened a judicial inquiry into 17 charities, including several organisations raising funds to fight cancer, on suspicion of fraud and breach of trust, the daily Le Parisien reported Wednesday. The charities, most of which work out of the US, are suspected of misusing millions of euros donated to their respective causes.

October 10th, 2009 Obama says will end 'don't ask, don't tell' policyWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pledged to end the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military in a speech Saturday, but acknowledged to a cheering crowd that the policy changes he promised on the campaign trail are not coming as quickly as they expected. "I will end 'don't ask-don't tell,'" Obama said at the annual dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay civil rights advocacy group.

September 25th, 2009 GOP using 'You lie' lawmaker for fundraising pitchWASHINGTON — The Republican Party is using the newfound fame of the lawmaker who shouted "You lie!" at President Barack Obama to raise money for GOP candidates around the country. Although party leaders initially called Rep.

September 16th, 2009 Kansas senators drop protest of Obama nomineesWASHINGTON — Two senators who have been blocking confirmation of Obama administration nominees, including the man put forward for secretary of the Army, say they'll back off and let the approval process go forward. Kansas Sens.

September 16th, 2009 Kansas senators drop roadblock of Obama nomineesWASHINGTON — Two senators who have been blocking confirmation of Obama administration nominees, including the man put forward for secretary of the Army, say they'll back off and let the approval process go forward. Kansas Sens.

August 23rd, 2009 McCain refuses to consider taxes to reduce deficitWASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain is refusing to consider raising taxes to reduce the ballooning deficit.

July 16th, 2009 Ky. Sen. Bunning raises less money than rivalsWASHINGTON — Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning raised $302,466 from April through June for his re-election campaign next year, about half the haul of a potential GOP rival.

July 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who is to resign from office on July 26, can still make a lot of money for herself and the party, top Republicans said Sunday. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and former White House political guru Karl Rowe told Fox News Sunday that: "She marches to the beat of her own drum, and it's going to be very interesting to see how she pulls this off." Palin's stunning announcement Friday that she was resigning to pursue a "higher calling" confounded many of her strongest supporters.

June 22nd, 2009 SEC charges firm, 4 people with fraudWASHINGTON — Federal regulators have charged a brokerage firm called Cohmad Securities and four people with securities fraud, accusing them of funneling billions of dollars from investors into Bernard Madoff's pyramid scheme. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the civil fraud charges on Monday against Cohmad, its chairman, Maurice Cohn, chief operating officer Marcia Cohn and broker Robert Jaffe.

June 18th, 2009 House rejects measure on Guantanamo closingWASHINGTON — The House has voted to deny the use of any federal money for the closing of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay next year and to impose restrictions on the transfer of detainees to the United States. But House members, in a narrow vote Thursday, defeated a Republican amendment to a 2010 spending bill that would have imposed a more blanket prohibition on the use of any funds related to closing the facility.

June 12th, 2009 FEC advisory OKs Visclosky to use campaign fundsWASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission has issued a draft advisory allowing Rep. Pete Visclosky to use campaign funds for the legal bills he's incurring in the federal investigation of a now-defunct defense lobbying firm.

May 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The purchase of 150,000 dollars worth of clothes for former Republican Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family has been cleared by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The commission's decision follows a 5-0 vote taken late last month, an announcement regarding which was made on Tuesday.

May 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US is proposing to spend more on the Afghanistan war than on the one in Iraq for the first time, indicating a shift in priority, a media report said Friday. The $130 billion in war funds that are part of Pentagon's fiscal 2010 budget request includes $65 billion for Afghanistan operations and $61 billion for Iraq, the Washington Post reported.

April 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Baffled and frustrated Republicans say they don't know how to counter or combat President Barack Obama. "Our base is getting frustrated," said one top Republican at the Capitol.

April 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pennsylvania's Republican Senator Arlen Specter has decided to quit the GOP to join the Democrats. The five-term senator's stunning defection puts the Democratic Party one vote from being able to crush any stalling tactics in the Senate, giving the White House a virtual E-ZPass through Capitol Hill.