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35 minutes ago  Worried about the fragile economy and their own upcoming elections, a growing number of Democrats are joining the rock-solid Republican opposition to President Barack Obama's plans to let some of the Bush administration's tax cuts expire.

1 hour, 1 minute ago  At their first direct talks Thursday, Israeli and Palestinian leaders have agreed to meet every two weeks during the coming year to work out parameters for a peace agreement, Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell told journalists Thursday.

Today at 6:15 AM  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is set to go before a panel investigating the financial crisis Thursday.

Today at 6:12 AM  Chicago's police chief has been the focus of criticism in recent days for calling a meeting with reputed gang leaders.

Yesterday at 10:46 PM  A Valley congressman is in the hot seat tonight drawing negative attention.

Yesterday at 3:54 PM  Leaning into a storm, the nation's Democrats next Wednesday will kick off their fall campaign with a media blitz that will include back-to-back appearances by Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" and Vice President Joe Biden on "The Colbert Report."

Yesterday at 6:02 AM  President Obama called America's troops the "steel in our ship of state." Many of those men and women of steel — and the parents who helped forge them — said they think the president is plotting the right course.

Yesterday at 5:57 AM  The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York said the fight is over more than "a piece of real estate" and could shape the future of Muslim relations in America.

Yesterday at 5:53 AM  Backed by the Tea Party Express and Sarah Palin, a little-known conservative lawyer from Alaska became the latest newcomer to the national political stage to take down an incumbent in 2010.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  Hours before President Barack Obama's address to the nation on Iraq, House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio will challenge the commander in chief caustically for his handling of the Middle East.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  The Obama administration on Tuesday asked a federal judge to lift a restraining order that it says could undercut federally funded embryonic stem cell research.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  A new poll shows that public support for health care reform dropped sharply in August--- a dagger in Democrats' hopes that their landmark legislation will help them in November's midterm.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  President Barack Obama speaks to the nation tonight to herald the formal end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  NATO says four American troops have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan. 

Monday, August 30, 2010  President Barack Obama dismissed a recent poll showing that a third of Americans don't know he's a Christian -- and blamed an online campaign of misinformation by his conservative enemies for perpetuating the myth that he's a Muslim.