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US debt Q&A Telegraph.co.uk Republican leaders believe the political cost of cutting a $4 trillion deal with Mr Obama would be too high and are advocating a more modest agreement of about half that amount. Technically, it was reached in May but Mr Geithner created an additional ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Barack Obama tells Republicans: It's time to eat your peas over debt Telegraph.co.uk Barack Obama warned Republican leaders that they risked tipping the world back into a recession and throwing "millions of more people out of work" unless they could reach a deal with him on increasing the US's debt. ... See all stories on this topic »

Elected mayors: 'Members have been loyal to us, not their political party' The Guardian Party politics can also provide an obstacle; in the worst cases, decision-making becomes almost impossible. Since Peter Davies was elected in Doncaster in 2009, relations between the English Democrat mayor and councillors at the authority have been ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Bipartisan trio says tax oil to fund US infrastructure Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three big guns from US politics are offering a twist on the chronic funding shortage for the country's infrastructure: taxing oil directly. Former US Senator Bill Bradley, former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, and former US ... See all stories on this topic »

Brown supports pension forfeits Boston Herald By Hillary Chabot Ina Capitol Hill crackdown on political corruption, US Sen. Scott Brown (R-Wrentham) is co-sponsoring a bill that would end pension payouts to members of Congress convicted on corruption charges — even if the charges target action ... See all stories on this topic »

What Minnesota's Government Shutdown Reveals About the Dismal, Irrational ... New Republic Throw in a $5 billion projected deficit bequeathed by Dayton's two-term predecessor, Tim Pawlenty, and you have a formula for political disaster. For all of Minnesota's smile-button reputation, the state's politics are probably even more polarized that ... See all stories on this topic » New Republic

India's External Affairs Minister SM Krishna hails US decision to suspend aid ... Economic Times The relations between Pakistan and the US have been strained since the Abbottabad raid that killed bin Laden and implicated at least sections of the Pakistan's military-political establishment as complicit in harbouring him. ... See all stories on this topic »

US Set to Sell Fighters to Iraq Wall Street Journal US weapons meant for fragile allies have ended up in unfriendly hands in the past, as with Iran in the wake of the 1979 Islamic revolution. US officials have grown increasingly concerned about Tehran's growing influence in Iraqi politics, ... See all stories on this topic »

Gun Rights Advocates Wary of Coming Obama Measures in Wake of Tucson Shooting Fox News ... attempts to curb gun rights could provoke a political fight. Attorney Alan Gura, who successfully argued two recent Second Amendment cases before the US Supreme Court, vowed to give intense scrutiny to any new initiative the president puts forward. ... See all stories on this topic » Fox News

The catastrophic debt ceiling debate Salon He did not say that the catastrophe he fears – a default on US government obligations -- was entirely the product of treacherous politics, abetted by an irresolute President who seems not to grasp the danger of allowing the Constitution to fail. ... See all stories on this topic » Salon

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