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Jim Greer, the indicted former chairman of the state Republican Party, is asking Gov. Charlie Crist to refund $9,600 in campaign contributions made to Crist's U.S. Senate campaign. "As you know circumstances have caused me to need money to defend myself and take care of my family," Greer wrote in a letter to the campaign.

WASHINGTON—U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday said that he has created a new panel on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and he's giving the commission six months to come up with recommendations for preventing future offshore drilling accidents. "We need to do a lot more to protect the health and safety of our people, to safeguard the quality of our air and water, and to preserve the natural beauty and bounty of America," he said in his weekly radio address. He added that he wants "a comprehensive look at how the oil and gas industry operates and how we...

President Barack Obama visits Duff's Famous Wings in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, May 13, 2010 for wings.

US President Barack Obama has vowed to take action against Israel or the Palestinians if either undermines indirect peace talks, a senior Palestinian official said on Thursday. Those steps could include Washington refraining from using its permanent veto to protect Israel if the Palestinians were to seek a UN Security Council ruling against continued settlement activity, the official said.

With an inane flourish of rhetoric, Washington is split between Friends of Rahm and Friends of Barack. “Arguably,” The Post’s Dana Milbank wrote two weeks ago, “Emanuel is the only person keeping Obama from becoming Jimmy Carter.” Judging from the maelstrom of columns, criticism, and comments Milbank unleashed (and from The Post’s front-page story Tuesday that heralded Emanuel as the White House’s “voice of reason”), the operative word in Milbank’s Carter comparison is “arguably.” Anointing Emanuel as the man who’s keeping Obama from driving the country straight into 1978, though, is a bit far-fetched. Doing so ignores the fact that...

A prominent attorney who has shepherded a number of high-profile legal cases challenging Barack Obama'seligibility to be president has brought a "Quo Warranto" case to district court in Washington, D.C., alleging his allegiances have included Britain, Kenya and Indonesia. A Quo Warranto action, first recorded some 800 years ago, essentially is a demand to know by what authority a public figure is acting. The case, brought by California attorney Orly Taitz on behalf of herself, was assigned to Chief Judge Royce Lamberth. Taitz told WND that in a separate action she has filed a notice of appeal with the 9th...

The Senate bill won’t do much to rein in the insurance costs for the individual market based on data from the Congressional Budget Office and America’s Health Insurance Plans. The CBO today released an analysis (pdf) of the lowest-cost option for insurance on the health exchange in the Senate bill, known as the “Bronze Plan”:

Indian delegates to the Copenhagen climate meet are still recovering from US President Barack Obama's eleventh hour histrionics to salvage his reputation and pull the conference back from the brink of failure. There they were on the final day of the meet, bags packed and ready to leave for the airport at 5pm, convinced that the biggest climate show on earth was heading for disaster with no agreement in sight. Then came word that Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao wanted a last huddle with his BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) bloc partners. At 6pm, the four leaders gathered...

The Obama administration has come under fire from critics who said the president waited too long to address the nation publicly about the Christmas Day terror plot, and that his administration has not been tough enough on terrorism. The mostly partisan attacks came after Friday's attempt by a Nigerian national to blow up Northwest Flight 253 as it approached Detroit. Terror plots in the past have tended to unite the two parties, but recent attacks have departed from that norm. President Obama has ordered a sweeping review of how the suspect managed to board the flight from Amsterdam, but that...

Ambulance Rushes To Obama Compound In Hawaii First Family Spends Christmas Vacation In President's Birthplace HONOLULU (CBS) ― President Barack Obama abruptly ended a round of golf Monday and sped toward his family's vacation home for what was described as a "personal matter." An administration official said that the incident related to a child of an Obama family friend who was injured on vacation. White House aides said the speedy departure and return to the president's home was not a matter of national security or because of a threat to Obama's safety. Obama was playing golf when reporters who travel...

My apologies, the only source posting the story is the Gannett-owned Honolulu Advertiser, so click this link to read Baker's pool report for now. The headline says it all, though.A Reuters reporter blogged this blurb about Obama's day:Obama finished golf, made quick stop at beach on marine base to look at postcard scenery, did not go in waterPresident Barack Obama, right, waves on Pyramid Rock beach on Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. The Obamas are in Hawaii for the holidays. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)What terrorist attack? It's good to be the king!

<p>WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama won't leave Washington for his Hawaii vacation until the Senate finishes work on the health care overhaul, even if that means staying in town for Christmas Eve.</p> <p>"My attitude is that if they're making these sacrifices to provide health care to all Americans then the least I can do is to be around and provide them any encouragement and last-minute help where necessary," Obama said Tuesday.</p>

The U.N. climate conference narrowly escaped collapse Saturday as bitterly divided delegates agreed after all-night talks to recognize a political compromise that President Barack Obama brokered with China and other emerging powers. The Copenhagen Accord was bogged down for hours by protests from delegates who felt they were excluded from the process or said the deal didn't go far enough in cutting the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. After a break, the conference president gaveled a decision to "take note" of the agreement instead of formally approving it. Experts said that clears the way for the accord to...

The House tries to pass Obamacare in a big hurry, breaking how many Constitutional rules/regulations?? FOX news coverage can be seen online at http://www.blinkotv.com/ (select "HD Test")

Critics say that the tone and brevity of Obama's remarks on Fort Hood 'did not appreciate the gravity of what he represents' while others say he had the right presidential instincts. As the U.S. military and law enforcement were scrambling to save lives after a deadly shooting rampage at Ft. Hood, Texas, President Obama opened his remarks Thursday with a two-minute "shout out" to audience members who attended the Tribal Nations Conference hosted by the Interior Department. Obama's initial comments on the shooting that killed 13 and wounded scores of others came at the conclusion of Thursday's conference, which was...

THE White House may be stalled in getting things done in Afghanistan, getting out of Iraq, getting its act to gether with Iran and what to do with health care and how to handle the economy and which way to go with gays -- but the Oval Office isn't going in circles on how to handle the bunch that got them elected. In this case they know what to do. As you've heard, tonight's a small dinner at New York's Mandarin Oriental. They're hinting it's a very very small dinner. No. More like 150. A fund-raiser for the Democratic Party....

At a time of tension between their organizations, White House senior adviser David Axelrod met with Fox News chairman and chief executive officer Roger Ailes two weeks ago, sources tell POLITICO. The two met privately in Manhattan during the president’s visit to the United Nations. The two discussed news coverage and the relationship between the organizations. Ailes is the founder of Fox News. A key part of Axelrod’s portfolio is the president’s image and broad message. POLITICO has asked Fox for comment, and will update with reaction. White House officials have expressed pique with what they consider heavy coverage of...

President Barack Obama, right, gestures as he stands next to Mexico's President Felipe Calderon during a joint press conference with Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, not shown, in Guadalajara, Mexico, Monday Aug. 10, 2009. President Obama huddled Monday with Calderon, and Harper, for a North American summit, where the swine flu epidemic and knotty disputes over cross-border trade dominated a lengthy agenda President Barack Obama, right, and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon talk during a photo session in Guadalajara, Mexico, Monday Aug. 10, 2009.