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(Washington, DC) — Sonia Sotomayor has been sworn in as the 111th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. In an historic event in the nation’s capital on Saturday, Sotomayor became the first Hispanic and only the third woman to ever serve on the nation’s highest court. President Obama nominated the 55-year-old federal appeals court judge […]

(Washington, DC) — President Obama is in Mexico to participate in a two-day North American leadership summit. Trade, immigration and violent drug trafficking are topping the agenda. Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s administration is dealing with a rising tide of drug-related violence as he tries to crack down on powerful cartels. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper […]

(Washington, DC)  —  The U.S. Senate is poised to refuel the “Cash For Clunkers” program by pumping in an extra two billion dollars.  The effort hit a little detour last weekend when it ran out of cash.  The House quickly reacted by moving billions from one part of the economic stimulus program into the “Clunkers” […]

The William J. Clinton Foundation and two drug manufacturers have announced plans to reduce the cost of HIV/AIDS treatments for developing nations.  Former President Bill Clinton has announced drugmakers Pfizer and Matrix Labs will substantially reduce the cost of four, second-line antiretroviral therapies.  The price cuts will save a combined 400-million dollars over the next […]

VIA CNN: The Senate confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination Thursday by a 68 to 31 vote, making her the first Hispanic on the high court. Sotomayor’s confirmation also makes the 55-year-old federal appeals court judge the 111th person to sit on the Supreme Court, and the third woman justice. The confirmation was read […]

VIA WASHINGTON POST: BURBANK, Calif., Aug. 5 — One woman approached China’s border with North Korea as a seasoned foreign correspondent, the other as a sharp editor who was on her first trip abroad in her new role as a producer. Laura Ling, 32, one of the two American journalists who arrived back in the […]

VIA WASHINGTON POST: President Obama on Friday nominated Daniel G. Bogden, whose firing as a federal prosecutor by the Bush administration is under congressional investigation for its potentially partisan motivation, to return to his former job nearly three years after his dismissal. Bogden’s nomination as Nevada U.S. attorney marks a step toward reversing what many […]

VIA NEW YORK TIMES: LOS ANGELES – Paula Abdul, the pop star who revived a lagging singing career with a turn as a warm-hearted judge for eight seasons on “American Idol,” said Tuesday night that she has decided not to return to the show next season, a startling development for the reality series that has […]

VIA FOX NEWS: A controversial ad campaign featured in the Washington, D.C., metro area is comparing public school lunches across the country to what President Obama’s daughters eat at their elite private school. MyFOXDC.com reports that the ad, sponsored by Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine, shows an eight-year-old girl speaking about the “healthy” vegetarian lunch […]

(Washington, DC) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be in Africa today. Clinton embarked on her 11-day visit to seven nations late Monday. Following up on President Obama’s visit to Ghana last month and his plea to African nations for better governance, Clinton will reinforce that directive and will seek to increase trade with […]