Posts Tagged ‘Blasts’

Kerry blasts Iranian election maneuvering

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is harshly criticizing Iran's guardian council for eliminating hundreds of presidential candidates and, in his view, standing in the way of legitimate, representative democracy. Tweet This Post

Boston Blasts Bring a Chill to Washington

Tax day in Washington turned into a tension-filled reminder that there are far worse problems to deal with than the federal budget, immigration reform, or even gun control, as bombings at the Boston Marathon brought the horrors of terrorism front and center into the national consciousness. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Role reversal: GOP blasts Obama plan to sell TVA

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a political role reversal, Republicans are blasting President Barack Obama's plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority, an icon of the New Deal long targeted by conservatives as an example of government overreach. Tweet This Post

Obama Promises Justice After Boston Blasts

President Obama called Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) and Boston Mayor Tom Menino (D) “and pledged any and all support needed in responding to the explosions,” Roll Call reports. Tweet This Post

Obama Promises Justice After Boston Blasts

President Obama called Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) and Boston Mayor Tom Menino (D) “and pledged any and all support needed in responding to the explosions,” Roll Call reports. Tweet This Post

Minister Blasts the Religious Right at Easter Service

“With President Obama and his family in the pews for Easter Sunday worship, the Rev. Luis Leon at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington’s Lafayette Square took the opportunity to take a shot at political conservatives, arguing from the pulpit that some conservative positions are holding people back,” the Washington Post reports. Tweet This Post

Feinstein Blasts Cruz at Gun Control Hearing

Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) let loose on Sen.Ted Cruz (R-TX) at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting today on gun control legislation. It’s worth watching. Tweet This Post

Blasts hit Shi’ite districts in Baghdad, killing nine: police

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A series of bombs exploded in mainly Shi’ite neighbourhoods across the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 30, police said. The bombs detonated in the Ameen, Sadr City, Habibiya and Qahira districts of the capital. (Reporting by Kareem Raheem; writing by Patrick Markey) Politics [...]