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What You Need to Know About Obama Transportation Pick Anthony Foxx

President Obama on Monday nominated Anthony Foxx, the mayor of Charlotte, N.C., to replace Ray LaHood as transportation secretary. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

What You Need to Know About Obama’s Transportation Pick Anthony Foxx

President Obama plans to nominate Anthony Foxx, the mayor of Charlotte, N.C., to replace Ray LaHood as the next transportation secretary on Monday. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Ambassador Pick Bails Over Poker Ring

Marc Lasry, the New York billionaire President Obama wanted to appoint ambassador to France, turned down the prestigious position over ties to an alleged Russian mob-run poker ring, the New York Post reports. Tweet This Post

Abassador Pick Bails Over Poker Ring

Marc Lasry, the New York billionaire President Obama wanted to appoint ambassador to France, turned down the prestigious position over ties to an alleged Russian mob-run poker ring, the New York Post reports. Tweet This Post

BREAKING: Andy Reid Trades First Overall Pick For Bite Of Bacon Double Cheeseburger

NEW YORK—After several minutes of intense negotiations, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid agreed to trade the team’s No. The Onion Tweet This Post

Why Obama’s Environmental Pick Drives Some Republicans Crazy

Thursday’s confirmation hearing for President Obama’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency became the latest forum for an ongoing argument over global warming, jobs, the future of the U.S. coal industry, and the role of the federal government.                   Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet [...]

Conservatives pick Rand Paul for president in early poll

By Samuel P. Jacobs WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative activists picked Senator Rand Paul on Saturday as their preferred presidential nominee for 2016, in an early but often unreliable snapshot of the Republican Party's base. The Kentucky lawmaker, whose father, former U.S. Representative Ron Paul, ran for president three times, topped the annual straw poll taken [...]

Kim Jong-Un, Justin Timberlake Meet To Pick New Pope, According To Shameless Attempt To Increase Web Traffic

VATICAN CITY—North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, pop star Justin Timberlake, the entire cast of Oz The Great And Powerful, LeBron James, and Samsung’s new Galaxy S IV smartphone convened at the Vatican Tuesday to begin the process of selec… The Onion Tweet This Post

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Reported Pick for Labor Secretary

President Obama is set to name Thomas Perez, a civil rights official at the Justice Department, as his new Labor secretary, according to weekend news reports. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

What to Know About Thomas Perez, Civil-Rights Lawyer and Obama’s Likely Labor Pick

President Obama is expected to nominate Thomas Perez, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, as the next Labor secretary. Here is what you need to know about Perez. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post