Politics National http://content.bimedia.net/politics/nationalnews RSS Feed for Politics National News en-us Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:00:50 GMT U.S. says Israelis and Palestinians agree to more talks http://content.bimedia.net/politics/nationalnews/102087658.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders began their first round of direct peace negotiations in more than a year on Thursday, pledging to meet again in two weeks as part of a U.S.-brokered quest for peace. Obama opens Mideast peace summit, says U.S. resolute http://content.bimedia.net/politics/nationalnews/102011988.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday that "extremists and rejectionists" would not derail the relaunch of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations as he opened a peace summit shadowed by Middle East violence. Obama: No Iraq victory lap as combat mission ends http://content.bimedia.net/politics/nationalnews/101907803.html FORT BLISS, Texas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama declared the U.S. combat mission in Iraq officially over on Tuesday but said he would not take a "victory lap" because a lot more work remained to be done inside the country. VP Biden visits Iraq as troops withdraw http://content.bimedia.net/politics/nationalnews/101826688.html BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden flew into Iraq Monday to assure Iraqis the United States is not abandoning them as it stops combat operations, a milestone in the 7-1/2 year war the Obama administration is trying to end. Tea Party rally at site of famed King speech raises hackles http://content.bimedia.net/politics/nationalnews/101663613.html Plans by the conservative Tea Party movement for a huge weekend rally at the site and on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's historic "I Have a Dream" speech have drawn fire from the civil rights movement. Carter in North Korea to free U.S. prisoner http://content.bimedia.net/politics/nationalnews/Carter-in-North-Korea-to-free-US-prisoner-101589203.html SEOUL (Reuters) - Former President Jimmy Carter met North Korea's nominal head of state on Wednesday after touching down in Pyongyang for a private visit to win the release of an American jailed in the reclusive country. McCain wins Arizona primary, Meek victorious in Florida http://content.bimedia.net/politics/nationalnews/McCain-wins-Arizona-primary-Meek-victorious-in-Florida-101497369.html MIAMI (Reuters) - Representative Kendrick Meek won Florida's Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday and will square off against Governor Charlie Crist and conservative Republican Marco Rubio in the closely watched November 2 election. Court rules against Obama's stem cell policy http://content.bimedia.net/politics/nationalnews/Court-rules-against-Obamas-stem-cell-policy-101403039.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A district court issued a preliminary injunction on Monday stopping federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, in a slap to the Obama administration's new guidelines on the sensitive issue. Biden pressing Iraqi leaders to form government http://content.bimedia.net/politics/nationalnews/Biden-pressing-Iraqi-leaders-to-form-government-101329124.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said on Monday he is pressing Iraq's leaders to settle their differences and form a government, almost six months after the country's election and a week before the scheduled end of the U.S. combat mission. Afghanistan vows to redouble anti-graft drive: Kerry http://content.bimedia.net/politics/nationalnews/Afghanistan-vows-to-redouble-anti-graft-drive-Kerry-101166539.html KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has vowed renewed efforts to combat corruption, a major bone of contention with Washington as its troops battle Taliban insurgents, U.S. Senator John Kerry said on Friday.