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House Dems, GOP embrace cuts in defense spending

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Substantial reductions in military spending should be part of any budget deal that President Barack Obama negotiates with Congress to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts, a group of House Republicans

RNC looking into what went wrong in 2012

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican National Committee on Monday announced an inquiry to look at what went wrong in 2012's presidential election and how the GOP can respond to the nation's shifting demographics and adopt smarter political strategies.

Solid evidence elusive in right-to-work debate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By JOHN FLESHER and JEFF KAROUBAssociated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder says one reason he supports right-to-work legislation in Michigan is the economic boost a similar law has given Indiana, although officials have provided no conclusive evidence that the policy by itself

THE RESET: Obama spending 'political capital'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By TOM RAUMAssociated Press President Barack Obama is trying to spend what former President George W. Bush called "political capital." That's the good will and clout you get from a re-election victory. Obama's predecessor boasted after his 2004 win that he'd amassed political

Government investigating makers of cellphone apps

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is investigating whether software companies that make cellphone apps violated the privacy rights of children by quietly collecting personal information from mobile devices and sharing it with advertisers and data brokers,

Former tea party leader blames GOP for setbacks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican Party and stupid statements by some candidates are to blame for GOP losses in last month's congressional elections, the former leader of a tea party group said Monday. Dick Armey, who until recently led the conservative group FreedomWorks, said some GOP

Hope and fear in gay marriage cases at high court

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Gay marriage supporters see 41 reasons to fret over the Supreme Court's decision to take up the case of California's ban on same-sex unions. While nine states allow same-sex partners to marry, or will soon, 41 states do not. Of those

Obama to visit Mich. to tout 'fiscal cliff' plan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is heading to Michigan to ask auto workers to support his plan for averting the so-called fiscal cliff. Obama will tour an engine plant Monday in Redford, Mich., a suburb of Detroit. He'll also speak to workers at the plant before returning to Washington

No one retreating; cliff talks seem at standstill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 10th

By By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - A year-end deadline approaching, quiet negotiations to avoid an economy-rattling "fiscal cliff" yielded no tangible signs of progress on Monday as Republicans pressed President Barack Obama to volunteer spending cuts he will support

Obama praises special ops forces after rescue

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

WASHINGTON (AP) - A member of a U.S. special operations team was killed during a weekend rescue mission in Afghanistan that freed an American doctor abducted by the Taliban outside of Kabul five days ago. President Barack Obama praised the special forces on Sunday, saying the mission was