en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/politics/national/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_administration_forced_to_tu/ A federal judge has ordered the Bush administration to divulge documents related to immunizing telecommunications companies from lawsuits, saying they illegally opened their networks to the National Security Agency. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in news politics 2007-11-29 08:26:46 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_administration_forced_to_tu/ News.com http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9825170-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 http://www.newsique.com/sources/newscom/ 100 Important [14] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_administration_forced_to_tu/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/michigan_high_court_oks_jan_15_p/ Michigan's Jan. 15 presidential primary can go forward, the state Supreme Court decided Wednesday, keeping alive the state's bid to be one of the 2008 campaign's first contests. The court decision should make it easier for New Hampshire Secretary of St news politics 2007-11-23 08:29:34 http://www.newsique.com/politics/michigan_high_court_oks_jan_15_p/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21918148/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/michigan_high_court_oks_jan_15_p/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/fema_pr_chief_loses_new_job_afte/ The man who oversaw public affairs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency when it held a fake news conference last week will no longer be taking over as head of public relations for the director of national intelligence. Pat Philbin, FEMA's extern news politics 2007-10-29 16:48:47 http://www.newsique.com/politics/fema_pr_chief_loses_new_job_afte/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/29/fema.newser/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Amazing [12] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/fema_pr_chief_loses_new_job_afte/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/cheney_exempts_his_office_from_g/ House Democrats on Thursday denounced Vice President Dick Cheney's idea of abolishing a government office charged with safeguarding national security information — and criticized him for refusing to cooperate with the agency. Cheney's office — over news politics 2007-06-22 08:11:09 http://www.newsique.com/politics/cheney_exempts_his_office_from_g/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/126989835/2007-06-22-cheney-secrecy_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Shocking [22] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/cheney_exempts_his_office_from_g/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/oversight_committee_on_the_vice_/ From the Oversight and Government Reform Committee: Vice President Exempts His Office from the Requirements for Protecting Classified Information Washington, D.C. — The Oversight Committee has learned that over the objections of the Nation news politics 2007-06-21 15:06:55 http://www.newsique.com/politics/oversight_committee_on_the_vice_/ www.speaker.gov http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=507 Important [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/oversight_committee_on_the_vice_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/state_dems_primary_may_not_count/ What if Democratic voters turned out for a presidential primary in Florida and their vote didn't count? No, this isn't a Katherine Harris joke. It's an option national Democratic leaders are seriously considering as they grapple with Florida's newly news politics 2007-05-10 12:11:45 http://www.newsique.com/politics/state_dems_primary_may_not_count/ St. Petersburg Times http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/09/State/Dems__primary_may_not.shtml http://www.newsique.com/sources/tampabay/ 94 Shocking [6] 70 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/state_dems_primary_may_not_count/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_administration_picks_lawren/ The Bush administration selected Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's design for a new generation of atomic warheads, two officials familiar with the decision said Friday. The decision, to be announced later in the day, came a year after the admini news politics 2007-03-03 05:42:17 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_administration_picks_lawren/ ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2918809&page=1 http://www.newsique.com/sources/abc_news/ 91 Important [14] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_administration_picks_lawren/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/gonzales_raps_activist_judges_-_/ Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says federal judges are unqualified to make rulings affecting national security policy, ramping up his criticism of how they handle terrorism cases. news politics 2007-01-17 16:20:51 http://www.newsique.com/politics/gonzales_raps_activist_judges_-_/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16668110/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Important [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/gonzales_raps_activist_judges_-_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/pm_quebeckers_a_nation_within_ca/ Prime Minister Stephen Harper took the historic step Wednesday of recognizing Quebeckers as a nation within Canada, a move that won immediate support from the other federalist parties and thrust the country back into the divisive national unity debate. news politics 2006-11-23 09:12:14 http://www.newsique.com/politics/pm_quebeckers_a_nation_within_ca/ Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061123.wnation23/BNStory/National/home http://www.newsique.com/sources/globe_and_mail/ 96 Under Rated [10] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/pm_quebeckers_a_nation_within_ca/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/big_donors_among_obamas_grassroo/ Obama's bundlers help make up a more loosely defined "national finance committee," whose members are made to feel part of the campaign's inner workings through weekly conference calls and quarterly meetings at which they quiz the candidate or his strategi news politics 2008-04-11 08:13:11 http://www.newsique.com/politics/big_donors_among_obamas_grassroo/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24060056/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/big_donors_among_obamas_grassroo/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_reinstates_calif_delegates/ Facing a backlash from supporters, Barack Obama's presidential campaign reversed course Thursday and reinstated hundreds of people to lists that will be used to choose California's delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Campaign manager David news politics 2008-04-11 08:13:06 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_reinstates_calif_delegates/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/268092007/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/obama_reinstates_calif_delegates/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/dean_says_hes_committed_to_seati/ Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Wednesday the party would "absolutely seat" a Florida delegation when it meets in August in Colorado for the national convention. "It is my commitment, working with the Florida delegation and the cam news politics 2008-04-03 08:13:53 http://www.newsique.com/politics/dean_says_hes_committed_to_seati/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/02/dems.campaign/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/dean_says_hes_committed_to_seati/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/national_super_tuesday_poll_show/ Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton is losing ground to Sen. Barack Obama in a national CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released on the eve of critical Super Tuesday presidential primaries and caucuses. The two are virtually tied in Monday's survey, which sho news politics 2008-02-04 08:13:56 http://www.newsique.com/politics/national_super_tuesday_poll_show/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/04/national.poll/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/national_super_tuesday_poll_show/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/giuliani_101_the_blackboard_less/ Let us say a sincere, “Thank you, Rudy Giuliani.” The former New York City mayor, who dropped out of the presidential race Wednesday, has served as teacher in charge of the after-school remedial class for political junkies. The lesson we never s opinion politics 2008-01-31 08:16:12 http://www.newsique.com/politics/giuliani_101_the_blackboard_less/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22922966/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/giuliani_101_the_blackboard_less/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/culinary_workers_union_endorses_/ Presidential candidate Barack Obama won a key national labor endorsement Wednesday, a coup that could boost the Democrat's candidacy against Hillary Rodham Clinton in Nevada's nominating contest. Leaders of 450,000-member UNITE HERE announced the endor news politics 2008-01-10 08:25:40 http://www.newsique.com/politics/culinary_workers_union_endorses_/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22575934/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/culinary_workers_union_endorses_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/former_ri_sen_lincoln_chafee_lea/ Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee said he has left the Republican Party because the national GOP has drifted too far from him on critical issues, including the war in Iraq, the economy and the environment. "It's not my party anymore," Chafee, who represented news politics 2007-09-17 16:47:18 http://www.newsique.com/politics/former_ri_sen_lincoln_chafee_lea/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR2007091601815.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/former_ri_sen_lincoln_chafee_lea/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/fla_may_lose_delegates_over_prim/ Florida Democrats could lose their votes for the presidential nominee next year unless they change plans to hold their primary earlier than national party rules allow. The Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee was poised Saturday t news politics 2007-08-25 11:21:57 http://www.newsique.com/politics/fla_may_lose_delegates_over_prim/ CBS News http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsMain/~3/148106235/main3203664.shtml http://www.newsique.com/sources/cbsnews/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/fla_may_lose_delegates_over_prim/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/us_expands_domestic_spying_progr/ U.S. spy technology is expected to help law enforcement and immigration officials keep a closer watch on U.S. borders. Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, gave the Department of Homeland Security expanded authority to use spy satellites news politics 2007-08-16 08:19:02 http://www.newsique.com/politics/us_expands_domestic_spying_progr/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/15/homeland.security.spying/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/us_expands_domestic_spying_progr/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/hurricane_centers_chief_lost_sup/ Bill Proenza was on the job as director of the National Hurricane Center for less than a week when he delivered his first warning about the looming loss of a crucial forecasting tool: a rare satellite that measures winds during storms. At a closed-door news politics 2007-07-12 16:51:25 http://www.newsique.com/politics/hurricane_centers_chief_lost_sup/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/11/AR2007071102018.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/hurricane_centers_chief_lost_sup/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/national_hurricane_center_direct/ National Hurricane Center director Bill Proenza has left his position, CNN has learned. Sources say Proenza is still employed with the center, but the nature of his new position is unclear. Deputy Director Ed Rappaport has been temporarily placed in charg news politics 2007-07-09 16:55:18 http://www.newsique.com/politics/national_hurricane_center_direct/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/09/hurricane.official/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/national_hurricane_center_direct/#comments