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By Charles Krauthammer October 23, 2009 Rahm Emanuel once sent a dead fish to a live pollster. Now he's put a horse's head in Roger Ailes's bed. Not very subtle. And not very smart. Ailes doesn't scare easily. The White House has declared war on Fox News. White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Fox is "opinion journalism masquerading as news." Patting rival networks on ... read more

President Obama met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to discuss job creation and the state of the economy following last week's startling unemployment numbers ....9.8%. In a written statement, Reid said "today's meeting with the President reinforces our shared commitment to creating more jobs and providing relief to the millions of Americans who are out of ... read more

President Obama met with his war council today to discuss strategy in Afghanistan on what marks the eighth anniversary of the US invasion.  While top U.S. commander, General Stanley McChrystal is seeking additional troops there are many Democrats and some of the President's war advisers that do not agree--President Obama inherited the war when he took office and in eight years nearly 800 ... read more

Vice President Joe Biden said the stimulus "by some estimates, saved or created 1 million jobs."--- and today unemployment reports showed 263,000 jobs had been lost in the month of September --with a jobless rate rising to 9.8%. Despite the numbers, Biden was optimistic and said "today's bad news does not change my confidence in the fact that we are going to recover, we are going to be producing ... read more

Today Iran and six world powers sat down to talk about Iran's nuclear program--Representatives from the U.S .and Iran also had a rare one- on- one meeting on Tehran's nuclear program.  The last time the U.S. attended the P5+1 meetings it did so as an observer. The 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany still hope to persuade Tehran to put a hold on a program that could ... read more

Tomorrow diplomatic talks between Iran and other major powers will take place about Iran's nuclear program. These talks will follow missile tests and the recent exposure of a second Iranian nuclear enrichment facility.  White House officials say it is up to the Iranians to prove to the world that their nuclear program is peaceful--Wendell Goler is at the White House with the story and Amy ... read more

  This afternoon the Senate Finance Committee voted against a government-run health insurance plan or public option. The committee voted 15 to 8 against an amendment proposed by Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) to add a public option to Senator Max Baucus' (D-MT) health care plan.  Baucus removed public option from his proposal due to opposition from the Republican party and from moderate ... read more

Iran tested its most advanced medium-range missiles today raising international concerns. They conducted three rounds of missile tests in drills that began yesterday and Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hasan Qashqavi said the tests were part of a planned military exercise scheduled prior to Iran's latest nuclear controversy.... the revelation of an underground uranium enrichment plant and ... read more

Don't miss Special Report tonight-- we have an exclusive interview with President Lech Kaczynski of Poland-- On the panel tonight...AB Stoddard, Steve Hayes and Charles Krauthammer discussing Medicare Advantage and a wrap up of the UN General Assembly. read more

President Obama announced today that he would abandon plans for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe that was set up under the Bush administration. It was proposed as a way to fend off potential missile attacks from Iran. Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl released a statement this morning accusing the administration of caving to Russia....the missile defense shield was a major point of ... read more