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President Barack Obama on Friday sought to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening to swamp his agenda back to his top priority - the economy - and announced he will try to cut in half the time it takes to get federal approval for large job-creating projects.Obama traveled to Baltimore, a short helicopter ride from the White House, to talk about steps he is taking to streamline permits for infrastructure, early childhood education, and positive signs in the economy.He did not mention the trio of storms that have beset his administration in the past week and that some believe could overrun his second-term agenda.Speaking in front of heavy equipment at Ellicott Dredges, a company that helped dredge the Panama Canal over 100 years ago, Obama took a swipe at the distractions of Washington politics."I know it can seem frustrating sometimes when it seems like Washington's priorities aren't the same as your priorities," Obama said in his upbeat speech."Others may get distracted by c...
By Lyndee PrickittSITAPUR, India (Reuters) - Carrying two worn bags full of toothbrushes and toothpaste, Raj Verma rides his battered bicycle around villages in Indi...
GOP Presidential candidate Herman Cain reacts to statements made by President Obama on the economy.
Environmental blogger Jim Motavalli on why we should give back to the Earth itself.
U.N. Framework Convention Exec. Sec. Yvo De Boer on the U.N. debate over climate change .
Former Advisor to Vice President Cheney Mary Matalin weighs in on President Obama accepting the Nobel Peace Prize and global warming .
Fmr. Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney Mary Matalin on why she likes the new ideas of many of the young members of the Republican party.
Sen. Jim Inhofe, (R-Okla.), on why the administration’s climate - change policy has cost the economy heavily this winter.
President Obama disses Pope Benedict?
John McCain responds to charge that he is playing up his POW experience
U.N.'s global warming miscalculation
Rep. Blackburn on Obama's claim he's 'just getting started'
Karl Rove on what's next on Obama's radical to-do list
Jonathan Hunt reports on the recovery efforts to get the Jersey Shore back in business and ready for the summer
Rep. Frank Pallone, (D-N.J.), on the growing anger over the House not voting on a relief bill for the victims of the storm.
A coalition of seven eastern states led by New York plans to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to issue new guidelines to curb methane emissio...
Bob Deans of the NRDC discusses whether America should pay for a U.N. carbon tax.
PBS' Jeffrey Brown suggests too many news sources created fragmented nation
A federal judge on Monday denied BP Plc access to 21 emails and other documents sent among White House and other U.S. officials related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oi...
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) tells Alan why be believes man-made global warming is a hoax.
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