Richard Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO, met with Obama at the White House on Wednesday, and officials said the labor leader raised concerns. Obama has proposed significantly softening the tax in keeping with an earlier deal with organized labor, and labor... Full Article at Cape Cod Online

Published March 18, 2010 06:37 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Republican strategist Karl Rove will visit Indiana on Sunday. The former White House political adviser to President George W. Bush will be signing copies of his memoir, "Courage and Consequence." Rove's... Full Article at The Herald Bulletin

But Democrats delayed the planned release of formal legislation at least until Thursday as they sought to make sure it would reduce federal deficits annually over the next decade. At the White House, Obama met with Richard Trumka, the head of the AFL-CIO. Full Article at Leaf Chronicle

Baier in the executive mansion's Blue Room to talk about a health care plan that is inching toward final passage. Several times Obama chided Baier for breaking into his lengthy answers with follow-up questions. "Bret, you've got to let me finish my... Full Article at The Morris County Daily Record

Harm reduction refers to things like drug-substitute treatments and clean-needle exchanges — programs being tried (with promising results) in a number of countries to battle the spread of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and other drug-related illnesses. The... Full Article at The Washington Independent

The latest proposed strategy merely underscores the past year's by-hook-or-by-crook legislative approach. Even recent attention to "sweetheart deals" has failed to improve the product. President Obama initially said he wanted state-specific deals... Full Article at Burlington Free Press

(MarketWatch) -- GlaxoSmithKline shares climbed on Thursday amid signs that investors could be reassessing the prospects for a U.S. generic launch of one of its key asthma drugs. Democrats may be close to pushing through their health bill, even as... Full Article at MarketWatch

GREEN ALL OVER St. Patrick's celebrations around the country and in Dublin featured threads of the same -- bagpipes, marching bands and crowds eager to see spring weather. There was a mix of lighthearted cheer and serious politics at the White House,... Full Article at SILive.com

Veep Joe Biden stole the show last night at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Dinner where he fired off one-liners about the alleged White House gatecrashers and health care reform that had the A-list crowd of journalists and celebrities in... Full Article at NBC - Dallas Fort Worth