http://www.mail.com/subjects/16624-government-appointments-nominations.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/16624-government-appointments-nominations.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2094734-obama-agenda-marches-despite-controversies.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office. "Absolutely not," Steven Miller, the recently resigned... Sat, 18 May 2013 19:47:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2094734-obama-agenda-marches-despite-controversies.html 2013-05-18T19:47:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091258-second-court-invalidates-obama-recess-appointment.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A second federal appeals court has found that President Barack Obama exceeded his power when he bypassed the Senate to install a member to the National Labor Relations Board. The ruling by the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia came on the same day that a Senate panel considered a slate of five nominees for full terms on t... Thu, 16 May 2013 21:28:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091258-second-court-invalidates-obama-recess-appointment.html 2013-05-16T21:28:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090908-senate-confirms-physicist-moniz-energy-chief.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Physicist Ernest Moniz won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to be the nation's new energy secretary. Moniz, 68, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, replaces Steven Chu, who served as energy secretary in President Barack Obama's first term. Moniz served as an energy undersecretary in the Clinton administration.... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:13:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090908-senate-confirms-physicist-moniz-energy-chief.html 2013-05-16T20:13:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090656-senate-committee-approves-3-judicial-nominees.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved three of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees, including one for an influential appeals court, for a full Senate vote. Senators voted 18-0 to move forward with nomination of Sri Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, considered the most impor... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:36:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090656-senate-committee-approves-3-judicial-nominees.html 2013-05-16T19:36:58Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089626-senate-panel-considers-labor-board-nominees.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans said Thursday they would not support five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, raising the possibility the troubled agency could be rendered mostly inoperable later this year. The board has already been working under a cloud since January, when a federal appeals court said the president violated the Constitu... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:22:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089626-senate-panel-considers-labor-board-nominees.html 2013-05-16T19:22:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090850-epa-nominee-advances-without-gop-support.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency has moved one step closer to getting the job, but it came without Republican support. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday voted 10-8, along party lines, to advance Gina McCarthy's nomination to the full Senate. McCarthy now leads the EPA's... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:47:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090850-epa-nominee-advances-without-gop-support.html 2013-05-16T16:47:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2088736-suspect-killing-wva-sheriff-arraigned.html HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A man accused of gunning down a county sheriff in West Virginia was arraigned Wednesday on first-degree murder and other charges and plans to seek bail ahead of a possible Oct. 21 trial date. With Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum's widow, Rosie, staring intently from the courtroom's front row, Tennis Melvin Maynard answered a hand... Wed, 15 May 2013 22:09:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2088736-suspect-killing-wva-sheriff-arraigned.html 2013-05-15T22:09:38Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2088532-holder-defends-perezs-tenure-justice-dept.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder and a leading House Republican clashed Wednesday over the Justice Department's refusal to turn over the private emails of Thomas Perez, a top department official nominated to be labor secretary. California Rep. Darrell Issa repeatedly pressed Holder about why the Justice Department won't release the personal ... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:19:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2088532-holder-defends-perezs-tenure-justice-dept.html 2013-05-15T21:19:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2078072-obama-to-crocker-to-broadcast-governing-board.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he will nominate former U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker to the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The independent agency oversees U.S.-supported, civilian international broadcasts such as the Voice of America. Crocker cited health issues when he retired last year after serving three decades in world hotspots, most ... Fri, 10 May 2013 23:38:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2078072-obama-to-crocker-to-broadcast-governing-board.html 2013-05-10T23:38:11Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2074394-gop-boycotts-health-care-advisory-board.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. House Speaker John Boehner, who joined Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell in boycotting the Independ... Thu, 09 May 2013 19:30:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2074394-gop-boycotts-health-care-advisory-board.html 2013-05-09T19:30:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074052-republicans-boycott-committee-vote-epa-nominee.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans boycotted Thursday a scheduled committee vote on President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. All eight GOP members of the Senate Environment and Public Works committee failed to show up at the meeting to consider the nomination of Gina McCarthy, who currently heads the EPA's air pollution... Thu, 09 May 2013 18:21:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074052-republicans-boycott-committee-vote-epa-nominee.html 2013-05-09T18:21:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068088-egypt-appoints-9-ministers-limited-reshuffle.html CAIRO (AP) — Nine new Egyptian ministers joined President Mohammed Morsi's Cabinet on Tuesday, including three members of his Muslim Brotherhood, in a reshuffle that officials said was aimed at addressing the country's financial woes and securing a much-needed international loan. Morsi supporters claim he wants to reach out to other political blocs, yet t... Tue, 07 May 2013 21:40:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2068088-egypt-appoints-9-ministers-limited-reshuffle.html 2013-05-07T21:40:23Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2069168-appeals-court-strikes-union-poster-rule.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In another blow to the nation's dwindling labor unions, an appeals court on Tuesday struck down a federal rule that would have required millions of businesses to put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the National Labor Relations Board violated ... Tue, 07 May 2013 20:22:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2069168-appeals-court-strikes-union-poster-rule.html 2013-05-07T20:22:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2058142-obama-nominates-pritzker-froman-economic-jobs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday chose two old friends with corporate executive experience for top posts on his economic team, naming longtime fundraiser Penny Pritzker as Commerce secretary and adviser Michael Froman as U.S. Trade Representative. Pritzker, a Hyatt hotel heiress, businesswoman and philanthropist, is Obama's pick to fil... Thu, 02 May 2013 18:39:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2058142-obama-nominates-pritzker-froman-economic-jobs.html 2013-05-02T18:39:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055744-italy-race-problems-with-black-govt-minister.html ROME (AP) — It was hailed as a giant step forward for racial integration in a country that has long been ill at ease with its growing immigrant classes. But Cecile Kyenge's appointment as Italy's first black Cabinet minister has instead exposed the nation's ugly race problem, a blight that flares regularly on the soccer pitch with racist taunts and in the diatribes of xenoph... Wed, 01 May 2013 16:46:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055744-italy-race-problems-with-black-govt-minister.html 2013-05-01T16:46:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2054530-elbaradei-egypt-leader-will-opposition-help.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's leading opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei said Tuesday he believes the Islamist president will eventually be forced to reach out to the opposition because his group is losing support and isn't able to tackle the country's myriad problems alone. ElBaradei, speaking to a small group of journalists including The Associated Press at his... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:38:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2054530-elbaradei-egypt-leader-will-opposition-help.html 2013-04-30T22:38:18Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2053398-tony-award-nods-skip-stars-veterans.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Tony Awards committee largely favored tried-and-true stage veterans over flashy visitors Tuesday when announcing this year's Tony nominations, with Hollywood stars such as Bette Midler, Jessica Chastain, Al Pacino, Katie Holmes and Scarlett Johansson never hearing their names called. With the exception of Broadway debutant Tom Hanks, t... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:22:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2053398-tony-award-nods-skip-stars-veterans.html 2013-04-30T19:22:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2052222-boston-suspects-defense-team-major-boost.html BOSTON (AP) — The defense team representing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect got a major boost Monday with the addition of Judy Clarke, a San Diego lawyer who has won life sentences instead of the death penalty for several high-profile clients, including the Unabomber and the gunman in the rampage that injured former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Cl... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:01:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2052222-boston-suspects-defense-team-major-boost.html 2013-04-30T04:01:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2051264-nys-cuomo-clinton-bearing-2016-thinking.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that he's not talking about running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016 and he's not waiting to see if Hillary Clinton runs. Over his first two years as governor, Cuomo has repeatedly refused to talk publicly about running for president despite prompting by supporters. He has said such talk... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:29:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2051264-nys-cuomo-clinton-bearing-2016-thinking.html 2013-04-30T02:29:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2050438-obama-taps-foxx-nc-mayor-to-transportation.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday tapped rising Democratic politician Anthony Foxx to lead the Department of Transportation, an agency at the center of Washington's fiscal fights. Foxx, the mayor of Charlotte, N.C., is the first black nominee among the president's picks for open spots in his second term Cabinet. The president had faced qu... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:34:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2050438-obama-taps-foxx-nc-mayor-to-transportation.html 2013-04-29T19:34:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048480-italy-forms-government-2-month-stalemate.html ROME (AP) — Center-left leader Enrico Letta forged a new Italian government Saturday in a coalition with former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's conservatives, an unusual alliance of bitter rivals that broke a two-month political stalemate from inconclusive elections in the recession-mired country. The daunting achievement was pulled off by Letta, who will be ... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:32:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048480-italy-forms-government-2-month-stalemate.html 2013-04-27T19:32:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2044804-justice-dept-appeals-recess-case-to-supreme-court.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that found the president's recess appointments to a labor agency unconstitutional. In a petition seeking review, the Justice Department said the decision undermines a key presidential power that has been used for more than a century to ap... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:23:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2044804-justice-dept-appeals-recess-case-to-supreme-court.html 2013-04-25T21:23:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2044348-argentinas-congress-limits-judicial-independence.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's congress passed new limits on judicial independence Thursday, key parts of a package of laws the government promises will "democratize" the country's courts. Opponents say these new laws provide yet another reason not to invest in Argentina, because private property will be much more difficult to protect and Pres... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:42:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2044348-argentinas-congress-limits-judicial-independence.html 2013-04-25T15:42:51Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2043694-4-artists-up-uks-contentious-turner-prize.html LONDON (AP) — British art's prestigious Turner Prize embraced the playful and the satirical Thursday, announcing a list of four finalists including a cartoonist known for his scathing humor and an artist who orchestrates encounters that break down barriers between people. The contenders include popular humorist David Shrigley, 44, who specializes in squig... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:55:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2043694-4-artists-up-uks-contentious-turner-prize.html 2013-04-25T14:55:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2042530-argentine-congress-aims-to-democratize-courts.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Legislators shouted at each other all day and into the night Wednesday while a nervous crowd held vigil outside as congress bitterly debated major changes to Argentina's system. President Cristina Fernandez said the measures her allies were pushing through would finally make the nation's courts more democratic and responsive... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:04:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2042530-argentine-congress-aims-to-democratize-courts.html 2013-04-25T01:04:43Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2042296-senate-confirms-white-house-budget-director.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed Sylvia Burwell, President Barack Obama's nominee to run the White House budget office. The vote was 96-0. Obama applauded the bipartisan vote. He said as his new director of the Office of Management and Budget, Burwell will help his administration continue efforts to replace recent across-the-board budget cuts. O... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2042296-senate-confirms-white-house-budget-director.html 2013-04-24T18:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039912-graham-blocks-vote-obama-energy-nominee.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is blocking a Senate vote on President Barack Obama's energy secretary nominee to protest proposed budget cuts to a nuclear processing facility in Graham's home state. The Senate was expected to vote as soon as this week on physics professor Ernest Moniz's nomination to lead the Energy Dep... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:52:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039912-graham-blocks-vote-obama-energy-nominee.html 2013-04-23T19:52:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033162-napolitano-re-elected-italys-president.html ROME (AP) — Italy's Parliament on Saturday re-elected Giorgio Napolitano to an unprecedented second term as president, after party leaders persuaded the 87-year-old to serve again in hopes of easing the hostility that has thwarted formation of a new government. Napolitano easily surpassed the simple majority required to be elected Saturday afternoon. He g... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:41:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033162-napolitano-re-elected-italys-president.html 2013-04-20T23:41:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033230-egypts-morsi-to-reshuffle-cabinet-amid-turmoil.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi defended his handling of some of the nation's most pressing problems in a nearly two-hour television interview on Saturday, and pledged to appoint new Cabinet ministers in a move that could ease the country's deep political polarization. Reshuffling the Cabinet has been a key demand of the nation's largely lib... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:28:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033230-egypts-morsi-to-reshuffle-cabinet-amid-turmoil.html 2013-04-20T22:28:16Z