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WASHINGTON — President Obama described his expansive budget proposal on Saturday as “a threat to the status quo in Washington” and cast himself as a populist crusader willing to do battle with special interests to expand health care, curb pollution and improve education.

Mayor's brother to keep contractAfter cries of patronage, Milton Street said he'd end his airport job. Now he says he'll sue to save it.By Thomas FitzgeraldInquirer Staff Writer “There’s no impropriety here,” T. Milton Street Sr. said of the $1.2 million contract. Renewing a family conflict, Mayor Street's older brother yesterday reversed course and vowed to hang on to a $1.2 million no-bid contract for maintenance work at Philadelphia International Airport.T. Milton Street Sr. said that to keep the money, he would drag the city and his brother into court if necessary."I'm not going to give up my business," Milton...