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“I am staying in this fight” is the message failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris has delivered when asked about her political future, with a run for California governor reportedly not out of the question. Politico cited sources familiar with recent conversations Harris has had, including those with knowledge of what she apparently told an individual at a pre-Oscars party, who inquired about when she would make a decision about a gubernatorial run in the Golden State. “She gave a definitive answer, according to two people with knowledge of the conversation: the end of the summer,” Politico reported. And in calls...

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” host Joy Reid reacted to California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and San Francisco Mayor London Breed eating out, and Austin Mayor Steve Adler (D) urging residents to stay at home while he was in Mexico by stating that “Even the good politicians are messing up. And I don’t know what to do at this point if even the good guys are messing up.”

For a second day, the "pool" of reporters in Florida to cover President Obama's golfing weekend refused to be dismissed by the White House, stationing in a maintenance shed near the super exclusive course the president is golfing at for his 223rd round of golf since taking office. The first "pool report" of the day said that the president's team said he wouldn't be making news or appearing in public, thus declaring a news "lid" and allowing the media to stay at their hotel 15 miles away. But as they did Saturday the reporters opted to stay close to Obama...

A new study from the Pew Hispanic Center found that the number of illegal immigrants in the United States dropped significantly for the first time in two decades -- but the population out of Mexico has held steady since reaching its peak in 2007. [snip] But the population from Mexico, where drug cartel-fueled violence has prompted concern along the U.S. border, grew rapidly since 2000 and has not receded much.

President Obama said that he liked London so much, he was planning to stay, renting a flat in trendy Soho and taking up portrait painting to make ends meet. "Michelle can stay, or go back to DC, I don't really care," he told a reporter. Joe Biden said he looked forward to serving as America's 45th president, and would "continue the great work of President Obama, as well as finding some other things to screw up." Sarah Palin said she was still looking for Russia from the top of her house. "There's a big cloud of ash in the way,...

NEW YORK – The New York Times is reporting that NBC has signed its late-night star Jay Leno to a contract that will keep him at the network and move him to prime time. Under the new deal, Leno, whose "Tonight" show hosting job will go to Conan O'Brien, would have a new show airing 10 p.m. Eastern every weeknight. The deal reportedly will be announced Tuesday.

An emotional Angelica Watkins understands why her husband, Spc. Christopher Watkins of the 86th Signal Battalion, will have his deployment extended by three months, but it doesn't make it any easier. Watkins was at a meeting Thursday afternoon where families were briefed about the tour extensions. (Ed Honda-Herald/Review) Herald/Review FORT HUACHUCA — No extension orders have been received, but family members of the 86th Signal Battalion know their soldier spouses will be remaining in Iraq for an additional three months. While the extension is “heartbreaking,” Angelica Watkins said it’s part of military life. Her husband Christopher, who is a...

(Australian)PRIME Minister John Howard had decided to contest the next election, backbenchers said today. Mr Howard told government MPs in a letter faxed to their offices this morning that he had made his decision after consulting widely with his colleagues over the parliamentary winter break. "The soundings that he's taken over the last few weeks tell him that there's a strong view of the party that the current leadership team, with him as the leader and (Treasurer Peter) Costello as the deputy leader should remain in place through to the next election," government backbencher Alby Schultz said. "He thought it...

No need for witch doctors - I'm staying, says Mugabe By Peta Thornycroft in Harare (Filed: 17/07/2006) President Robert Mugabe has ridiculed followers for consulting witch doctors to choose his successor, dismissing the suggestion that he is going to step down. Robert Mugabe:cheers and laughter from the crowd Shaking his fist, Mr Mugabe, 82, told Zanu PF leaders and party elders at a weekend "consultative" rally in the country's capital, Harare, that they should not rely on witchcraft to choose Zimbabwe's next president. Mr Mugabe, who drew cheers and laughter from the crowd, told them: "The things we hear about...

SOUTHWEST ASIA, April 30, 2006 – It's critical that the American people muster up the will to see the conflict here through to victory, the commander of U.S. Central Command told civilian business, civic and academic leaders visiting here yesterday. Army Gen. John Abizaid, commander of U.S. Central Command, tells participants in the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference it's critical that the United States complete its mission in Southwest Asia. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Larry Chambers, USGC  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Military officials asked that the visit's exact location not be released. Army Gen. John Abizaid...

Football and pizza point to US staying for long haul By Oliver Poole at al-Asad airbase (Filed: 11/02/2006) The airbase at al-Asad is the biggest marine camp in western Anbar province. It is in the midst of the most rebellious region in Iraq, where thousands of insurgents have been killed in a series of operations over the past year. But get "inside the wire" and this stretch of desert increasingly resembles a slice of US suburbia rather than the front line in a war zone. Marines based in Iraq find time to watch the Super Bowl Its restaurants include a...

CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq (Jan. 25, 2006) -- Reenlisting or separating from the Marine Corps is a decision each enlisted Marine reaches at some point in their career. Gunnery Sgt. Antonio M. Hardy, the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) career retention specialist is on hand here to assist Marines considering “re-uping” while forward deployed. When reenlisting while deployed, you can receive federal and state tax-free reenlistment bonuses, Hardy explained. This means getting the full cash amount on the paper, which you would not be able to receive in garrison. Hardy also explained that some military occupational specialties are short handed and...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2005 – The Sept. 11, 2001, attacks showed that the United States could no longer ignore the threat of global terrorism and that America must go on the attack, President Bush said during a nationally televised address Dec. 18. The United States did not start the war against global terrorism, Bush pointed out. Terrorists flew commercial airliners into the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City, crashed another plane into the Pentagon, and commandeered another that crashed in a Pennsylvania field. "On that day, we were not in Iraq, we were not in Afghanistan," Bush...

Michael Eric Dyson’s tour for his book, Is Bill Cosby Right? (Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost its Mind?) has been busting out all over radio and TV in the past few weeks. In fact there’s been lots of talk about Bill Cosby’s remarks concerning declining morality and poor behavior stemming from a lack of parental responsibility that’s holding black kids back. Mr. Cosby laments the lifestyle of young blacks; from their dress, to their music, their views on sex, their language and their moral ethos in general. He believes that it is the fault of black parents for...

<p>The first question Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is asked by constituents along the campaign trail has nothing to do with tax cuts, the war in Iraq or his strong stand on illegal immigration.</p> <p>They want to know how his pregnant wife is doing.</p>

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Thursday said the 2-week-old offensive would continue in the Palestinian territories even through the visit by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell. "We shall not leave Jenin, not Nablus, not Ramallah and not Bethlehem ... before there is an arrangement for the terrorists' surrender," Sharon said, just hours before Powell's peace mission was to reach Jerusalem. The prime minister said Israel would not lift the siege it has imposed on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah before the Palestinians hand over people involved in the assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavaam Zeevi, and hand...