WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is close to selecting a location on U.S. soil to house some detainees from the controversial american military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an administration official said on Saturday.

After a heady week on a high-stakes world stage, President Barack Obama returned to America's messiest political mosh pit -- the health care debate.

. Party to blame 'from Gordon Brown down' . Chancellor plans law to curb budget deficitAlistair Darling has revealed his frustration at the collapse in Labour morale under Gordon Brown, accusing his party - from the prime minister down - of handing power to the Tories without a fight.On the eve of what many MPs believe could be Labour's final conference as a governing party for a decade, the normally restrained chancellor delivers a stinging rebuke to the entire Labour hierarchy, which he says appears to have lost "the will to live", and warns that a Conservative government would "crash the economy".His intervention comes as, for the first time, Brown acknowledges the depths of the trouble Labour is in, telling delegates they face the "fight of their lives" next spring - while the Welsh secretary, Peter Hain, concedes that even if the party pulls itself together Labour may be unable to reverse the Tories' poll lead before the election is called.Faced with the threat of defeat, Darling

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When it comes to golf, Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) has champagne taste.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus and several thousand of their supporters wrapped President Obama in a warm embrace at a gala banquet Saturday night, as Obama reminded the crowd of the initiatives he has enacted in the early months of his presidency.

Richard K. Armey has been an economics professor, House leader, corporate lobbyist and a blunt-talking critic of his fellow Republicans. Now, at the vanguard of a loosely-knit band of opponents of President Obama's agenda, Armey has morphed into a role Obama himself held years ago: a grass-roots...

The visits had a ritual quality. Three times a year, a coalition of Chicago community groups met with the Federal Reserve and other banking regulators to warn about the growing prevalence of abusive mortgage lending.

President Obama has not set a deadline for determining a new strategy or for committing more troops to the war in Afghanistan, despite an urgent request from his top commander, his national security adviser said Saturday.

Meg Whitman owes the voters of California more than an apology.