Sotomayor breaks ankle at New York City airport en route to Washington for Senate meetingsWASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor hobbled through a packed day of meetings on Capitol Hill Monday after breaking her ankle in an early morning airport stumble, then boarding a flight from New York to Washington to visit senators who will vote on her confirmation. Sotomayor, meeting senators, counters criticism she’d rule with bias on Supreme CourtWASHINGTON — Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday countered Republican charges that she would let her background dictate her rulings as Americans signaled a favorable first impression of President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court choice. GOP senators let slide racially charged accusations against Sotomayor, allow Limbaugh attackWASHINGTON — Republican Senate leaders won’t call Sonia Sotomayor a racist. But they’re fine with Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich playing the race card to rile up an out-of-power GOP. Two-thirds of Americans trust ObamaWASHINGTON - Two-thirds Americans fully trust President Barack Obama’s ability to take right decision for the problems faced by the United States, according to a poll. US radio host calls Indian workers ’slumdogs’WASHINGTON - Controversial American talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who fashions himself as the new ‘face’ of the US Republican Party, has raised another storm by calling workers handling outsourced jobs in India as ’slumdogs’. Cheney not the best person to give advice: White HouseWASHINGTON - Former US Vice President Dick Cheney is not the best person to seek advice from on the way the Obama administration is functioning, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on Monday. |