ThinkFast: April 16, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

President Obama yesterday issued a memorandum requiring “that nearly all hospitals extend visitation rights to the partners of gay men and lesbians and respect patients' choices about who may make critical health-care decisions for them.â€

ThinkFast: April 19, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

“With the Senate scheduled to begin debate on a financial overhaul bill this week, the fraud suit against the Wall Street titan Goldman Sachs has emboldened Democrats to ratchet up pressure on Republicans who oppose the Obama administration's proposal.â€

ThinkFast: April 20, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

Activists from the gay rights group GetEQUAL interrupted a speech by President Obama at a Californian fundraiser yesterday. The activists were upset at the administration's lack of progress in repealing the military's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, which is now opposed by six out of ten Americans.

Goldman Sachs' earnings “rose 91 percent in the first quarter of 2010, to $3.46 billion,â€

ThinkFast: April 21, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

Yesterday, President Obama called Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) and reportedly told him that Senate Democrats are moving forward with an immigration overhaul in a month. Immigration advocates, who have been disgruntled by the slow pace of action, said “the Obama administration had been considering several approaches, including convening a summit meeting devoted to the issue and putting forward its own bill.â€

ThinkFast: April 22, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

President Obama will speak in New York City today about financial reform, and is expected to [b]condemn “the furious efforts of industry lobbyistsâ€

ThinkFast: April 23, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

The oil rig that exploded on Tuesday has now sunk into the Gulf of Mexico, “leaving a one-by-five-mile sheen of what the authorities said was ‘crude oil mix.'â€

ThinkFast: April 26, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

[b]President Obama delivered a eulogy at “a somber memorialâ€

[quote]And finally: More than half a year prior to its publication, Bush's memoir is already available for nearly half price. The book, “Decision Points,â€

ThinkFast: April 28, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

Goldman Sachs executives refused to admit any regrets over the investment bank's activities at a Senate hearing yesterday. “Regret to me means something that you feel that you did wrong,â€

ThinkFast: April 29, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

A new Pentagon report on the war in Afghanistan finds that “only a quarter of what it regards as key regions in Afghanistanâ€

ThinkFast: April 30, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

The U.S. economy grew at 3.2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of this year, marking three straight quarters of growth. “Consumer spending growth has remained solid thanks to more hiring and better financial conditions,â€

ThinkFast: May 3, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

President Obama visited Louisiana yesterday afternoon to observe the response effort to the BP oil spill, which he called [b]a “potentially unprecedented environmental disaster.â€

ThinkFast: May 4, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

Federal agents and police detectives arrested Faisal Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan, shortly before midnight Monday in connection with the failed Times Square car bombing. Shahzad is believed to have recently bought the truck that was found laden with explosives. He was taken off a plane that had already boarded at Kennedy Airport in New York.

Today, the Senate will begin casting votes on the Wall Street reform bill. “Democratic leaders had not yet determined as of late Monday whether amendments will need 50 or 60 votes to pass.â€

ThinkFast: May 5, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

The Gulf oil disaster presents “a prime opportunity for progressives and clean-energy advocates to demonstrate the desperate need for new forms of energy.â€

ThinkFast: May 6, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

Although a federal judge declared the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional, observances will still be going on across the nation day. The injunction will not take effect until President Obama has exhausted his appeals. U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb ruled on April 15 that the government shouldn't endorse the day because it is “an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function.â€

ThinkFast: May 7, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

The U.S. economy added 290,000 jobs last month, 100,000 more than economists had predicted. The unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent “mainly because 805,000 jobseekers — perhaps feeling better about their prospects — resumed their searches for work.â€

ThinkFast: May 10, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

President Obama is expected to nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court in a press conference this morning, “positioning the court to have three female justices for the first time.â€

ThinkFast: May 11, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

Despite protests from Tea Party activists regarding high taxes, a USA Today analysis of federal data has found that “Americans paid their lowest level of taxes last year since Harry Truman's presidency.â€

ThinkFast: May 12, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

The Senate climate bill set to be unveiled today by Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) “scales back earlier offshore drilling proposals, giving states more authority to block operations off their coastlines.â€

ThinkFast: May 13, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo has begun an investigation “of eight banks to determine whether they provided misleading information to rating agencies in order to inflate the grades of certain mortgage securities.â€

ThinkFast: May 14, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) said that [b]he “will launch a formal inquiryâ€

ThinkFast: May 17, 2010 » ~ By Think Progress at 9:00 am

[b]BP achieved “some successâ€

[quote]BP achieved “some successâ€