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Does Rahm's Departure Mean a New Direction for Obama?
Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is expected to leave the White House tomorrow to campaign for Mayor of Chicago. Other key aides are departing as well. What will that mean for the Obama Administration, relations with Congress and public perception? Also, McDonald’s balks at healthcare reform, and the world’s top cyclist and performance enhancing drugs.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenChief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is expected to leave the White House tomorrow to campaign for Mayor of Chicago. Other key aides are departing as well. What will that mean for the Obama Administration, relations with Congress and public perception? Also, McDonald’s balks at healthcare reform, and Alberto Contador, this year's winner of the Tour de France is accused of doping. Previous winner Lance Armstrong faces another investigation.
Banner image: President-elect Barack Obama stands with his Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel at a news conference on December 16, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Photo: Ralf-Finn Hestoft-Pool/Getty Images
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3 storiesMcDonald's Balks at Healthcare Reform
McDonald's , the fast food empire, has denied a report in the Wall Street Journal that it might drop health coverage for 30,000 workers unless regulators waive a new requirement that's part of healthcare reform. Jonathan Cohn is Senior Editor at The New Republic magazine.
Read the story8 minObama and Emanuel: Great Team or a Mismatch?
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is stepping down, and Rahm Emanuel wants the job. President Obama is expected to announce his Chief of Staff's departure tomorrow. Emanuel has been the "get-it-done insider" to Obama's "visionary outsider," praised for legislative successes and scapegoated for defeats.
Read the story35 minThree-time Tour de France Winner Suspended after Doping Test
At a news conference today near Madrid, Alberto Contador denied he tested positive for a banned substance on July 21, the day he won this year's Tour de France . The International Cycling Union says it told the Spanish cyclist about his test results about a month after the Tour.
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