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Mike Allen / Time:
Exclusive: Tom DeLay Says He Will Give Up His Seat — The embattled former Republican leader tells TIME that he will leave Congress and not seek reelection — Rep. Tom DeLay, whose iron hold on the House Republicans melted as a lobbying corruption scandal engulfed the Capitol …
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Washington Post:
Rep. DeLay Won't Seek Reelection — Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), a primary architect of the House Republican majority who became one of the most powerful and feared leaders in Washington, told House allies tonight that he will resign from the House rather than face a reelection fight that appears increasingly unwinnable.
Dana Bash / CNN:
Sources: DeLay to leave House re-election race — Former majority leader to announce move Tuesday — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. Tom DeLay will drop out of his re-election race, two Republican congressional sources told CNN on Monday. — DeLay was forced to step down as House majority leader …
New York Times:
DeLay Will Not Seek Re-election to Congress — WASHINGTON, April 4 - Rep. Tom DeLay will announce on Tuesday that he will not seek re-election and will leave Congress within months, according to congressional aides. — The aides said that Mr. DeLay, who has been swept …
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TJ Aulds:
Tom DeLay to step down — Under constant fire from Democrats, indicted on state charges and embroiled in a federal investigation, Tom DeLay said Monday he would retire from the U.S. House of Representatives and move to the Washington, D.C., area, abandoning the office he has held since 1984.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Capitol police ask for arrest warrant for McKinney — Black leaders say McKinney victim of racial profiling — WASHINGTON — Capitol Hill police on Monday asked a federal prosecutor to approve an arrest warrant for Rep. Cynthia McKinney for her role in a scuffle with a police officer last week, the prosecutor's office confirmed.
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McKinney Admits Misusing Taxpayer Money — WASHINGTON — Rep. Cynthia McKinney admits that she broke government rules by spending money to fly a celebrity to Atlanta. — Channel 2 Action News has uncovered documents showing McKinney, D-Ga., spent about $1,000 of taxpayer's money …
Associated Press:Capitol Police request arrest warrant for Georgia congresswoman
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Supreme Court Refuses to Review Padilla Case — Bush Stance on Enemy Combatants to Remain Unchallenged — A divided Supreme Court handed the Bush administration a significant victory today when it decided not to review, for now, the federal government's powers to detain U.S. citizens as enemy combatants.
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Associated Press:
Justices, 6-3, Sidestep Ruling on Padilla Case — WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Jose Padilla, held as an enemy combatant without traditional legal rights for more than three years, sidestepping a challenge to Bush administration wartime detention powers.
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:Court refuses to hear Padilla appeal
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New York Times:
Jury Finds Moussaoui Eligible for Execution — ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 — A federal jury found today that Zacarias Moussaoui was responsible for at least some of the deaths that occurred in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, meaning that he could be subject to the death penalty.
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Dwight Meredith / Wampum:
2005 Koufax Awards —The Winners — I apologize for the delay in posting the winners. We had a big turn out both in comments and in emails and a number of the categories had excruciatingly close races (one category had an exact tie, more on that below). The voting was roughly evenly split between comments and email.
Kirk Semple / New York Times:
U.S. Announces Deaths of 9 American Troops — BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 3 — At least nine American troops died in two incidents in the insurgent stronghold of Anbar Province, including four who were killed in a rebel attack and at least five who died when their truck accidentally flipped over, the American military command said today.
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Ryan Lizza / New York Magazine:
The Bush-Cheney Era Ends Here — If Chuck Schumer can make his dream of a Democratic-controlled senate come true. — D — emocrats have a dream. They dream that they will wake up on November 8 and that West Virginia senator Robert Byrd, the 88-year-old antiwar firebrand …
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Greg Sargent / TAPPED:
HIATT TARS DEMS. Fred Hiatt's Washington Post column today slams the Democratic Party's "Real Security" plan. His chief objection appears to be that it's way too short on platitudes for his liking. Hiatt writes: … Castigating the Dem plan for failing to match such grandiloquence, Hiatt continues:
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Jamie Mobley / story.seguingazette.com:
UT professor says death is imminent — AUSTIN — A University of Texas professor says the Earth would be better off with 90 percent of the human population dead. — Â"Every one of you who gets to survive has to bury nine,Â" Eric Pianka cautioned students and guests at St. EdwardÂ's University on Friday.
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