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12:10 PM ET, April 27, 2006

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Los Angeles Times:
Visit by Rumsfeld, Rice Sets Off Criticism in Iraq  —  Some leaders worry that the Americans' surprise trip could hurt talks on forming a government.  Analysts see an effort to shore up U.S. opinion.  —  BAGHDAD — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld paid …
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New York Times:
Rice and Rumsfeld Express Confidence in Iraqi Leader  —  BAGHDAD, April 27 — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld concluded a one-day visit to Iraq on Thursday morning with a declaration of confidence in the prime minister designate, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki …
Thomas Wagner / Associated Press:
New Iraqi Vice President's Sister Killed
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere and Decision '08
New York Times:
Rice Visits Iraq With Rumsfeld to Press Leader
Discussion: FP Passport
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Pain at Pumps May Be Felt at Polls  —  As Gas Prices Soar, Voters Want to Send a Message to Lawmakers  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 26 — One of the soaring bridges to the beach here is named for longtime Republican congressman E. Clay Shaw Jr., and at its foot is a gas station where drivers …
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
I Smell Gas  —  A subject that makes congressmen stupid.
Discussion: Gothamist
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Grand Jury Gets Rove Testimony Over C.I.A. Leak  —  WASHINGTON, April 26 — Karl Rove, the senior counselor to President Bush, testified for several hours on Wednesday before the federal grand jury in the C.I.A. leak case, in an appearance that was a sign of renewed attention by the special prosecutor …
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Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Rove Testifies 5th Time On Leak
Scot J. Paltrow / Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors May Widen Congressional-Bribe Case  —  Cunningham Is Suspected  —  Of Asking for Prostitutes;  —  Were Others Involved?  —  Federal prosecutors are investigating whether two contractors implicated in the bribery of former Rep. Randall "Duke" Cunningham supplied him with prostitutes …
David Espo / Associated Press:
Privately, Bush Says He Favors Citizenship  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush generally favors plans to give millions of illegal immigrants a chance at U.S. citizenship without leaving the country, but does not want to be more publicly supportive because of opposition among conservative House Republicans …
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Michelle Malkin:
OPEN-BORDERS BUSH: THE FINAL STRAW?
Discussion: All Things Beautiful
Ari Fleischer / Washington Post:
Showtime at the White House  —  The Washington press corps — working in an industry that's been transformed by talk radio, 24-hour cable news and the Internet — still views the White House briefing room as it was back in the 1950s — or the '60s, '70s, '80s or even early '90s.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
A Different Press Secretary
Discussion: Media Nation and ScrappleFace
Dana Bash / CNN:
Senators to push for $100 gas rebate checks  —  Under proposal, every U.S. taxpayer would get one  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Every American taxpayer would get a $100 rebate check to offset the pain of higher pump prices for gasoline, under an amendment Senate Republicans hope to bring to a vote Thursday.
MSNBC:
Solidarity without sentimentality  —  The power of one (woman) over history  —  But first, Tony Snow: The fun starts here and here and a few free comments from me, here on "Comment is Free."  (I'm not responsible for the "Yellow Snow" hed, for goodness sakes.)
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Projected Iraq War Costs Soar  —  Total Spending Is Likely to More Than Double, Analysis Finds  —  The cost of the war in Iraq will reach $320 billion after the expected passage next month of an emergency spending bill currently before the Senate, and that total is likely to more than double …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Senate Panel Urge FEMA Dismantling  —  WASHINGTON, April 26 —The Federal Emergency Management Agency was so fundamentally dysfunctional during Hurricane Katrina that Congress should abolish it and create a new disaster response agency from scratch, according to a draft of bipartisan recommendations proposed by a Senate committee.
CBS News:
'We Know What's Best For You'  —  (CBS) This commentary was written by CBSNews.com's Dick Meyer.  —  For several weeks in a row there have been headlines like "Bush Approval Rating Hits New Low."  This week, it was CNN's turn to break the news, with a poll showing just 32 percent …
New York Times:
Second Thoughts in Congress on Oil Tax Breaks  —  WASHINGTON, April 26 — As anxiety spread in Congress on Wednesday over soaring oil prices, lawmakers in both parties said they were ready to take a tough look at oil and gas incentives they passed as recently as eight months ago.
Austan Goolsbee / New York Times:
In iTunes War, France Has Met the Enemy.  Perhaps It Is France.  —  THE French take pride in their revolutions, which are usually hard to miss — mass uprisings, heads rolling and such.  So, with the scent of tear gas in the air this past month from the giant protests against a youth labor law …
John Harwood / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Sag in New Poll  —  Bush and Congress  —  Get Perilously Low Marks  —  As Gas Prices Rise  —  Rising gas prices have intensified discontent with Washington and handed Congress a frightening midterm election backdrop: a deeply pessimistic electorate, despite a robust economy.
David Beamer / Opinion Journal:
United 93  —  The filmmakers got it right.  —  The calendar says it's April 25, 2006.  At noon, my wife, Peggy, and I are walking around Battery Park—near the Tribeca area—in New York.  It is our first time.  The flowers are blooming; kids are fishing; people boarding the ferry to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.
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