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Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Hatch: Court Briefed on Bush Surveillance — WASHINGTON - Two judges on the secretive court that approves warrants for intelligence surveillance were told of the broad monitoring programs that have raised recent controversy, a Republican senator said Tuesday, connecting a court to knowledge …
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CNN:
Read Verizon's statement — The wireless carrier denies reports that it provided the government with access to customer phone calls. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Verizon Communications Inc. denied Tuesday reports that it provided the National Security Agency with customer phone records.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Spy Tools In Need Of a Law — Let's take a hypothetical problem: An al-Qaeda operative decides to switch cellphones to prevent the National Security Agency from monitoring his calls. How does the NSA identify his new cellphone number? How does it winnow down a haystack …
newscenter.verizon.com:
Verizon Issues Statement on NSA Media Coverage — Media contact: — Peter Thonis, 212-395-2355 — NEW YORK — Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) today issued the following statement regarding news coverage about the NSA program which the President has acknowledged authorizing against al-Qaeda:
Marina Montemayor / Associated Press:
Mexico Threatens Suits Over Guard Patrols — CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Mexico said Tuesday that it would file lawsuits in U.S. courts if National Guard troops on the border become directly involved in detaining migrants. — Mexican border officials also said they worried that sending troops …
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Patrick Yoest / public.cq.com:
DHS Does About-Face In Backing Use of National Guard to Seal Border — In December of 2005, Fox News talking head Bill O'Reilly floated an unlikely — even brash — idea to the Homeland Security secretary to seal off the porous southwest border. — "Why don't you put the National Guard …
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow — MR. SNOW: I feel so loved. — Q Welcome to the White House Press Office. — MR. SNOW: Thank you very much. Well, it's good to be here. Thank you one and all. — Very quickly, as you know, President Bush today met with Prime Minister John Howard of Australia.
David Germain / Associated Press:
'Da Vinci Code' Misses the Mark for Critics — CANNES, France - "The Da Vinci Code" drew lukewarm praise, shrugs of indifference, some jeering laughter and a few derisive jabs Tuesday from arguably the world's toughest movie crowd: critics at the Cannes Film Festival.
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David Germain / Associated Press:
Albinos Condemn 'Da Vinci' Assassin
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New York Times:
Divide Remains as Bush Pushes Immigration Plan — WASHINGTON, May 16 — President Bush pushed ahead on Tuesday with his effort to bring Republicans in the House and the Senate together on a plan to reduce illegal immigration. But he ran into renewed resistance from conservatives …
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Washington Post:
Republican Leadership Approval Hits All-Time Low — Public confidence in Republican governance has plunged to the lowest levels of the Bush presidency, with Americans saying they now trust Democrats by wide margins to deal with Iraq, gasoline prices, immigration and more …
January W. Payne / Washington Post:
Forever Pregnant — Guidelines: Treat Nearly All Women as Pre-Pregnant — New federal guidelines ask all females capable of conceiving a baby to treat themselves — and to be treated by the health care system — as pre-pregnant, regardless of whether they plan to get pregnant anytime soon.
John Burtis / canadafreepress.com:
Midnight in the garden of Moe and Curley — It is growing very dark in the increasingly shoddy and ethereal Scooter Libby investigation, where Patrick Fitzgerald, bumping into the furniture, stubbing his toes, muttering something about it making no sense, but regardless of the mounting absurdity …
Roger Clegg / Opinion Journal:
Disinvited — The EEOC cancels a meeting rather than listen to criticism. — Last month, I received an invitation to testify before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about affirmative action and diversity in U.S. companies. The testimony was scheduled for today …
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Senate readies vote on $70B tax cut — MAY. 11 1:13 P.M. ET President Bush and his GOP allies on Capitol Hill anticipated a long-sought election year victory Thursday as senators debated a bill awarding tax relief to investors and 15 million taxpayers with above-average incomes.
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Daniel Enemark / Christian Science Monitor:
It's all about me: Why e-mails are so easily misunderstood — Michael Morris and Jeff Lowenstein wouldn't have recognized each other if they'd met on the street, but that didn't stop them from getting into a shouting match. The professors had been working together on a research study …