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Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
ABC News Update on Hastert Story — Brian Ross Reports: — Richard Esposito and Rhonda Schwartz contributed to this report. — Despite a flat denial from the Department of Justice, federal law enforcement sources tonight said ABC News accurately reported that Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert is …
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Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Officials: Hastert "In the Mix" of Congressional Bribery Investigation — Brian Ross Reports: — The Speaker of the House Representatives, Dennis Hastert, is under investigtaion by the FBI, which is seeking to determine his role in an ongoing public corruption probe into members of Congress …
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Josephine Hearn / The Hill:
Pelosi move triggers revolt — Furious black lawmakers, rallying behind Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.), were pulled back from the brink of open revolt against House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in an emergency meeting with her yesterday. — The meeting with a handful of CBC members …
CNN:
Hastert, ABC spar over investigation report — Feds deny network's claim that speaker is probe target — WASHINGTON (CNN) — House Speaker Dennis Hastert is demanding a "full retraction" of an ABC News report that he is being investigated in connection with the Jack Abramoff corruption probe.
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Feds Say House Speaker Not Under Probe — Justice Department Says House Speaker Dennis Hastert Not Under Investigation — WASHINGTON May 24, 2006 (AP)— The Justice Department denied a news report Wednesday that it was investigating House Speaker Dennis Hastert.
Dan / Riehl World View:
ABC Busted! — Quick Update: I won't make you wait …
ABC Busted! — Quick Update: I won't make you wait …
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Associated Press:
Special counsel: Cheney may be called to testify — Prosecutor says vice president's 'state of mind' relevant in CIA leak case — WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney could be called to testify in the perjury case against his former chief of staff, a special prosecutor said in a court filing Wednesday.
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David Johnston / New York Times:
Counsel Says He May Use Cheney in Libby Trial — WASHINGTON, May 24 — A court filing on Wednesday by the special counsel in the C.I.A. leak case suggested that Vice President Dick Cheney would testify as a government witness in the trial of his former chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby Jr.
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Libby Told Grand Jury Cheney Spoke of Plame — Vice President May Be Called as Witness — Vice President Cheney was personally angered by a former U.S. ambassador's newspaper column attacking a key rationale for the war in Iraq and repeatedly directed I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby …
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Fragile Senate Coalition Set To Pass Bill on Immigration — The Senate moved to the verge of passing landmark immigration legislation yesterday, scheduling a final vote for today on a bill that would tighten the borders while allowing millions of illegal immigrants to stay in the country and permitting new guest workers to come and go.
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Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Senate Bill on Immigration to Set Up Clash
Senate Bill on Immigration to Set Up Clash
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The Shadow of a Marriage — The two sides of Hillary Rodham Clinton — the opposites that make her potential presidential candidacy such a gamble — came into sharp focus Tuesday morning at the National Press Club. — For the better part of an hour, the senator from New York held forth …
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Gregg Easterbrook / Slate:
Ask Mr. Science — The moral flaws of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. — Relax: The Al Gore movie has no sex scene. Gore is the only presidential candidate who has made out on national television, so this was a legitimate worry. Otherwise, An Inconvenient Truth could use some action.
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Breach Was More of the Spirit, Not the Letter, of the Constitution — The FBI raid on Rep. William Jefferson's congressional office was an aggressive tactic that broke a long-standing political custom. But while it might violate the spirit of the Constitution, it might not violate the letter …
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Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Expanded Worker Checks Would Use Faulty System — A federal database program with a checkered track record could dramatically expand to affect every U.S. employer and worker under provisions of the immigration legislation being considered by Congress. — The program is intended …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
FBI beefs up staff to probe pols — Federal law-enforcement officials say they witnessed a dramatic jump in campaign-finance and other election-related crimes in the 2004 presidential election year and are determined to beef up their policing of candidates running for federal and local office around the country this year.