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Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Iraqi Accuses U.S. of 'Daily' Attacks Against Civilians — BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 1 — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki lashed out at the American military on Thursday, denouncing what he characterized as habitual attacks by troops against Iraqi civilians. — As outrage over reports …
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Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
Haditha — The indictment of U.S. troops was inevitable. — You knew it had to happen. Haditha, an "incident" involving American troops in Iraq, is now part of the erosion of support for the war in Iraq. The Iraq Syndrome has finally arrived. — This past Monday, Memorial Day …
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Officials Concluded Troops Followed Rules of Engagement — June 2, 2006 — Horrific images of Iraqi adults and children have fueled new allegations that U.S. troops killed civilians in the Iraqi town of Ishaqi. But ABC News has learned military officials have completed their investigation …
Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press:
Payroll Growth Stalls With 75,000 New Jobs — Job growth faltered in May, with employers boosting payrolls by just 75,000. Yet the nation's unemployment rate dipped to 4.6 percent, the lowest since the summer of 2001. — The latest snapshot, released by the Labor Department on Friday, offered a mixed picture of the jobs climate.
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Payroll Growth Stalls in May — The nation's economy generated 75,000 new jobs last month, the Labor Department reported today, about half the growth anticipated by economists. — Job creation was revised downward in the survey for the months of March and April as well.
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New York Times:
City Has Itself to Blame for Terror Cuts, U.S. Says — The federal agency distributing $711 million in antiterrorism money to cities around the nation found numerous flaws in New York City's application and gave poor grades to many of its proposals. — Its criticism extended to some of the city's …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Flash: DHS Disputes Al-Qaeda's 5-Star Rating of Two U.S. Cities — Homeland Security Undersecretary George Foresman was leaving the Chamber of Commerce on H Street yesterday morning when he met one of his subordinates, Tracy Henke, arriving to deliver a speech. — "It's gonna get better," Foresman told Henke, consolingly.
Washington Post:
D.C. at Low Risk Of Attack, Says Federal Agency — The Department of Homeland Security has ranked the District in a low-risk category of terrorist attack or catastrophe, putting it in the bottom 25 percent of U.S. states and territories, as part of a decision that will cost the city millions …
Sky News:
Police Shoot Bomb Suspect — A man has been shot by police in an anti-terror raid in London on a suspected chemical bomb factory, Sky News has learnt. — The 20-year-old, who has not been identified, was shot in the shoulder and was arrested in hospital - his life is not in danger.
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Times of London:
Man shot in raid on suspected London bomb factory — A man was shot when officers from Scotland Yard's anti-terror branch mounted a massive dawn raid on a suspected bomb factory in East London this morning. — Dozens of officers wearing protective clothing and gas masks raided the house in Lansdown Road …
New York Times:
U.S. Wants Companies to Keep Web Usage Records — The Justice Department is asking Internet companies to keep records on the Web-surfing activities of their customers to aid law enforcement, and may propose legislation to force them to do so. — The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
'Unscrupulous' Firms Are Faulted — Bush Seeks Bigger Fines for Illegal Hiring — President Bush told the nation's most prominent business group yesterday that "unscrupulous" employers have contributed to the illegal immigration crisis in the United States by knowingly hiring undocumented workers …
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Associated Press:
Bush to back gay marriage ban amendment — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush will promote a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Monday, the eve of a scheduled Senate vote on the cause that is dear to his conservative backers. — The amendment would prohibit states from recognizing same-sex marriages.
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
A Sledgehammer Approach, Made Heavier by the Pound — How Big Money & Corruption Conquered Our Government — Crown Publishers, 373 pp., $24. — The literary palette has many hues. The best works of fiction and nonfiction convey a wide range of views and emotions because art, like life, isn't just black or white.
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Caitlin Rother / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Documents show issues with wives, child support — Republican Jim Galley, who is running for Congress as a "pro-traditional family" candidate, was married to two women at the same time, defaulted on his child support payments and has been accused of abuse by one of his ex-wives.
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The Poor Man Institute:
Here we go again — Rolling Stone has a turgid and disappointing feature by RFK, Jr. on vote fraud in the 2004 election. That there was fraud in the 2004 election is not doubted: there have been criminal convictions for fraud and attempted fraud, and the head of the Bush/Cheney 2004 effort …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Olbermann exposes O'Reilly on Malmedy — Olbermann exposes O'Reilly on Malmedy — While O'Reilly was debating Wesley Clark on his FOX show, Bill once again was short on the facts. It proves my theory once again that some talking heads will say just about anything to make themselves sound right.
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Associated Press:
Federal judge allows lawsuit against NSA — DETROIT —A federal judge will go ahead with hearings in a legal challenge to a warrantless domestic surveillance program run by the National Security Agency. — U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor also criticized the Justice Department …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
War Handicaps Senators in '08 White House Race — With Iraq looming yet again over an American presidential campaign, senators considering a White House race are at a disadvantage over governors who might run, forced to explain their votes — and in some cases, alter their views — on an increasingly unpopular war.
TPMmuckraker:
The Daily Muck — Brian Ross Crosses Mickey Mouse — Because of the report from ABC's investigative unit that House Speaker Dennis Hastert has attracted interest from federal investigators in the Abramoff matter, ABC's corporate parent is expecting headaches as it lobbies on unrelated legislation.
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