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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Approval of Congress lowest in a decade — Only about a quarter of Americans approve of how it's doing its job, a poll shows; most see 'business as usual.' — WASHINGTON — Fueled by disappointment at the pace of change since Democrats assumed the majority on Capitol Hill …
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Congress Hits 10-Year Low Popularity Rating but GOP Gets No Boost; Time for a New Party? — It's taken roughly six months for the Democratic congressional majority elected last November to dissipate the public support that put it in power. The latest Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg survey finds …
Alan Sepinwall / NJ.com All TV:
David Chase speaks! — What do you do when your TV world ends? You go to dinner, then keep quiet. Sunday night, "Sopranos" creator David Chase took his wife out for dinner in France, where he's fled to avoid "all the Monday morning quarterbacking" about the show's finale.
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New York Times:
In Senate Vote, G.O.P. Fights Off Gonzales Rebuke — Senate Republicans blocked a symbolic no-confidence vote against Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales on Monday evening, dismissing the measure as an irrelevant gesture, though Democrats had hoped it might intensify pressure on Mr. Gonzales to resign.
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Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Military May Pull the Plug On Musharraf — WASHINGTON — As a political crisis boils in Pakistan, American analysts both inside and outside the government are expressing new doubts that President Musharraf will be able to hold onto power through the summer.
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
"TEAR DOWN THIS WALL" — Twenty years ago today Ronald Reagan stood in front of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate and gave the speech heard 'round the world. Our friend Peter Robinson was the man who wrote the speech. He tells the story behind the speech in his terrific book How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life.
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Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
CAIR membership falls 90% since 9/11 — Membership in the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has declined more than 90 percent since the 2001 terrorist attacks, according to tax documents obtained by The Washington Times. — The number of reported members spiraled …
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John Solomon / Washington Post:
Mueller Often Uses FBI Jet Bought for Counterterrorism — When the FBI asked Congress this spring to provide $3.6 million in the war spending bill for its Gulfstream V jet, it said the money was needed to ensure that the aircraft, packed with state-of-the-art security and communications gear …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
McCain camp enters campaign 'dog days' — Bracing for a fundraising report at the end of the month that is unlikely to alleviate the headaches that have plagued his campaign, Arizona Sen. John McCain and his top advisers have fashioned a survival plan they hope will steady his GOP nomination run.
Jules Crittenden:
George Bush's Exceedingly, Surprisingly, Very and Quite Long Goodbye — I think we can now officially call this a lame-duck Congress: — WaPo: No-confidence resolution against Gonzales fails in the Senate. — I don't mean to be cute about it. OK, I do.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Judges Say U.S. Can't Hold Man as 'Combatant' — The federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled yesterday that the president may not declare civilians in this country to be "enemy combatants" and have the military hold them indefinitely. The ruling was a stinging rejection …
Washington Post:
Clinton Owes Lead in Poll To Support From Women — The consistent lead that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has maintained over Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois and others in the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination is due largely to one factor: her support from women.
Andrew Hampp / AdAge:
CNN the TV Channel Is No Match for CNN the Website — The Breaking-News Model the 24-Hour Network Built Its Reputation on Now Best Suits Its Website — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — "I worry about CNN more than I do about CNN.com." — Many news junkies already feel the same way …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Joe Klein's stirring defense of Lewis Libby — It is difficult to recall a single episode which has been more revealing of our political culture than the collective Beltway horror over the plight of the poor, maltreated and persecuted (and convicted felon) Lewis Libby.
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
Disaffected conservatives set a litmus test for '08 — Want vow to curb presidential power — WASHINGTON — A new political group recently asked Mitt Romney to promise not to wiretap Americans without a judge's approval or to imprison US citizens without a trial as "enemy combatants."