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11:20 AM ET, August 1, 2007

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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
NSA Spying Part of Broader Effort  —  Intelligence Chief Says Bush Authorized Secret Activities Under One Order  —  The Bush administration's chief intelligence official said yesterday that President Bush authorized a series of secret surveillance activities under a single executive order in late 2001.
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USA Today:
Letter attempts to clarify Gonzales' testimony
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:   Here Lies a Man Impeached
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ABCNEWS:
Obama to Deliver Bold Speech About War on Terror  —  Presidential Candidate to Push Aggressive Stance Toward Pakistan  —  In a strikingly bold speech about terrorism scheduled for this morning, Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Sen. Barack Obama will call not only for a withdrawal …
Washington Post:
U.S. Attorney Became Target After Rebuffing Justice Dept.  —  The night before the government secured a guilty plea from the manufacturer of the addictive painkiller OxyContin, a senior Justice Department official called the U.S. attorney handling the case and, at the behest of an executive for the drugmaker …
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Opinion Journal:
A New Owner  —  A change in control won't change Journal standards.  —  Rupert Murdoch's courtship of the Bancroft family appears to have triumphed, with enough shares pledged to make News Corp. the owner of the newspaper whose Web site you are now reading.
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Wall Street Journal:
Murdoch Wins His Bid for Dow Jones  —  Bancroft Family Agrees  —  To $5 Billion Offer  —  After Deal on Fees  —  A New Owner for Journal  —  A century of Bancroft-family ownership at Dow Jones & Co. is over.  —  Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. sealed a $5 billion agreement to purchase …
Peter S. Goodman / Washington Post:
This Time, Bill to Raise Yuan Might Pass  —  It has become a Capitol Hill ritual: A few senators, always including the New York Democrat Charles E. Schumer, introduce a bill to punish China if its leaders do not raise the value of the nation's currency.  Photos are taken, news releases are issued, but nothing really happens.
Discussion: Marginal Revolution and EconLog
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Andrew Roth / Club for Growth:
1,028 Economists Oppose Protectionist Policies
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Giuliani picks up four more endorsements from members  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) this week announced endorsements from four members of Congress, and one campaign official said more lawmakers would voice their support for the White House hopeful in the coming days.
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Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Widens Poll Lead By Using Experience Card
Discussion: MyDD and Pollster.com
Salon:
Rather than deny funding for Bush's initiatives, Congress should provide it now . . . * Congress should also give the president the money and support that he requests.  —  In February, O'Hanlon went to the Wall St. Journal Editorial Page to argue that Congressional Democrats were wrong to oppose …
Discussion: Feministe
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Gordon Brown for president  —  Effective today, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is the leader of the free world and the voice of hope and change that offers the first true answer of freedom to the heinous crimes of Sept. 11, 2001.  —  In his brilliant and comprehensive comments at Camp David …
Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
Analysis says war could cost $1 trillion  —  Budget office sees effect on taxpayers for decade  —  WASHINGTON — The war in Iraq could ultimately cost well over a trillion dollars — at least double what has already been spent — including the long-term costs of replacing damaged equipment …
Discussion: MSNBC
Matt Spetalnick / Reuters:
Cheney admits was wrong about "last throes" in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney acknowledged on Tuesday he was wrong in 2005 when he insisted the insurgency in Iraq was in its "last throes."  —  It was Cheney's most direct public admission of how badly …
Amiram Cohen / Haaretz:
U.S. checking possibility of pumping oil from northern Iraq to Haifa, via Jordan  —  The United States has asked Israel to check the possibility of pumping oil from Iraq to the oil refineries in Haifa.  The request came in a telegram last week from a senior Pentagon official to a top Foreign Ministry official in Jerusalem.
Media Matters for America:
Savage: "You're telling me there's no possibility of a conspiracy by the Democrats" to cause Roberts' seizure?  —  On the July 30 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Michael Savage reacted to news that Chief Justice John Roberts had suffered a seizure that day by raising the possibility that …
 
 
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American Prospect:
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Michelle Malkin:
South Korean Christian hostage crisis: Rescue attempt reported …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Mayor Takes the Subway — by Way of S.U.V.
Discussion: MSNBC
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Voting Officials Face New Rules to Bar Conflicts
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Michael Scherer / Salon:
Stalking Hillary  —  In the corner of a hotel conference room …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
U.S.: Shiite militias main threat to Iraq
 Earlier Items: 
Sean Lengell / Washington Times:
GOP slams 'giant leap' to social health care
Discussion: PrairiePundit
Barry Bearak / New York Times:
Amid War, Passion for TV Chefs, Soaps and Idols
Discussion: Kesher Talk
New York Times:
Saudis Consider Upgraded Relations With Iraq
Discussion: Wonkette and The Crone Speaks
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Lawmakers, aides say Murtha Iraq-withdrawal proposal dead
Alexandra Blair / Times of London:
Teachers demand ban on sites used by cyber-bullies
John Bolton / Financial Times:
Britain can't have two best friends
Jerusalem Post:
Hizbullah officer: We would've given up
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Edwards's Campaign Tries to Harness Internet