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The Hill:
Kennedy's cancer in remission — Sen. Edward Kennedy's brain cancer is in remission and the Massachusetts Democrat is expected back in the Senate after the Memorial Day recess, according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. — Sen. Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday that he spoke with Kennedy's wife …
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Molly Ball / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Poll: Reid's re-election numbers don't add up — CARSON CITY — Nearly half of Nevadans have had enough of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as the powerful Democrat heads into his re-election campaign, a new Las Vegas Review-Journal poll finds. — About a third of the state's voters …
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The Huffington Post:
Uighurs Fire Back At Gingrich From Gitmo: “Why Does He Hate Us So Much?” — Chinese Muslims known as Uighurs, detained for more than six years and counting at the American prison at Guantanamo Bay, are firing back at Newt Gingrich, who has accused them of terrorist ties and says that releasing …
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Senate Democrats won't fund Gitmo closing for now — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's allies in the Senate will not provide funds to close the Guantanamo Bay prison until the administration comes up with a satisfactory plan for transferring the detainees held there, top Democrats said Tuesday.
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Democrats in Senate Block Money to Close Guantánamo — WASHINGTON — In an abrupt shift, Senate Democratic leaders said on Tuesday that they would not provide the $80 million that President Obama requested to close the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Top Stories from CQ:
CQ Transcript: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Holds News Conference — SPEAKER: SEN. HARRY REID, D-NEV., SENATE MAJORITY LEADER — [*] REID: This is a good day for the American people. You could not find a more popular piece of legislation than that that just passed the Senate …
Fox News:
Reid Botches Three Statements in One Appearance — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid botched statements on three subjects in one news conference — including the fragile health of the chamber's most senior members. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid became the latest Democrat to stray …
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Satyam Khanna / Think Progress:
Reid: Guantanamo Detainees Should Not Be Held In U.S. Prisons — Today, Senate Democrats announced that the Senate will strip $80 million in funding for closing Guantanamo until the Obama administration devises a specific plan for transferring detainees. The move comes as conservatives …
Lara Jakes / Associated Press:
Pentagon: No plans to end don't ask-don't tell — WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon says it has no plans to repeal the don't ask-don't tell policy for gay troops. — Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Tuesday that the military's top leaders have only had initial discussions with the White House …
Fox News:
Steele Threatens to Quit if RNC Undermines Funding Authority — Michael Steele, who is delivering a speech Tuesday on the future of the GOP, says some of the animosity in the RNC is from people in the party who supported other candidates for chairman. — FOXNews.com
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Washington Sketch: When Steele Talks, Republicans Check Their BlackBerrys
Washington Sketch: When Steele Talks, Republicans Check Their BlackBerrys
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Steele vows to take Obama ‘head-on’
Steele vows to take Obama ‘head-on’
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Steele threatens to quit the RNC if he's pushed to become a ‘figurehead chairman.’
Steele threatens to quit the RNC if he's pushed to become a ‘figurehead chairman.’
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Nancy Trejos / Washington Post:
Senate Passes Bill Curtailing Credit Card Industry — The Senate today overwhelmingly passed a bill that would sharply curtail credit card issuers' ability to raise interest rates and charge fees, taking a critical step in reforming an industry that has gone largely unregulated for decades.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Advocates of Gun Rights Are Poised for a Victory
Advocates of Gun Rights Are Poised for a Victory
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Susie Madrak / Crooks and Liars:
Retribution! Credit Card Companies Plan to Start Gouging Their Best Customers
Retribution! Credit Card Companies Plan to Start Gouging Their Best Customers
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Pamela Hess / Associated Press:
Congressman, CIA dispute briefing list accuracy — WASHINGTON - A top House Democrat raised new questions Tuesday about the accuracy of the CIA's account of congressional briefings on severe interrogation techniques. House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey of Wisconsin …
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SteveK / TVNewser:
Anderson Cooper Says “Teabagging” Comment Was “Stupid, Silly” — CNN's Anderson Cooper spoke at UCLA Sunday as part of the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture Series, and was asked about his “teabagging” comment last month during the Q&A portion. — Here is a video of his response, taken by an audience member.
Reuters:
CORRECTED - UPDATE 1-GM bankruptcy plan eyes quick sale to gov't — General Motors Corp's (GM.N) plan for a bankruptcy filing involves a quick sale of the company's healthy assets to a new company initially owned by the U.S. government, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
John McCaslin / Human Events:
The Guy Behind the Palin Pick — RICK'S PICK — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin can thank Washington lobbyist and political consultant Rick Davis, chief executive officer of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, for being the ultimate pick to become the Republican vice presidential candidate.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
The President's hair — The caption from the White House Flickr feed: “The youngster wanted to see if the President's haircut felt like his own.” — post comment | … Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1) — The son of a White House staff member during a family visit to the Oval Office May 8, 2009.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Rumsfeld disputes GQ report — An aide to former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Keith Urbahn, e-mails to contest a widely discussed GQ article by Robert Draper, which suggested that Rumsfeld “appreciated” the practice of quoting Biblical quotations on the cover sheets of classified briefings …
CNN:
Poll: Democrats and Repulicans agree on photos — WASHINGTON (CNN) - It isn't often that Democrats and Republicans see eye to eye. But on the thorny question of whether photos of U.S. military personnel allegedly abusing Iraqi prisoners should be released, a new national poll suggests Democrats and Republicans appear to agree.
John Podhoretz / Commentary:
The Old Time and the New Newsweek — Twenty-seven years ago, I began my professional career at Time Magazine as a reporter-researcher in the World section, which was devoted to international news. Generally speaking, the World section ran 12 pages in the magazine.
Josh Gerstein / Josh Gerstein's Blog:
Judge rejects Obama view on detaining Al Qaeda supporters — A federal judge has rejected aspects of the Obama administration's definition of who can legally be held as a prisoner in the war on terror. — In a 22-page decision issued Tuesday evening, U.S. District Court Judge John Bates ruled …
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Jackie Kucinich / Roll Call:
Feingold Blocks Bill to Honor Reagan — Republicans are trying to pass legislation in the next few weeks to kick off the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth, and the only hurdle appears to be Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), who is refusing to let the Senate vote on the bill.
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
GOP kingmaker leans toward Mitt — Fred Malek, a heavyweight Republican fundraiser and kingmaker, has singled out former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as the GOP's leading contender in the early stages of the 2012 Republican presidential derby. — In a largely unnoticed post to his blog late last week …
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Tom Krisher / Associated Press:
Obama's new rules will transform US auto fleet — DETROIT - Some soccer moms will have to give up hulking SUVs. Carpenters will still haul materials around in pickup trucks, but they will cost more. Nearly everybody else will drive smaller cars, and more of them will run on electricity.
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Ryan Powers / Think Progress:
Rep. Hoekstra: Only I'm Allowed To Accuse The CIA Of Lying — In recent days, conservatives have been on a media blitz accusing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) of lying last week when she said that she believed she had been “misled” by the CIA during intelligence briefings regarding the use of torture.
Jonathan Chait / The Plank:
Shorting Obama — I thought this Tom Toles cartoon did a particularly good job of capturing the Republican Party's strategy. I thought of it again when I read this item from the Weekly Standard's Matthew Continetti: … It's amazing how confident Republicans are in their belief that Obama's agenda will become unpopular.
Madison Park / CNN:
Dads driven by desperation to kill their families — (CNN) — ln April, a Maryland man wrote six suicide notes expressing his love and sorrow for his family, and then shot his wife and three children, before killing himself with a shotgun. — This month, a man killed his wife and two sons in their home near Tampa, Florida.