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NY Daily News:
White House orders Justice Department to look for other places to hold 9/11 terror trial — White House officials have told the Justice Department to consider other venues for the 9/11 terror trial that was to be held in lower Manhattan, the Daily News has learned.
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New York Times:
Administration Considers Moving Site of 9/11 Trial — WASHINGTON — Facing mounting pressure from New York politicians concerned about costs and security, the Obama administration on Thursday began considering moving the trial of the chief organizer of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks out of Manhattan, administration officials said.
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New York Post:
Obama eyes 9/11 trial shift — Orders AG to scope out other court sites amid Apple outrage — Bending under enormous bipartisan pressure, the White House yesterday told US Attorney General Eric Holder to consider moving the trial of 9/11 monster Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other terror plotters …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Newburgh mayor wants terror trials — The Daily News reports that New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly turned the tide against holding the trials in New York with a presentation to local leaders on just how disruptive this will be. — But not everybody is so leery of the trials …
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER 2009 (ADVANCE ESTIMATE) — Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — increased at an annual rate of 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, (that is …
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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Grew at Fastest Pace in 6 Years Last Quarter — The United States economy grew at its fastest pace in over six years at the end of 2009, but a sluggish job market is still souring economists on the sustainability of the recovery. — Gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate …
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
U.S. economic growth jumps 5.7 percent in fourth quarter of 2009 — The U.S. economy grew at 5.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, stoking hopes for an economic recovery. — The growth was higher than expected, and could give a boost to President Barack Obama and Democrats …
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Washington Post:
After Obama speech, Democrats confused about path ahead — A day after President Obama called on them to renew efforts to pass his ambitious agenda, congressional Democrats remained in disarray Thursday about how to move forward, with at least some pointing at the White House as the cause …
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New York Times:
His Health Bill Stalled, Obama Juggles an Altered Agenda — WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday signaled the outlines of its strategy for breaking the partisan logjam holding up President Obama's agenda, saying Democrats would move quickly to underline their commitment to fixing …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
HEALTH CARE REFORM LIVES — MAYBE.... It can get a little confusing.
HEALTH CARE REFORM LIVES — MAYBE.... It can get a little confusing.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
March of the Peacocks — Last week, the Center for American Progress, a think tank with close ties to the Obama administration, published an acerbic essay about the difference between true deficit hawks and showy “deficit peacocks.” You can identify deficit peacocks, readers were told …
Andrew Breitbart / Big Journalism:
How David Shuster Lied to Get Me to Appear on MSNBC — Today is the day that I have been invited to go on MSNBC for the very first time. At no point during the ACORN story was I put on the hot seat to defend the work of James O'Keefe. My thesis from day one has been that the mainstream media …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Gregg scolds MSNBC: ‘Irresponsible’ — Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) attacked MSNBC hosts Contessa Brewer and Melissa Francis on Thursday, questioning their “integrity” as journalists and calling them “irresponsible.” — The scuffle started with Francis asking Gregg to name specific areas …
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The Politico:
House GOP seeks comeback strategy — Republicans couldn't ask for a better political environment. — But the momentum from Massachusetts and a meltdown in the Democrats' agenda haven't exactly translated to better poll numbers for the GOP. — House Republicans left for their annual retreat …
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Aljazeera:
Bin Laden deplores climate change — Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, has condemned the US and other industrial economies, holding them responsible for the phenomenon of climate change. — In an audio tape obtained by Al Jazeera, bin Laden criticised George Bush, the former US president …
Limit Corp. Ownership / Media Matters for America:
Sally Quinn's Washington — You cannot caricature Sally Quinn. Don't even try. It simply can't be done. No matter how hard you try to exaggerate her preening self-regard and utter frivolity, she comes right along and shows herself to be worse than you could possibly imagine.
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Democrats cry injustice — Senate Democrats are furious with Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito — and Alito's silent State of the Union rebuke of the president is the least of their concerns. — Democrats say Alito crossed the line when he mouthed the words …
Fox News:
Palin to Obama: Stop the Fingerpointing — This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” January 28, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. — GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Tonight, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin right here, right now! She joins us from Wasilla, Alaska.
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Rhonda Simmons / Culpeper Star-Exponent:
CCPS pulls explicit text — A version of an iconic autobiography detailing a young Jewish girl's two-year experience hiding from Nazis in a cramped “Secret Annex” has been pulled from the shelves of Culpeper County Public Schools. — “The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition,” …
Andrew Sparrow / Guardian:
Tony Blair at Iraq inquiry - live — • Blair denies doing secret deal with Bush at Crawford — • Says Saddam in 2010 may have been even greater threat — • Admits Fern Britton interview was a mistake — 2.17pm: Lyne says he is going to turn to the legal issues.
Ron Radosh / Originals:
America the Awful—Howard Zinn's History — Howard Zinn's death yesterday affords us the opportunity to evaluate the remarkable influence he has had on the American public's understanding of our nation's past. His book A People's History of the United States, published in 1980 …
Michael McAuliff / NY Daily News:
NY pols stunned to learn Obama administration opposes funding for 9/11 health bill — The Obama administration stunned New York's delegation Thursday, dropping the bombshell news that it does not support funding the 9/11 health bill. — The state's two senators and 14 House members met …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Obama Contradiction — Washington is sick and broken—and it can solve all our problems. — When you watch a president give a State of the Union Address on television, you're always watching three people: the president at the podium, and the vice president and House speaker on the rise behind him.
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SusanAnne Hiller / Big Government:
Why Is Senator Kirk Still Voting on Legislation? — The Senate has voted on three pieces of legislation today that required 60 votes-to raise the debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion, to reduce the deficit by establishing five-year discretionary spending caps, and Ben Bernanke's confirmation …
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Pelosi stopped one CIA operation. So why not waterboarding? — In mid-2004, then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi learned something from a CIA briefing that made her blood boil. Pelosi reportedly “came unglued” at the revelation and had “strong words” with national security adviser Condoleezza Rice …
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
$5,000 tax credit for each new job a big part of Obama's plan — WASHINGTON — President Obama will promote tax cuts for small businesses today as he continues his renewed focus on job creation, but some of the nation's job creators are dubious. — One sentence from his State …