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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Obama, McCain clash at GOP lunch — President Barack Obama battled with Senate Republicans in a tense closed-door meeting Tuesday, facing tough criticism from his GOP adversaries — including John McCain — on issues ranging from health care to border security.
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Washington Post:
After closed-door talks, GOP senator calls Obama ‘thin-skinned’ — President Obama traveled to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a rare meeting with Senate Republicans, but the 75-minute session yielded little progress on hot-button topics and left some senators with bruised feelings.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama heckled over 'Don't ask, don't tell' — again — President Barack Obama was heckled by a protester Tuesday night while at a fundraising event for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) in San Francisco. — The protester was upset with the pace of the repeal of the “Don't ask, don't tell” policy barring openly gay military service members.
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
AP sources: Obama, Corker clash in private meeting — WASHINGTON — Republican officials say President Barack Obama and Sen. Bob Corker clashed during a private meeting over whether anyone in either party was really trying to be bipartisan this election year.
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Obama gets an earful in clash with GOP senators — WASHINGTON (AP) - If President Barack Obama thought having a private lunch with Republican senators would ease partisan tensions in Congress, he grabbed the wrong recipe. — The president walked into a remarkably contentious 80-minute session Tuesday …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Toughen Drill Rules — Obama to Unveil Steps Thursday as Criticism Rises Against Handling of Oil Spill — WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama, fighting to stay ahead of the political storm over the Gulf oil spill, is expected to announce on Thursday that the government …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senator criticizes Obama's ‘audacity’ in using GOP as ‘props’
Senator criticizes Obama's ‘audacity’ in using GOP as ‘props’
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Ezra Klein / The Plum Line:
The decisive action Obama can take — As I noted this morning, there's been a palpable shift in the tone of media coverage of Obama's handling of the Gulf spill, with newly-aggressive news orgs raising more questions about whether the admistration has ceded too much control to BP.
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Mike Riggs / The Daily Caller:
Justice Department declines to appoint independent counsel for Sestak case
Justice Department declines to appoint independent counsel for Sestak case
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Big Journalism, The Other McCain, Weasel Zippers, Glenn Thrush's Blog and The Corner on National …
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog Gay:
Webb to vote no on DADT compromise, blames WH and Gates statements …
Webb to vote no on DADT compromise, blames WH and Gates statements …
Jon Ward / The Daily Caller:
Top Obama adviser says ‘no evidence’ that Sestak's bribe charge is true
Top Obama adviser says ‘no evidence’ that Sestak's bribe charge is true
Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
National Guard to Help Secure Southwest Border — LOS ANGELES — President Obama will send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the Southwest border and seek increased spending on law enforcement there to combat drug smuggling after demands from Republican and Democratic lawmakers that border security be tightened.
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Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Guard ordered to Mexican border
Guard ordered to Mexican border
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Obama to send more National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border
Obama to send more National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border
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FITSNews:
Clearing The Air — A little over twenty-four hours ago, our founding editor was pressured by pending media reports (a claim that has since been verified) into preemptively acknowledging an inappropriate physical relationship with S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley. — While it was originally his intent …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Annals of journalistic enterprise — Sarah Palin, guerilla Facebook warrior, turns the tables a bit on the author Joe McGinniss — best known for his Nixon campaign account, The Selling of the President, and for the murder investigation Fatal Vision — who, she says, has rented the house next door.
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Jimmy Orr / Top of the Ticket:
Mitch McConnell to Rand Paul: Shut your yapper! — The continuing implosion, better known as Rand Paul's post primary campaign, will be taking a break from self-immolation it appears. — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is telling fellow Kentuckian Paul to shut his pie hole.
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NPR:
Rush Limbaugh's Conservative Charge … In the early 1970s, if you were a resident of McKeesport, Pa., who turned your radio to WIXZ-FM in the morning, you might hear a voice belonging to a DJ named “Bachelor Jeff” Christie giving you the weather report in between Top 40 tunes.
Igor / Think Progress:
GOP Rep. Slams Fox News: 'I Don't Know What They're Doing At Fox News, But They Should Stop Smoking It' — This morning, Fox and Friends characterized Sen. Bob Casey's (D-PA) Create Jobs & Save Benefits Act as a “$165 billion bailout” of union pensions. “It has been decades since you've seen …
Andy Borowitz / The Huffington Post:
Experts Propose Plugging Oil Leak with BP Executives — WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - At a conference of oil leak experts in Washington today, attendees proposed plugging the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico with executives of BP, the company responsible for the catastrophic spill.
Chris / AMERICAblog News:
BP CEO walks on oil covered beach, barks orders to media — So who died and made Tony Hayward the king? Yes, that's the BP CEO yelling “get 'em out of there, get 'em out of there” to the media who is filming him as he “works” on the oil slick cleanup. The last time I checked, we don't live in the United States of BP.
Ben Frumin / TPMDC:
Vaughn Ward: Worst Candidate Ever? — Meet Vaughn Ward. He's running in today's Republican primary in Idaho's 1st Congressional District. He's an Iraq War veteran. A former CIA operations officer. A fourth-generation Idaho native. Heck, Sarah Palin supports him.
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Glynnis MacNicol / Mediaite:
Jay Leno: BP Spill Perfect Example Of What Will Happen If Tea Partiers Rule — Rand Paul's decision to cancel his appearance on Meet the Press this weekend (only the third person ever) may not have backfired exactly but it's certainly taken on a bit of a life of its own.
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
What Exactly Are They Supposed To Do? — I know that no matter what I say, some of you are going to claim I am shilling for Obama while others of you will read the same piece and claim I am unfairly attacking Obama, but I have a serious question- what exactly is the Obama administration supposed to do about the oil spill?