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11:20 PM ET, June 27, 2010

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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Byrd, 92, ‘seriously ill’ in Washington hospital  —  Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) was admitted to a Washington-area hospital in “seriously ill” condition, his office said a news release Sunday.  —  The statement said that Byrd, 92, “was admitted to the hospital late last week suffering …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Senator Byrd is Ill; A Note on West Virginia's Vacancy Laws  —  The 92-year-old Senator Robert Byrd, the longest-serving senator in United States history, is seriously ill, according to his office.  —  Byrd has been hospitalized three times since 2009.  If he were not to recover this time …
Janie Lorber / New York Times:
Senator Robert Byrd Is Seriously Ill, His Office Says  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Robert C. Byrd, the longest-serving senator in United States history, is “seriously ill,” his office announced Sunday afternoon.  —  Mr. Byrd, a 92-year-old Democrat from West Virginia, was admitted …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Doug Palmer / Reuters:
Senator's concern may complicate Wall Street bill vote  —  (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's efforts to win final approval of a historic financial regulatory reform bill looked more complicated on Saturday after a Republican senator threatened to oppose it.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Wire:
‘Seriously Ill’ Byrd Could Spell Delay for Financial Regulation Vote
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Janie Lorber / The Caucus:
Senator Byrd ‘Seriously Ill’
Discussion: The Page
CNN:
West Virginia Dem hospitalized in serious condition, office says
Discussion: Associated Press and TalkLeft
The Independent:
The last post: McChrystal's bleak outlook  —  President Obama lost patience with Runaway General's failed strategy  —  Sacked US General Stanley McChrystal issued a devastatingly critical assessment of the war against a “resilient and growing insurgency” just days before being forced out.
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Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Intelligence Committee chairwoman open to delaying Afghan deadline
Discussion: CNN and Balloon Juice
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Military disturbed by rapid turnover at top in Afghan, Iraq wars
The Politico:
Theater of the absurd  —  On Wednesday, the same day President Barack Obama ousted his humiliated Afghanistan commander, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs walked into the Oval Office with more grim news: The cap on the gushing oil in the Gulf had been dislodged.  —  “What?”
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Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Learning the rules of an unengaged president
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
David Frum / FrumForum:
Obama's Parade of Foreign Policy Failures
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Reuters:
Court to rule on Sarbanes-Oxley and gun rights  —  (Reuters) - The Supreme Court could strike down a key part of a 2002 corporate reform law and extend gun rights in the United States on Monday when the justices issue their final rulings of the term.  —  In eagerly awaited rulings …
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Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
The final four decisions
Discussion: Conglomerate and Althouse
James Oliphant / Los Angeles Times:
Elena Kagan's Supreme Court hearing to start Monday
Discussion: The Politico and The Page
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama and Roberts Will Cast Shadows Over Kagan Hearings
Discussion: ABCNEWS and CNN
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Civil rights organizations question nominee Elena Kagan's record on race
Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
Obama's race-rant Rev. rages on  —  CHICAGO — He's been keeping such a low profile since nearly derailing Barack Obama's campaign for president in 2008 — is it possible that the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright has mellowed?  —  Hardly.  —  During a five-day seminar Wright taught …
JSOnline:
U.S. agency's action may kill Bucyrus deal, cost 1,000 jobs  —  Export-Import Bank denies loan guarantees for coal project in India  —  By Rick Barrett of the Journal Sentinel  —  Up to 1,000 jobs at Bucyrus International Inc. and its suppliers could be in jeopardy as the result of a decision …
Adrian Blomfield / Telegraph:
US-Israeli relations suffer ‘tectonic rift’  —  A senior Israeli diplomat has warned that the Jewish state's relationship with the United States has suffered a “tectonic rift”.  —  The sobering assessment comes a week before Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, meets President Barack Obama at the White House.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
G-20 nations pledge to cut deficits despite Obama's push for stimulus  —  President Barack Obama's push for continued global stimulus in light of a tenuous economic recovery was largely pushed back at the G-20 as world leaders agreed to focus on deficit reduction.
The Daily Caller:
No, seriously!  —  David Weigel, who's been covering the right for the Washington Independent, will soon be heading to the Washington Post.  —  Weigel joins the Post on April 5, and will be launching a blog focused on the conservative movement, tea party activists, and how the GOP's preparing for November...
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Police in Toronto Criticized for Treatment of Protesters, Many Peaceful  —  TORONTO — An escalation of aggressive police tactics toward even apparently peaceful protests at the Group of 20 summit meeting led to calls for a review of security activities.  —  After allowing a small group …
Ian Welsh / Crooks and Liars:
G20 Confers On How To Make You Pay For The Blunders Of The Rich  —  Protesters riot yesterday in Toronto at the G20.  —  It's really, really simple.  The rich crashed the world economy.  They were bailed out, with their wealth having almost entirely recovered and corporate profits likewise have pretty much recovered.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 
 
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Transit and Density  —  From an LA Times writeup of a light …
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Huckabee says polling shows he's best Republican to take on Obama in 2012
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