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9:10 PM ET, May 10, 2011

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Jim Sciutto / ABCNEWS:

Osama Bin Laden Son Missing From SEAL Raid, Pakistan Says — One of Osama bin Laden's sons went missing in the midst of the Navy SEAL raid that took the life of the al Qaeda leader more than a week ago, Pakistani security officials told ABC News today. — The officials said bin Laden's three wives …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Reuters, Algemeiner.com, New York Magazine, FrumForum, Pundit Press, New York Times and Guardian

Scott Shane / New York Times:

Bin Laden Sons Say U.S. Broke International Law — WASHINGTON — The adult sons of Osama bin Laden have lashed out at President Obama in their first public reaction to their father's death, accusing the United States of violating its basic legal principles by killing an unarmed man …

Discussion: Gothamist, Runnin' Scared, The Other McCain, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and The Daily Beast

ABCNEWS:

Osama Bin Laden Raid: Pakistan Hints China Wants a Peek at Secret Helicopter — Pakistani officials said today they're interested in studying the remains of the U.S.'s secret stealth-modified helicopter abandoned during the Navy SEAL raid of Osama bin Laden's compound, and suggest the Chinese are as well.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Pat Dollard and JOSHUAPUNDIT

The Note:
Lawmakers Allowed to Osama Bin Laden Death Photos

Discussion: The Politico

Pam Benson / CNN:
Bin Laden death photos to be shown to some members of Congress

Discussion: Hot Air and Public Policy Polling

John Hudson / The Atlantic Wire:
The Associated Press's Case for Releasing the Bin Laden Photo

Discussion: Slate Magazine, The Raw Story, Wake up America, Runnin' Scared, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers and RealClearPolitics Video Log, more at Mediagazer »

Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
GOP seeks to redefine war on terror

Discussion: Danger Room, Lawfare, Pajamas Media, Emptywheel, Gawker and The Moderate Voice

Rob Crilly / Telegraph:
Osama bin Laden son ‘disappeared during compound raid’

Discussion: National Review, The Gateway Pundit, TalkLeft and Political Punch

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Trump collapses — Donald Trump has had one of the quickest rises and falls in the history of Presidential politics. Last month we found him leading the Republican field with 26%. In the space of just four weeks he's dropped all the way down to 8%, putting him in a tie for fifth place with Ron Paul.

Richard Cohen / Washington Post:

The myth of American exceptionalism — “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line,” W.E.B. Du Bois wrote in 1903 — and I will not quibble. But the problem of the 21st century is the problem of culture, not just the infamous “culture of poverty” but what I would call the culture of smugness.

Discussion: The Lonely Conservative, Patterico's Pontifications, Hot Air, Don Surber, Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers and National Review

Corry Schiermeyer / Zogby:

Todays Number — IBOPE Zogby Poll: Cain Now Second to Christie As Top Choice Of GOP Primary Voters — Only 9% choose Romney, but 31% believe he will be nominee — UTICA, NY - Herman Cain trails only Chris Christie as the top choice among Republican primary voters in the race for the 2012 Presidential nomination.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Red Dog Report and The Hill

Alexander Bolton / Healthwatch:

Republican rift widens on Medicare — A deep rift is opening wider and wider in the Republican Party over controversial proposals to cut Medicare. — Senate Republicans have decided to avoid jeopardizing their chances of capturing the upper chamber in next year's elections and will not echo …

Discussion: CNN, Yglesias, National Review, Hot Air, Political Punch, Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway, Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, Little Green Footballs, The Note, New York Times, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/* and Prairie Weather

The Huffington Post:

Reid To Boehner: If You Want $2 Trillion In Cuts, Start With Oil And Gas Tax Breaks … Harry Reid , John Boehner , Debt Ceiling , Boehner Oil And Gas , Debt Reid , Reid Debt Ceiling , Reid Oil And Gas , Politics News — WASHINGTON — Less than a day after House Speaker John Boehner …

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Hill, The Hill, Washington Post and AMERICAblog News

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Budget chief wants plan with 50-50 split between spending cuts and tax hikes

Discussion: CNN

Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Boehner's debt-ceiling demands

Discussion: The Hill, TPMDC, Washington Monthly, The Impolitic, Speaker, The Huffington Post, Wonk Room, Mother Jones, CEPR, Daily Kos, Hit & Run, Don Surber, New York Magazine, Connecting.the.Dots and Raw Replay

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Senate Democrats set to attack big oil tax subsidies

Discussion: The Politico, The Note and The Lonely Conservative

Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:

“Very Positive”: Fox News' Smear Of “Vile Rapper” Common Debunked By Own Reporting — Conservatives such as Fox News, the Daily Caller and Sarah Palin are criticizing the White House's invitation to rapper Common for a poetry event over the purported vulgarity of his lyrics.

Discussion: News Hounds, The Lonely Conservative and The Daily Caller

Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
GOP Sen. Rand Paul questions whether White House has ‘enemies list’

Discussion: Mediaite, Barefoot and Progressive and FrumForum

Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Palin raps White House rapper

Discussion: Big Hollywood, American Glob, Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs

Joe Pompeo / Yahoo! News:
Where's Hillary? Hasidic paper breaks the rules by editing Clinton out of White House photo

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Runnin' Scared, Political Punch, Michelle Malkin, The Wire, Washington Post and BAGnewsNotes

Washington Wire:

Text of Obama's Speech on Immigration — Here is the White House transcript of President Barack Obama's remarks on immigration as delivered Tuesday in El Paso, Texas. (This post was updated from the text, as prepared for delivery.) — REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT — ON COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

Discussion: The Daily Caller, White House.gov Blog, No Sheeples Here, Mediaite, 24Ahead, The Politico and Pajamas Media

Jim DeMint / National Review:
Speeches and Summits Won't Secure the Border

Discussion: Pundit & Pundette, Hot Air, theblogprof and The Hill

Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama to GOP: Stop moving goalposts on immigration reform

Discussion: The Politico

Kris Hundley / St. Petersburg Times:

Billionaire's role in hiring decisions at Florida State University raises questions — A conservative billionaire who opposes government meddling in business has bought a rare commodity: the right to interfere in faculty hiring at a publicly funded university.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Mother Jones, Pharyngula, Slate, ThinkProgress, The New Republic, The Reid Report, Truthdig, Florida Today and National Review

Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:

The Tragedy of Sarah Palin — From the moment Sarah Palin's acceptance speech electrified the Republican convention, she was seen as an unbending, hard-charging, red-meat ideologue—to which soon was added “thin-skinned” and “vindictive.” But a look at what Palin did while in office in Alaska …

Discussion: msnbc.com, Verum Serum and Jezebel

Associated Press:

Key senator says Social Security changes off table — WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus says he doesn't think Congress will address Social Security as part of an effort to reduce government borrowing. — The Montana Democrat said Tuesday that Social Security …

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Daily Kos and Eschaton

Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Alan Simpson, Social Security Illiterate

Discussion: Washington Post, National Review, The New Republic and Firedoglake

Rasmussen Reports:

59% Favor Cutoff of Federal Funds to Sanctuary Cities — New legislation being considered by the House would stop all federal funding for cities that give sanctuary to illegal immigrants, and most voters like the idea. But very few believe Congress is likely to pass such a measure.

Discussion: Washington Times, Wake up America and Weasel Zippers

Corrie MacLaggan / Reuters:
Texas House restricts cities aiding illegal immigrants

Discussion: msnbc.com, Weasel Zippers, Truthdig and Pajamas Media

Matt Bai / The Caucus:

Gingrich Run Reflects His Sense of History — Whatever can Newt Gingrich be thinking? — That's the question a lot of political handicappers are asking now that Newt, as he is universally known in Washington, has decided to enter the 2012 campaign, with an announcement expected on Wednesday.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Philly.com and Althouse

Brad Poole / Yahoo! News Canada:

Liberals in southern Arizona seek to form new state — TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A long-simmering movement by liberal stalwarts in southern Arizona to break away from the rest of the largely conservative state is at a boiling point as secession backers press to bring their longshot ambition to the forefront of Arizona politics.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, JammieWearingFool, Gawker, EconLog, Algemeiner.com, Pundit Press and PoliPundit.com

Patrick Caldwell / American Prospect:

Republican Electoral Strategy: Don't Let the Democrats Vote — The Texas Legislature passed two bills yesterday that on the surface look like good governance measures but are actually efforts to discourage the Democratic base from voting. The state Senate approved a bill requiring voters …

Discussion: Mother Jones and Trail Blazers Blog

Al Tompkins / Poynter:

Steve Kroft explains why he broke interviewing rules when questioning Obama about bin Laden death for ‘60 Minutes’ — When Steve Kroft interviewed President Obama last week about the raid on Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Pakistan, the “60 Minutes” veteran violated many of the guidelines …

Discussion: NewsBusters.org and National Review

Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:

Mitch Daniels ‘Would Like To’ Run For President, Top Adviser Says … WASHINGTON - Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels wants to run for president and is not in the process of convincing himself to do it, a close adviser said. The last hurdle remaining is ongoing discussions between him and his wife …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Red Dog Report, Althouse, New York Magazine and Hot Air

Associated Press:
Indiana Gov. Daniels thinks he could beat Obama

Discussion: Ballot Box and GOP 12

Bruce Andriatch / Buffalo News:

Lawn sign advances feud between mosque, neighbor — A feud between two Transit Road neighbors — a homeowner and a mosque — turned ugly this weekend when the homeowner staked a sign on his front lawn insinuating that the new 11,600-square-foot Islamic worship site is home to a “bomb making” operation.

Discussion: Mediaite, The Reality-Based Community and Crooks and Liars

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:

Report: Up to 44m more uninsured under GOP budget — WASHINGTON - The House Republican budget would leave up to 44 million more low-income people uninsured as the federal government cuts states' Medicaid funding by about one-third over the next 10 years, nonpartisan groups said in a report issued Tuesday.

Discussion: Online NewsHour, Washington Monthly and Balloon Juice

The Atlantic Online:

Hillary Clinton: Chinese System Is Doomed, Leaders on a 'Fool's Errand' — In an exclusive interview, the secretary of state says Beijing's human rights record is “deplorable” and it is “trying to stop history” by opposing the advance of democracy — In my latest Atlantic cover story …

Discussion: FP Passport, Political Punch and Swampland

Aharding / CNN:

CNN Poll: Democrats up 50-46 percent in battle for House — Washington (CNN) - It's one of the storylines for 2012: Can the Democrats win back control of the House of Representatives? — A new poll suggests that they may have a chance. — Full results (pdf)

Discussion: The Hill