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1:55 PM ET, May 20, 2011

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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama and Netanyahu, Distrustful Allies, to Meet  —  WASHINGTON — As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel heads to the White House on Friday for the seventh meeting since President Obama took office, the two men are facing a turning point in a relationship that has never been warm.
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The Atlantic Online:
Dear Mr. Netanyahu, Please Don't Speak to My President That Way  —  For whatever reason, I tend to react strongly when a foreign leader disrespects the United States, and its President.  I didn't like it when Hugo Chavez of Venezuela insulted President Bush; I don't like listening to Hamid Karzai …
Ynetnews:
Behind the scenes: Obama snubs Netanyahu  —  Sources privy to political atmosphere prior to US president's Mideast policy speech say tension between White House, Jerusalem hit new high  —  Ynet  —  The cold relationship between US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Understanding Obama's shift on Israel and the ‘1967 lines’  —  “The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states.”  —  This sentence in President Obama's much-anticipated speech …
Nathan Diament / The Politico:
Don't just talk about Israel
Discussion: CNN, Crooks and Liars and Wonkette
John / Power Line:   Barack Obama, Neocon?
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Ron Paul on Obama speech: Will US invade Syria?
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Frank Newport / Gallup:
For First Time, Majority of Americans Favor Legal Gay Marriage  —  Republicans and older Americans remain opposed  —  PRINCETON, NJ — For the first time in Gallup's tracking of the issue, a majority of Americans (53%) believe same-sex marriage should be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages.
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
A first: Majority of Americans now supports same-sex marriage, Gallup finds
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Make My Bed?  But You Say the World's Ending  —  The Haddad children of Middletown, Md., have a lot on their minds: school projects, SATs, weekend parties.  And parents who believe the earth will begin to self-destruct on Saturday.  —  The three teenagers have been struggling to make sense …
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The Atlantic Online:
The Rapture Is Not Saturday — It's Tonight  —  Doomsday prophet Harold Camping tells The Atlantic what to expect when the end of the world begins  —  LOS ANGELES — In his relentless study of the Bible, 89-year-old Oakland-based Harold Camping has seen the signs.  You may have also seen them recently.
Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Field: All Talk, No Do  —  If the Republican candidates don't take on tough issues as Paul Ryan, Chris Christie and others have, they might as well go hold forth with The Donald.  —  Newt Gingrich embarked on a national apology tour this week, which was not exactly how he pictured his 2012 rollout.
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Ronald Brownstein / NationalJournal.com:
Romney's Evangelical Problem
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Dem group attacks Romney ahead of South Carolina visit
Discussion: CNN and Ben Smith's Blog
Lynne Hendricks / NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA:
Brown clarifies budget remarks
Discussion: Blue Mass Group, TPMDC and Daily Kos
George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Transcript: Exclusive Interview With Jon Huntsman  —  I sat down for an exclusive interview with Jon Huntsman yesterday.  Here is the full transcript and CLICK HERE for the full story.  —  George Stephanopoulos: Governor, thanks for doing this.  —  Jon Huntsman: It's an honor.
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Washington (CNN) — President Obama may be on the brink of breaking the law.  —  At issue: The 1973 War Powers Act, which says if the president does not get congressional authorization 60 days after military action, the mission must stop within 30 days.  —  The president formally notified Congress …
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Is Obama Breaking the Law in Libya?
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Political Punch
The Hill:
Lawmakers largely silent on war powers authority in Libya
Jason Clayworth / Iowa Caucuses:
Newt Gingrich's ringtone: ‘Dancing Queen’  —  Ames, Ia.  - Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich briefly stopped a campaign event here to shut off his phone as his ringtone sounded ABBA's “Dancing Queen.”  —  Gingrich today in Ames.  —  The song is from the musical “Mamma Mia.”
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Making Things in America  —  Some years ago, one of my neighbors, an émigré Russian engineer, offered an observation about his adopted country.  “America seems very rich,” he said, “but I never see anyone actually making anything.”  —  That was a bit unfair, but not completely …
Discussion: National Review and Cafe Hayek
Kendra Marr / The Politico:
Tim Pawlenty to announce W.H. bid on Monday  —  Tim Pawlenty will formally announce his candidacy for president on Monday in Iowa, an aide told POLITICO.  —  The former Minnesota governor has scheduled a town hall in Des Moines at 11:30 a.m. His wife Mary will introduce him.
Discussion: Ballot Box
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Jordan Fabian / Ballot Box:
Pawlenty to announce presidential bid on Monday in Iowa
Discussion: The Note
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Tim Pawlenty to announce for president Monday
Discussion: AmSpecBlog
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
AFL-CIO's Trumka looks to ‘independent’ labor movement  —  AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will say Friday that workers want an “independent” labor movement designed to help the working class, not a specific party or candidate.  —  In a speech at the National Press Club …
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Chris Frates / The Politico:
Richard Trumka to put Democrats on notice
Discussion: The Nation
New York Times:
At I.M.F., Men on Prowl and Women on Guard  —  WASHINGTON — It is an international island in the midst of the American capital, a sharp-elbowed place ruled by alpha male economists.  The days are long, and employees are regularly pressed together for weeks on end during overseas “missions.”
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Palin: ‘I do have the fire in my belly’  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) hasn't decided whether to run for president, but she insisted Thursday she has the “fire in my belly” to do it.  —  Fox News's Greta van Susteren asked Palin, who has provided few hints about her decision-making process …
Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Leading GOP Budget Hawk at Odds with Republican Leaders  —  Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) tells ABC News that the federal debt is now so out of control that the credit rating of the United States is in jeopardy and the only way to deal with it is a bipartisan agreement that increases tax revenues.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and AmSpecBlog
Inside Higher Ed:
Comments on Red Grader, Blue Grader  — The article doesn't say whether or not the researchers controlled for differences across departments.  I'm sure there are some departments with greater percentages of Republican-leaning professors than others, and perhaps classes in those departments tend …
Discussion: Gawker
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
AARP latest to receive Obamacare break  —  The Daily Caller has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rate review rules, which it finalized on Thursday, exempt “Medigap” policy providers, like the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), from oversight …
 
 
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats won't release their spending plan
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
D.N.C. Raises More Money Than R.N.C. in April
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Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Some FBI agents are angered by plan to extend tenure of Director Robert Mueller
Jessica Heslam / Boston Herald:
Press ‘constantly’ pushing for more access to Barack Obama
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