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The Politico:
Obama donors net government jobs — Telecom executive Donald H. Gips raised a big bundle of cash to help finance his friend Barack Obama's run for the presidency. — Gips, a vice president of Colorado-based Level 3 Communications, delivered more than $500,000 in contributions for the Obama war chest …
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Fox News:
Lawmakers File Suit Against Obama Administration Over Libya Operation
Lawmakers File Suit Against Obama Administration Over Libya Operation
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Carney defends Obama meeting Wall Street donors at White House
Carney defends Obama meeting Wall Street donors at White House
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CNN:
House members to sue Obama administration over Libya mission
House members to sue Obama administration over Libya mission
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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
John Boehner gets into War Powers Act
John Boehner gets into War Powers Act
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Wall Street Journal:
Payroll Tax Cut Idea Joins Debt Talks
Payroll Tax Cut Idea Joins Debt Talks
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner demands that Obama provide legal basis for Libya mission
Boehner demands that Obama provide legal basis for Libya mission
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Candidates Show G.O.P. Less United on Goals of War — DERRY, N.H. — The hawkish consensus on national security that has dominated Republican foreign policy for the last decade is giving way to a more nuanced view, with some presidential candidates expressing a desire to withdraw from Afghanistan …
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The New Republic:
Mitt Romney: The Campaign Within the Conservative Movement to Take Him Down — Mitt Romney's coming off quite a good week and a half. Last month's depressing job numbers bolstered his desired narrative about being the man most suited to save the economy, his opponents have largely …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Mitt Romney's Afghanistan remark stuns GOP pals
Mitt Romney's Afghanistan remark stuns GOP pals
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Graham says Romney risks looking like Jimmy Carter
Graham says Romney risks looking like Jimmy Carter
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
On Afghanistan—What Did Mitt Mean?
On Afghanistan—What Did Mitt Mean?
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Oliver Tree / Daily Mail:
Judgement day: Weiner's wife returns home to confront errant husband as new images emerge showing congressman cross dressing and ‘oiled up’ — Beleaguered congressman Anthony Weiner is set to face his humiliated wife Huma Abedin after she arrived at the family home in Washington home earlier today.
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New York Post:
America poll-axes Weiner — By GEOFF EARLE and S.A. MILLER in Washington and ANDY SOLTIS in NY — America has seen enough of Anthony Weiner. — The first national Weinergate poll shows 60 percent of Americans want the lewd lawmaker to quit Congress. — And a paltry 8 percent …
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The Note:
Rep. Weiner's Porn Star Pen Pal to Face Reporters Today — ABC News' John R. Parkinson (@JRPabcDC) reports: — On the same day that Rep. Anthony Weiner's wife, Secretary of Clinton's close aide Huma Abedin, is set to return from a trip to the Middle East and Africa, one of the women …
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New York Times:
Pakistan Arrests C.I.A. Informants in Bin Laden Raid — WASHINGTON — Pakistan's top military spy agency has arrested some of the Pakistani informants who fed information to the Central Intelligence Agency in the months leading up to the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden, according to American officials.
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Declan Walsh / Guardian:
Pakistan arrests five men for helping CIA spy on Bin Laden house
Pakistan arrests five men for helping CIA spy on Bin Laden house
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Lewis Page / The Register:
Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade — Physicists say sunspot cycle is ‘going into hibernation’ — What may be the science story of the century is breaking this evening, as heavyweight US solar physicists announce that the Sun appears to be headed into a lengthy spell of low activity …
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TMZ.com:
Topless Newt Gingrich — On a Rock, In a Hard Place — TMZ has obtained a photo of a glistening Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich laying topless on a beach in Greece ... days before his campaign staff quit over the timing of his two-week vacation. — The photo was taken on June 2 …
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The Huffington Post:
Grover Norquist Rebuked By GOP … WASHINGTON — Grover Norquist's grip on the Republican Party's tax policy slipped dramatically on Tuesday, a development that is likely to have significant repercussions on the debate over spending, revenue and the federal deficit.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
In CA-36, Democrat Calls For Blanket Condemnation Of Stunning New Web Ad (VIDEO) — The special election to replace the retired Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) just took a turn for the spectacular. A new web video aimed at boosting the Republican chances for an upset win is
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David Catanese / The Politico:
Most offensive ad yet: Hahn's Homeboyz
Most offensive ad yet: Hahn's Homeboyz
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Ynetnews:
Glenn Beck's Jerusalem rally program unveiled — TV star's solidarity event is expected to draw thousands of Israelis, Americans with music, pyrotechnics. Sarah Palin, republican presidential candidates set to drop by — Tzvika Brot — Tens of thousands of excited Israelis and Americans …
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JSOnline:
Supreme Court reinstates collective bargaining law — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison - Acting with unusual speed, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated Gov. Scott Walker's plan to all but end collective bargaining for tens of thousands of public workers.
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Jimmy Vielkind / Albany Times Union:
GOP senator from Saratoga becomes 31st vote for same-sex marriage bill — GOP Sen. Roy McDonald becomes 31st vote for same-sex marriage bill — New York Rangers player Sean Avery, left, and ? Sex and The City? star Cynthia Nixon make their way to a news conference calling on the state legislature …
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Kenneth Lovett / NY Daily News:
Gay marriage now just one vote shy of becoming law in New York despite Archbishop Dolan's objections
Gay marriage now just one vote shy of becoming law in New York despite Archbishop Dolan's objections
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
“your comments about spiking footballs seem distinctly un-professorial” — In my post yesterday about the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturning Judge Sumi, I opined: … In response, I received this email (emphasis mine): … Reaction? — Here's mine: — Ya see, this is what blogging does to the mind.
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The Atlantic Online:
In Which I Become a Republican — At least for purposes of admiring the panache and “a dish best served cold” gleeful nastiness of today's proclamation by Gov. John Kasich, Republican of Ohio, that the Dallas Mavericks and their friends, family, and fans are all Honorary Ohioans.
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unionleader.com:
A nominee already? Romney skips ahead — Mitt Romney did a good job at Monday night's Republican presidential debate. But not that good. — The former Massachusetts governor used his previous presidential campaign experience to come across as polished and presidential in the debate.
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Stephanie Banchero / Wall Street Journal:
Students Stumble Again on the Basics of History — National Test Shows Little Progress in Grasping Democracy, U.S. Role in World — WSJ's Stephanie Banchero has details of a National Assessment of Educational Progress study showing students at the fourth, eighth and twelfth grade levels struggle with basic history questions.
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William Heisel / IHME:
Life expectancy in most US counties falls behind world's healthiest nations — The most current county-level analysis finds large disparities nationwide. Women fare worse than men, and people in Appalachia, the Deep South, and Northern Texas live the shortest lives.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Rep. King rips media's coverage of radical Muslim hearings — Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) blasted The New York Times and others for “mindless hysteria” over his hearings into the possible radicalization of American Muslims. — “I have repeatedly said the overwhelming majority of Muslim Americans …
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Bloomberg: U.S. immigration policy is ‘national suicide’ — In a major speech to the Council on Foreign Relations on Wednesday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will say the United States risks “national suicide” if it doesn't adopt a more welcoming immigration policy.
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