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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Weiner Tells Friends He Will Step Down — WASHINGTON — Representative Anthony D. Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat after coming under growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House in the wake of revelations of his lewd online exchanges with women, said a person told of Mr. Weiner's plans.
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Anthony Weiner to resign — Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) will resign from his seat in Congress, heeding calls from President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and dozens of other congressional Democrats, sources confirm to POLITICO.
Dana Bash / CNN:
Weiner to resign after ‘sexting’ scandal, source says — Washington (CNN) — Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York will heed calls from across the political spectrum and resign over a “sexting” scandal that he lied about before admitting his involvement, a Democratic source with knowledge of the congressman's plans said Thursday.
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Rep. Anthony Weiner to Resign From Congress — Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York plans to leave office, calling House leaders Wednesday night at a White House picnic to inform them he would resign today, sources tell ABC News. — Weiner's decision comes after days of mounting pressure …
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Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Rep. Anthony Weiner to resign
Rep. Anthony Weiner to resign
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James Risen / New York Times:
Ex-Spy Alleges Bush White House Sought to Discredit Critic — WASHINGTON — A former senior C.I.A. official says that officials in the Bush White House sought damaging personal information on a prominent American critic of the Iraq war in order to discredit him.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
CIA vet: Bush White House targeted blogging critic — It's sometimes easy to forget, but for eight years, the Bush White House offered a remarkable combination of corruption, incompetence, mismanagement, and moral “flexibility.” Serious scandals — the kind that would rock …
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Criticizing Obama, Kucinich credits Bush for asking Congress to go to war
Criticizing Obama, Kucinich credits Bush for asking Congress to go to war
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Rasmussen Reports:
Romney, Bachmann, Cain Lead The Pack Among GOP Primary Voters — Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney continues to lead the race for the Republican nomination, but Michele Bachmann has surged into second place following her Monday night entry into the campaign.
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Pawlenty Bets That His Debate Performance Fades
Pawlenty Bets That His Debate Performance Fades
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Niall Stanage / Ballot Box:
‘Wimp factor’ could pose threat to some 2012 GOP contenders
‘Wimp factor’ could pose threat to some 2012 GOP contenders
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
After GOP debate, feeling nostalgic for George W. Bush
After GOP debate, feeling nostalgic for George W. Bush
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Wall Street Journal:
Romney Solidifies 2012 GOP Lead
Romney Solidifies 2012 GOP Lead
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Joe Klein / Time:
Romney chose a New Hampshire farm to launch his presidential bid
Romney chose a New Hampshire farm to launch his presidential bid
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Investor's Business Daily:
Return Of The Dreaded Misery Index — Economy: As if the picture weren't bleak enough, here's one more data point to worry about — the Misery Index is on the rise. — Conceived by economist Arthur Okun in the early 1970s, the Misery Index simply adds together the inflation and unemployment rates …
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Jgalloway / Political Insider:
Your morning jolt: Atlanta office left $13,000 in drawer, says Newt Gingrich — GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich this morning pushed back against his former staff, accusing his Atlanta office of neglecting $13,000 in checks to his campaign. — Gingrich may want to be careful.
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Dan Hirschhorn / The Politico:
Newt Gingrich demands NBC apology
Newt Gingrich demands NBC apology
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Michael Isikoff / msnbc.com:
Gingrich's wife at center of presidential campaign turmoil, sources say
Gingrich's wife at center of presidential campaign turmoil, sources say
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BBC:
Ayman al-Zawahiri appointed as al-Qaeda leader — Zawahiri warned a week ago that Bin Laden would continue to “terrify” the US from beyond the grave — Al-Qaeda has appointed Ayman al-Zawahiri as leader following the death of Osama Bin Laden, the organisation's general command says in a statement.
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Sajid Farooq / NBC Bay Area:
San Francisco Mulls Goldfish Ban — First kittens, then puppies and hamsters and now goldfish? — San Francisco's Animal Control and Welfare Commission is recommending that the City ban the sale of goldfish, tropical fish and guppies in its borders, according to Matier and Ross.
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Julie Bosman / Media Decoder:
Bachmann Said To Have Deal For Memoir — Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota has made a deal to publish her memoir, selling a book to Sentinel, a conservative imprint at Penguin Group USA, two people familiar with the negotiations said on Thursday.
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Feifei Sun / The Page:
The Big Questions: Why Bachmann? — Mark Halperin's Big Questions in the new issue of TIME on the rise of the Gentlelady from Minnesota. — Why has Michele Bachmann suddenly become the It candidate? — With her impressive New Hampshire debate performance, Bachmann has gone …
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Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Our Lefty Military — As we search for paths out of America's economic crisis, many suggest business as a paradigm for cutting costs. According to my back-of-the-envelope math, top C.E.O.'s earn as much as $1 a second around the clock, partly by cutting medical benefits for employees.
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Obama's unauthorized war on Libya costs $9,421,000 a day: Are you getting your money's worth? — The Obama administration is spending almost $9.5 million every single day to blow things up in Libya because the president has determined that is in the country's national interest, this country's national interest, not Libya's.
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
‘Nothing More Impeachable’ Than War Without Authorization, Says Constitutional Scholar
‘Nothing More Impeachable’ Than War Without Authorization, Says Constitutional Scholar
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Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Kim Hart / The Politico:
Sources: Kundra leaving White House — Vivek Kundra, the first-ever federal chief information officer, is planning to leave the White House in August, according to sources. — Kundra, who has held the position for two-and-a-half years, is leaving the administration for Harvard …
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New York Times:
White House Defends Continuing U.S. Role in Libya Operation
White House Defends Continuing U.S. Role in Libya Operation
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Exclusive: Jimmy Henchman Associate Admits to Role in Robbery/Shooting of Tupac; Apologizes To Pac & B.I.G.'s Mothers — (AllHipHop News) A man has admitted to being involved in the attack on rap star Tupac Shakur in 1994, inside Manhattan's Quad Studios in November of 1994 …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Satisfaction Dips to 20% in June — Economy continues to be named nation's top problem — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' satisfaction with the way things are going in the country fell to 20% in early June from 26% at the start of May. Seventy-eight percent of Americans are now dissatisfied …
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The Hill:
GOP skirmishes complicate Boehner's plan on debt ceiling deal — A series of policy battles that have broken out among House Republicans poses a significant challenge to Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) effort to unify his troops on a bill raising the nation's debt ceiling.
Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
Activists by Invitation — No one loves an activist judge. We know this because members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are forever denouncing “judicial activism” and warning of its hidden dangers. Last summer, when Sen. Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, became the first member …
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
GOP targets funding of Consumer Bureau — Republicans have opened up another front on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in their latest appropriations legislation. — The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday released its fiscal 2012 appropriations bill for financial services …
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