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Billy House / NationalJournal.com:
Boehner: ‘Maybe 50-50’ Chance of a Debt Deal Reached Within 48 Hours — House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks with reporters after a meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill on Thursday. — House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, informed fellow House Republicans on Thursday …
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Public Wants Changes in Entitlements, Not Changes in Benefits — GOP Divided Over Benefit Reductions — OVERVIEW — As policymakers at the state and national level struggle with rising entitlement costs, overwhelming numbers of Americans agree that, over the years, Social Security …
Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
The budget deals of Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama, in one chart — There are two ways to read the current stalemate in the debt-ceiling negotiations. There's David Brooks's take, which is that watching Republicans pass up “the deal of the century” should leave conservatives convinced there's something wrong with the GOP.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Democrats fuming over Obama's apparent move on Social Security — Senate Democrats reacted angrily Thursday to a report that President Obama has proposed significant cuts to Medicare and Social Security in closed-door talks with GOP leaders. — Democratic lawmakers said they were dismayed …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi not informed in advance of Obama's broader reform plans — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was not informed in advance of President Obama's plans to include Social Security reform in the scope of the debt-ceiling talks, a House Democratic aide said Thursday.
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congressman: House Republicans Have Privately Discussed Impeaching Obama Over Debt Ceiling
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Aide On Social Security Cut Story: It ‘Overshoots The Runway’ (UPDATED)
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
In debt talks, Obama offers Social Security cuts
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Pelosi: Medicare, Social Security Benefit Cuts Are Line In The Sand On Debt Limit Bill
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New York Times:
Obama to Push for Wider Deal With G.O.P. on Deficit Cuts
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Dems rally around Conrad's left-leaning budget proposal, tax raises
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BBC:
News of the World to close amid hacking scandal — Police are investigating allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World — This Sunday's issue of the News of the World will be the last edition of the paper, News International chairman James Murdoch has said.
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New York Times:
Murdoch to Close Tabloid Amid Fury Over Hacking — LONDON — The mass-circulation tabloid at the center of the British phone hacking scandal is to be closed after a final, ad-free Sunday edition this weekend, according a statement by a top official at News Corp., James Murdoch, that acknowledged …
Amelia Hill / Guardian:
Andy Coulson to be arrested over phone hacking tomorrow
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Russell Adams / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp. to Close Its News of the World Tabloid
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Why the Republicans Resist Compromise — The chart that I'm going to show you is one of the more important ones that we've presented at FiveThirtyEight in some time. It helps explain a lot of what's going on in American politics today, from the negotiations over the federal debt ceiling to the Republican presidential primaries.
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Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Setting the Record Straight: Correcting Myths About Independent Voters
Ben Popken / The Consumerist:
Chase Gets Man Thrown In Jail For Fraudulent Check. Except The Check Is Legit. — Ikenna, a 28-year old construction worker, went to deposit a $8,463.21 Chase cashier's check at his local Chase branch, only for the teller to decide that neither he nor his check looked right and he got tossed in jail for forgery, KING5 reports.
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Linda Byron / KING-TV:
Jailed for cashing Chase check at Chase bank — AUBURN, Wash. - Buying his own home was a big accomplishment for construction worker, Ikenna Njoku, of Auburn. He's only 28 years old. — “I was really excited. For the first time, I actually got to buy a lawn mower, mow my lawn and everything,” said Njoku.
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Sally Jacobs / Boston Globe:
Father spoke of having Obama adopted — US immigration files from '61 reveal Kenyan student's plan — President Obama as a young boy, with his father, who left when his son was 2. (Obama for America via Associated Press) — In the spring of 1961, President Obama's father revealed …
The Daily Beast:
Elizabeth Smart, Network Pundit? — Amid the Casey Anthony frenzy, ABC News is close to unveiling its latest contributor. Howard Kurtz reports exclusively on the kidnap victim's new career. — Elizabeth Smart first came into our consciousness nearly a decade ago as a 14-year-old girl kidnapped from her Salt Lake City bedroom.
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Ashleigh Banfield / ABCNEWS:
Casey Anthony Ordered Back to Jail and Fined $4,000
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Treasury secretly weighs options to avert default — (Reuters) - A small team of Treasury officials is discussing options to stave off default if Congress fails to raise the debt limit by the August 2 deadline, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
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Stephanie Mencimer / MoJo Articles:
Why Jamie Leigh Jones Could Lose Her KBR Rape Case — Her story of a brutal attack in Iraq sparked a national outcry—but how much of it is true? — Post Comment — The allegations were explosive when they first hit in 2007: A 20-year-old woman named Jamie Leigh Jones alleged that four days …
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David Brody / The Brody File:
Brody File Exclusive: GOP Presidential Candidates Will be Asked to Sign a Marriage Vow — The Brody File has learned that The Family Leader, an influential pro-family group in Iowa will ask each of the 2012 presidential candidates to sign a marriage pledge that professes everything …
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The Note:
SCOTUS refuses to delay Leal execution; Leal's last hope with Governor of Texas — ABC News' Ariane de Vogue (@arianedevogue) reports: — A divided Supreme Court refused tonight to delay the execution of a Mexican national on death row, despite pleas from top officials of the Obama administration.
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Chris Strohm / The Atlantic Online:
Should Texas Execute a Mexican? Rick Perry Will Decide
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New York Post:
‘Fast & Furious’ gets hotter for Holder — Don't look now, but the real action in Washington this week isn't the parti san wrangling over the debt ceiling but something — literally — even more incendiary: Operation Fast and Furious, which seems about to explode right in the face …
Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
Orrin Hatch: The ‘Poor’ Should Do More To Shrink Debt, Not The Rich (VIDEO) … WASHINGTON — Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) voted against beginning debate on a measure that would have the Senate declare the rich should share the pain of debt reduction Thursday, a day after arguing that it's the poor and middle class who need to do more.
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Gina Kolata / New York Times:
First Study of Its Kind Shows Benefits of Providing Medical Insurance to Poor — When poor people are given medical insurance, they not only find regular doctors and see doctors more often but they also feel better, are less depressed and are better able to maintain financial stability …
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
House to vote on repealing light bulb efficiency standards — House Republicans introduced legislation that would repeal a light bulb efficiency law. — House Republicans introduced legislation Wednesday they hope to bring to the floor next week that would repeal a light bulb efficiency law.
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Christopher Lawton / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Plans Fix for iPhone Flaw — Apple Inc. said Thursday it is working to resolve a security hole in its iPhone and other mobile products that German authorities warned could allow cyber criminals to access confidential information or intercept phone conversations.
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Josef Adalian / New York Magazine:
MSNBC Nixes Chris Matthews's Cameo in Aaron Sorkin's Pilot About Cable News [UPDATED] — While he was writing the pilot script for his new HBO project More As This Story Develops, Aaron Sorkin reportedly spent some time on the set of Hardball With Chris Matthews.
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