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7:55 PM ET, July 10, 2011

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Matt Schneider / Mediaite:
Sen. McConnell: ‘Nobody Is Talking About Not Raising The Debt Ceiling’ In Congress  —  Senate Minority Leader Republican Mitch McConnell discussed the debt ceiling negotiations with Bret Baier on Fox News Sunday.  McConnell was in agreement with Speaker John Boehner's decision not to support …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Doug Ross
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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Negotiations on Deficit Resume at White House  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama and Congressional leaders from both parties restarted negotiations over deficit reduction on Sunday night at the White House, still far apart on details big and small.  —  The negotiators are racing to complete …
msnbc.com:
Obama: Budget agreement needed in 10 days  —  Treasury Secretary Geithner urges GOP not to ‘walk away’ on talks  —  Below:  —  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said he and Congress “need to” agree on a budget deal in 10 days in order to meet an Aug. 2 deadline to increase …
Discussion: Reuters
Washington Post:
Boehner abandons efforts to reach comprehensive debt-reduction deal
Damian Paletta / Washington Wire:
Top House Leaders Offer Conflicting Views Of Where Debt Talks Go Next
Discussion: MyFox Philadelphia
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
John Boehner Wants To Scale Down Debt Talks
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner backing away from grand compromise on debt
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
John Boehner Rejects Obama's Grand Bargain On Debt Ceiling
Emily Shur / Newsweek:
Palin Plots Her Next Move  —  Sarah Palin hasn't jumped into the race for the White House (yet), but she believes the prize is there for the taking.  In a conversation with Peter J. Boyer, Palin warns Boehner not to raise the debt ceiling, proclaims that Obama is beatable—and says the 2012 field is far from settled.
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Pawlenty: Science ‘In Dispute’ Over Whether Gays ‘Born This Way’  —  This morning on Meet The Press, David Gregory pressed GOP presidential candidate Gov. Tim Pawlenty about his recent remarks that he likes Lady Gaga's song “Born This Way,” asking if he believes being gay is a choice.
Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Italy Becoming a Bigger Priority for Euro Zone  —  LONDON — With fears growing that Italy could become the latest victim of the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis, and with plans for a second Greek bailout deadlocked, top European officials are to meet on Monday to wrestle with the mounting threats to the currency union.
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Jesse Washington / Chicago Sun Times:
The disappearing black middle class  —  Princeton Professor Cornel West (center) eagerly shakes the hand of President Barack Obama in June 2010.  Today, West calls Obama “a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs.”  Pablo Martinez Monsivais~AP  —  Millions of Americans endured financial calamities in the recession.
Ben Domenech / Coffee & Markets:
Gawker's John Cook Attempts to Out CIA Agent Who Helped Kill Bin Laden  —  John Cook of Gawker attempted this week to out the CIA staffer who spearheaded the effort to kill Osama bin Laden.  —  In a post titled “Is This the Guy Who Killed Bin Laden?”  Cook attempts to isolate the staffer …
Tonya Mosley / KING-TV:
Kirkland 6-year-old patted down by TSA agents  —  A Kirkland family has filed a complaint claiming their 6-year-old son was singled out by TSA for a hand-search.  KING 5's Tonya Mosley has the story.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Raw Replay
Clay Shirky:
Why We Need the New News Environment to be Chaotic  —  The business environment for newspapers continues to be grim.  Pew recently reported that advertising revenue rebounded in 2010 for all forms of media, except newspapers.  * This might just be a matter of transitioning from print …
The Note:
Newt Gingrich: ‘This is the Obama Depression’  —  ABC News' Arlette Saenz reports:  —  Newt Gingrich labeled the economic situation in the U.S. as the “Obama depression,” just days after a dismal jobs report and signs negotiations on the debt deal are faltering.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
Stop Obama's Egyptian Tank Sale  —  While everyone in Washington was concentrating on the debt crisis this week, the Obama administration attempted to slip through a questionable arms deal that requires serious scrutiny.  Though it got little attention, the Defense Department officially notified Congress …
Rasmussen Reports:
Most Voters Think President Obama is More Liberal Than They Are  —  As they have consistently, voters continue to believe that President Obama is more liberal than they are, though that number has reached a new low.  —  A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 52% …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
New York Post:
Can jobs news get worse?  Just wait and see  —  If you are an American looking for work — no, make that pleading to be allowed to earn a living — you already know this: the job market is even worse than Washington is telling us.  And Washington yesterday told us that the employment situation is just plain ugly.
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Johanna Kaiser / Associated Press:
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Mark Steyn / National Review:
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Damian Paletta / Washington Wire:
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Discussion: MyFox Philadelphia
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Somehow, the Unemployed Became Invisible
Rod McGuirk / Associated Press:
New Australian law to make Muslims lift veils
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch
Imtiyaz Delawala / ABCNEWS:
Christine Lagarde 'Can't Imagine' United States Would Default on Debt
Discussion: CNN
Salena Zito / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Issue could cost Obama his job
The Politico:
Daley: U.S. suspending military aid to Pakistan
Discussion: The Atlantic Online