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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 …
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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 …
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Washington Post:
Boehner abandons efforts to reach comprehensive debt-reduction deal — House Speaker John A. Boehner abandoned efforts Saturday night to cut a far-reaching debt-reduction deal, telling President Obama that a more modest package offers the only politically realistic path to avoiding a default on the mounting national debt.
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 …
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New York Times:
The Worst Time to Slow the Economy
The Worst Time to Slow the Economy
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Damian Paletta / Washington Wire:
Top House Leaders Offer Conflicting Views Of Where Debt Talks Go Next
Top House Leaders Offer Conflicting Views Of Where Debt Talks Go Next
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
John Boehner Wants To Scale Down Debt Talks
John Boehner Wants To Scale Down Debt Talks
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Boehner Scales Back Deficit Talks, Citing Tax Increases
Boehner Scales Back Deficit Talks, Citing Tax Increases
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner backing away from grand compromise on debt
Boehner backing away from grand compromise on debt
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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.
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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.
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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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Luke Baker / Reuters:
Exclusive: EU calls emergency meeting as crisis stalks Italy — (Reuters) - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has called an emergency meeting of top officials dealing with the euro zone debt crisis for Monday morning, reflecting concern that the crisis could spread to Italy, the region's third largest economy.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Mayors call on Obama to strengthen enforcement of country's gun laws — A group of more than 600 mayors are calling on President Obama to strengthen and increase enforcement of the nation's gun laws in the wake of a controversial gun tracking operation that may have contributed to the death of at least one federal agent.
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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The Gateway Pundit, The Lonely Conservative, Cold Fury and Daily Pundit
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