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Kagan to celebrate with Obama, be sworn Saturday
AP – 2 hrs 3 mins agoIt's all over but the celebrating and oath-taking for soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. Full Story »
Wyclef Jean to Run for President of Haiti
Time.com – Wed Aug 4, 2:10 am ET- Obama's Midterm Campaign: A Long Gestation Time.com – Thu Aug 5, 7:25 pm ET
- Pentagon demands return of leaked war documents AP – Thu Aug 5, 9:19 pm ET
- Obama bets prestige on Senate seat he once held AP – Thu Aug 5, 7:55 pm ET
- Ex-lobbyist indicted for illegal campaign donations Reuters – Thu Aug 5, 6:03 pm ET
- Haslam wins GOP nod in Tennessee at Politico – Thu Aug 5, 9:43 pm ET
- Kagan win warns of battles yet to come at Politico – Thu Aug 5, 9:15 pm ET
- AP Exclusive: New al-Qaida leader knows US well AP – 15 mins ago
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Army 'birther' charged with disobeying orders
AP – Thu Aug 5, 3:53 pm ETWASHINGTON - An Army doctor has been charged with disobeying orders after failing to show up for duty in Afghanistan and questioning whether President Barack Obama has the right to order him there. Full Story »
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Scottish police: deaths of 3 children suspicious
AP – Thu Aug 5, 5:40 pm ETLONDON - The death of three children discovered following a suspected gas explosion at an apartment in the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh is being investigated as suspicious, police said Thursday. Full Story »
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States respond in health care overhaul lawsuit
AP – 13 mins ago
AFP/File PENSACOLA, Fla. - Twenty states and the nation's most influential small business lobby plan Friday to file their response to the government's attempt to dismiss their lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Full Story »
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JUSTICE BRENNAN'S FOOTNOTE GAVE US ANCHOR BABIES
Ann Coulter – Thu Aug 5, 5:41 pm ETDemocrats act as if the right to run across the border when you're 8 1/2 months pregnant, give birth in a U.S. hospital and then immediately start collecting welfare was exactly what our forebears had in mind, a sacred constitutional right, as old as the 14th Amendment itself. Full Story »
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Fincher, Cohen Win Big in Tennessee
CQPolitics.com – Fri Aug 6, 12:23 am ETFarmer and gospel singer Stephen Fincher cruised to victory Thursday in Tennessee's 8th district GOP primary, setting up a November showdown with state Sen. Roy Herron in what is expected to be among the most competitive open-seat races in the country. Full Story »
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Lobbyist charged with making illegal campaign donations
McClatchy Newspapers – Thu Aug 5, 8:44 pm ETWASHINGTON — A federal grand jury on Thursday charged a once-powerful Washington lobbyist with evading federal limits on campaign donations by using straw donors to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars to members of Congress, especially those with influence over military spending. Full Story »
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Obama's Afghanistan Policy Tracks Bush in Iraq
CQPolitics.com – Fri Aug 6, 12:10 am ETPresident Barack Obama is an unremitting critic of George W. Bush, but in Afghanistan he's walking in Bush's shoes. How ironic. But also, how encouraging. Full Story »
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Obama courts GOP's McConnell _ a vision of life after November?
McClatchy Newspapers – Thu Aug 5, 7:24 pm ETWASHINGTON — Is President Barack Obama preparing for a new political balance in Washington if Democrats lose or significantly narrow their congressional majorities in November's elections and he'll need more Republicans to get anything done? Full Story »
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GOP cautiously confident of big gains this fall
AP – 11 mins agoWith Democrats on defense, Republicans expressed cautious confidence of big gains in the fall elections — particularly in governor's races — though they acknowledged that the GOP must do more to snatch control of Congress from President Barack Obama's party. Full Story »
AP Exclusive: CIA whisked detainees from Gitmo
AP – 11 mins agoFour of the nation's most highly valued terrorist prisoners were secretly moved to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2003, years earlier than has been disclosed, then whisked back into overseas prisons before the Supreme Court could give them access to lawyers, The Associated Press has learned. Full Story »
Whitman's play for the Hispanic vote
Politico – Wed Aug 4, 5:37 am ETSOUTH GATE, Calif. — Pete Wilson, a former Republican governor reviled by many Latinos here, promised in a May advertisement that Meg Whitman would be as “tough as nails” on illegal immigration. Full Story »
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