Democratic candidates struggle with online questions
Democratic presidential hopefuls struggled Monday night to answer questions posed by young, Internet-savvy voters who challenged traditional political labels and the candidates' own place in a broken political system.
S P O T L I G H T
Bush order allows anti-war advocates' assets to be seized
The Executive Order criminalizes the antiwar movement. It is intended to "blocking property" of US citizens and organizations actively involved in the peace movement. It allows the Department of Defense to interfere in financial affairs and instruct the Treasury to "block the property" and/or confiscate/ freeze the assets of "Certain Persons" involved in antiwar activities.
T H E L A T E S T
Senators call for hearing on Iraq withdrawal plans
Senators Hillary Clinton, Jim Webb, Robert Byrd, and Evan Bayh today wrote a letter to Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) calling for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the status of the Bush administration’s withdrawal planning.
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Bush at 25%
Among all Americans, 25% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 71% disapprove. When it comes to Bush's handling of the economy, 23% approve and 73% disapprove.
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Injured Iraq war veterans to sue VA head
Frustrated by delays in health care, a coalition of injured Iraq war veterans is accusing VA Secretary Jim Nicholson of breaking the law by denying them disability pay and mental health treatment.
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T O D A Y ' S H E A D L I N E S
Gingrich to Bush: Shut up about Iraq
This morning, Steve Thomma of McClatchy wrote that “When pressing a tough sale, Bush is a lousy salesman.”
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Conyers needs 3 more to
begin Cheney impeachment
John Conyers has said that he will open impeachment hearings into the crimes of Dick Cheney if three more members of Congress sign onto House Resolution 333. That resolution already has 14 sponsors. The magic number, it seems, is 17.
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Woodward successfully challenged Brooks on Iraq pullout
Bob Woodward challenged New York Times columnist David Brooks' assertion that 10,000 Iraqis will die every month if the U.S. pulls out. Brooks conceded he just picked the number "out of the air."
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Sen. Feingold proposes censuring Bush
Sen. Russ Feingold renewed a call Sunday to censure President George W. Bush over the U.S. war in Iraq, but the Democrats' Senate leader discouraged the move.
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Planning evacuations of Iraqis
This means giving all the translators, intepretors, construction program managers, laundry women, truck drivers and cooks a way out.
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Wall Street Journal heirs to decide on selling to Murdoch
When the Bancroft family meets Monday to consider Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid for Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co., relatively few of them will actually be named Bancroft.
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No security checks at Phoenix airport
Discovered a 4.5 hour time frame each night when virtually anything can be brought into the secure side of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. There's no metal detector, no X-ray machine, and it's apparently not a problem.
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Manipulated Iraq intel 'because they didn’t like the answers'
In Stephen Hayes’s upcoming biography on Dick Cheney, he writes that the current Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell appears to side with “those who believe that the administration manipulated intelligence on Iraq for political purposes before the 2003 invasion.”
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US military needs 'image makeover' in Iraq: study
The US military could take a hint from the advertising world when it comes to building a better image in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a study for the Pentagon released this week.
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Bush official takes blame for passport mess
The current passport mess is rare among government foul-ups: A top federal official has publicly taken the blame and expressed regret.
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'Ghetto' tour showcases Chicago projects
The yellow school bus rumbles through vacant lots and past demolished buildings, full of people who have paid $20 for a tour of what was once among the most dangerous areas of this or any other city in the United States.
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Donors give to multiple candidates
Several thousand political contributors have donated to two or more presidential candidates this year, an overlap in giving that tilts decidedly to the Democrats.
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McCain claims to be happy with campaign
John McCain on Sunday assured Iowa supporters that he's doing fine and intends to seriously compete in the state's leadoff caucuses despite staff cuts and money problems.
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Top Democrats woo key Hispanic voters
As they competed Sunday to woo Hispanic voters, Hillary Clinton touted her personal connection to the community while Barack Obama emphasized the intertwined struggles of black and Hispanic Americans.
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Obama taking on rural challenges
The Democratic presidential candidate plans a rural policy summit in Iowa in mid-August that will focus on rural economic development, quality of life and agriculture and renewable energy policy.
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Romney caught holding sign
likening Hillary to bin Laden
Not everyone is a fan of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, but comparing them to one of the most dastardly pieces of human excrement of all time -- that might be bit much. Especially for a presidential candidate.
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Bush aide claims force not ruled out in Pakistan
The U.S. would consider military force if necessary to stem al-Qaida's growing ability to use its hideout in Pakistan to launch terrorist attacks, a White House aide said Sunday.
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Senate is hobbled by hostilities
Arlen Specter is a senior U.S. senator who expects to be allowed his say on the Senate floor. So he bristled when Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, brusquely cut him off at the end of the Iraq debate.
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Toyota hybrid will get 100 miles per gallon
Want to be the first on your block with a $50,000 Toyota Prius?
Head to Hybrids Plus in Boulder, Colo., and leave your Prius with their technicians.
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Industry-led smear campaign against SiCKO makes its way to Drudge
Currently atop the Drudge Report is a gigantic ad by “Health Care America,” which states, “In America you wait in line to see a movie. In government-run healthcare systems, you wait to see a doctor”
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Obama says he would walk picket line
Democrat Barack Obama told union activists Saturday night that he would walk a picket line as president if organized labor helps elect him in 2008.
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YouTube role grows as US election nears
In 2004, YouTube didn't exist. Three years later, politicians have learned to fear and revere the video-sharing Web site that has become a vital part of the campaign for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
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E A R L I E R H E A D L I N E S
Giuliani's mayoral record is complicated
Rudy Giuliani boasts that he reined in crime, welfare and taxes in a city once considered ungovernable.
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Federal minimum wage to rise on Tuesday
Fast-food waitress Fawn Townsend of Raleigh, N.C., knows exactly what she is going to do if her salary goes up with Tuesday's increase in the federal minimum wage: start saving for a car so she can find a second job to make ends meet.
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Governors address climate change
States should develop creative approaches to climate change, just as they have with challenges such as health care, despite their different economic interests, governors said Saturday.
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Sununu: I don’t want Bush to campaign with me
The New York Times writes this morning that conservatives are trying to walk a fine line between supporting and distancing themselves from President Bush
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Romney backs interrogation, Patriot Act
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Friday more intense methods of CIA interrogation are acceptable in dealing with terrorism and he praised the broad powers granted law enforcement under the USA Patriot Act.
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GOP's Shays apologizes for scuffle with Capitol Police
Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) apologized Friday for an altercation with a Capitol Police officer Thursday afternoon in which the lawmaker repeatedly swore at an officer and touched his nametag to read it before storming away.
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General: Iraqi forces won't be ready for two more years
US forces have "turned the corner" in Iraq's western al-Anbar province but it will take two more years for Iraqi forces to be ready to replace US troops, a senior US commander said Friday.
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Daily attacks in Iraq hit new high
Attacks in Iraq last month reached their highest daily average since May 2003, showing a surge in violence as President George W. Bush completed a buildup of U.S. troops, Pentagon statistics show.
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Thompson bid makes
Gingrich run unlikely
"If Fred Thompson runs and he does well, then I think that makes it easier for me to not run," Gingrich said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
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David Brooks: 'I’m so confused' about what to do in Iraq.
Fresh off his hero worship of President Bush, New York Times columnist David Brooks said last night on the PBS Newshour that he’s more confused than ever about Iraq.
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Poll: Giuliani, Clinton take lead in SC
New Yorkers top polling in South Carolina, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton leading both Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards with 43 percent among Democratic voters. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani leads Republicans with 30 percent.
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Shell ordered to suspend Arctic offshore drilling
A U.S. federal appeals court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell to suspend oil exploration operations in the Beaufort Sea off the north coast of Alaska pending a legal challenge being brought by environmental activists and Alaska native groups.
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Politician turned gadfly
Koch bails on war support
"I’m bailing out. I will no longer defend the policy of keeping U.S. troops in Iraq to assist the Iraqi central government in the ongoing civil war."
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Reagan official says Bush to invoke 'police state'
"Unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran." "The administration figures themselves and prominent Republican propagandists ... are preparing us for another 9/11 event or series of events," Roberts continued.
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Clinton hits back at Pentagon official
Clinton responded Friday in a letter to Edelman's boss, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, asking if he agreed with Edelman's charge.
She said Edelman had ducked her questions and "instead made spurious arguments to avoid addressing contingency planning."
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Paper calls for hypocrite-in-chief Vitter's resignation
"If U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., were one-quarter the man he claims to be, he would resign his office over links to a D.C. escort service."
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Website says Cheney suppressed evidence in California energy crisis
In-depth investigation shows how Vice President Dick Cheney pressured federal energy regulators to conceal evidence of widespread market manipulation by energy companies during the California electricity crisis in 2001.
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Evangelical: People are broken and frail
"Classical Christianity has always had a negative view of human nature. Generally, the belief has been that people are broken and fallen and frail."
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Public expects Hillary to be next president
A new CBS News/New York Times poll out Thursday shows 63 percent of voters believe it's likely that Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton will be elected the first woman president in U.S. history if she wins her party's nomination.
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Bush’s torture ban is full of loopholes
Once upon a time, a U.S. official’s condemnation of torture was a statement of moral principle. Today, it is an opportunity for obfuscation.
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Builder: Dubai high-rise world's tallest
Developers of a 1,680-foot skyscraper still under construction in oil-rich Dubai claimed Saturday that it has become the world's tallest building, surpassing Taiwan's Taipei 101 which has dominated the global skyline at 1,667 feet since 2004.
Illegal immigrants to get ID cards in Connecticut
As many U.S. cities and states arrest illegal immigrants in raids and toughen laws against them, a Connecticut city is offering to validate them under a controversial, first-in-the-nation ID card program.
Doctors treating older anorexics
Kelli Smith was nervous as she walked into the Philadelphia treatment center, seeking help at last for her anorexia. Looking around at the other patients, she was struck by how young they seemed.
Iran to launch new dress code crackdown
Iran is to launch a new crackdown Monday on slack dressing that targets both men and women whose clothing and haircuts are deemed to be unIslamic, police said.
U.S. autoworker faces changed industry
As he walks along a row of partially built sport utility vehicles, Curtis Giles is watching the overhead signs, hoping for green but looking for red letters that could spell trouble.
Police slay top Indian bandit
Indian police killed one of the country's most notorious bandits Sunday — a man who ruled the ravines and forests of central India through a mixture of fear and love for three decades, with many hailing him as a modern-day Robin Hood.
Turkey's ruling party wins election
Turkey's prime minister pledged to work toward national unity and fight terrorism after the Islamic-rooted ruling party won parliamentary elections by a wide margin.
Israeli Arab schoolbooks cite Palestinian version of war
History textbooks for Israeli Arab students this year will for the first time present the Palestinian version of Israel's creation as a "catastrophe," the education ministry said on Sunday.
No end in sight to China floods after hundreds die
Storms are expected to batter large swathes of China again on Monday after floods, landslides and lightning killed more than 150 people last week alone, state media said.
Pope renews call to end all wars
Pope Benedict XVI called Sunday for an end to all wars, describing them as "useless slaughters" that bring hell to Earth.
Insurance agent wins Hemingway contest
A white-bearded insurance agent from Florida won the Ernest Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, a highlight of the annual festival honoring the famed writer.
Park to be named after Crocodile Hunter
The late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, killed in a stingray attack last year, will be honored with a new wildlife reserve in Outback Australia, the government announced Sunday.
Female president next for Fox's '24'
The United States will have a female president next year — on the Fox TV series "24."Tony Award-winning actress Cherry Jones will play President Allison Taylor when the show about the exploits of counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) returns in January for its seventh season, the network announced Sunday.
Arch runs at half-strength after failure
One of the two trams that take visitors to the top of the Gateway Arch was out of service Sunday after a power failure trapped about 200 people for hours inside the landmark the night before.
Bikini-clad women mow lawns in Memphis
One lawn care company is showing a little skin to boost business. The women of Tiger Time Lawn Care offer to mow customers' lawns dressed in bikinis — a service that attracts more attention to the ladies than the lawns.
New processors present problems, payoff
A fundamental change in the design of microprocessors is presenting software developers with a challenge — and a huge financial opportunity.
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Bob Woodward challenged New York Times columnist David Brooks' assertion that 10,000 Iraqis will die every month if the U.S. pulls out. Brooks conceded he just picked the number "out of the air."
Several thousand political contributors have donated to two or more presidential candidates this year, an overlap in giving that tilts decidedly to the Democrats.
In 2004, YouTube didn't exist. Three years later, politicians have learned to fear and revere the video-sharing Web site that has become a vital part of the campaign for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
States should develop creative approaches to climate change, just as they have with challenges such as health care, despite their different economic interests, governors said Saturday.
A U.S. federal appeals court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell to suspend oil exploration operations in the Beaufort Sea off the north coast of Alaska pending a legal challenge being brought by environmental activists and Alaska native groups.
