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Federal Judge Neuters Arizona Immigration Law: What's Next?
The Atlantic Wire – Wed Jul 28, 11:34 am ETThe most controversial elements of Arizona's immigration law have been blocked by a federal judge. Major provisions, such as one requiring authorities to check the immigration status of individuals while enforcing other laws, will not go into effect. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton also barred the state from requiring immigrants to carry their papers at all times. While this isn't the last say on the Arizona law, it's a major victory for the bill's opponents. Here's what observers are looking at now and anticipating for the future: Full Story »
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- Blagojevich Corruption Trial: Final Theatrics in Court Time.com – Wed Jul 28, 11:15 pm ET
- GOP Gains Weren't Always Inevitable This Year CQPolitics.com – Wed Jul 28, 11:01 pm ET
- Democrats launch ‘Republican tea party contract on America’ The Upshot – Wed Jul 28, 4:56 pm ET
- Somber scene in Rangel 'trial' opener at Politico – 2 hrs 35 mins ago
- Ethics unveils 13 Rangel charges at Politico – Thu Jul 29, 2:36 pm ET
- Republicans block small business lending bill AP – 43 mins ago
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WikiLeaks fallout: Tighter access to US secrets?
AP – Thu Jul 29, 3:03 am ETWASHINGTON - Call it the big information chill, looming across the military and intelligence communities. After the massive Afghan war data spill by WikiLeaks, some veteran intelligence officers and experts are calling for a tightening of access to information and more monitoring in the spy community's lower levels. Full Story »
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Russia grants more powers to KGB successor agency
AP – Thu Jul 29, 8:50 am ETAFP/File
MOSCOW - Russians may now face jail time for crimes they have not yet committed under a new security law signed Thursday by President Dmitry Medvedev. Full Story »
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In Ill., 2 votes to fill Obama's old Senate seat
AP – 7 mins agoCHICAGO - Vote early, vote often. It's an old joke about Illinois politics but state residents will be choosing twice in November to fill President Barack Obama's old Senate seat. Full Story »
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WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE, WHO NEEDS KEITH OLBERMANN?
Ann Coulter – Thu Jul 29, 3:33 pm ETWhile engaging in astonishing viciousness, vulgarity and violence toward Republicans, liberals accuse cheerful, law-abiding Tea Party activists of being violent racists. Full Story »
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Hoyer Confident Democrats Will Contain Electoral Losses
CQPolitics.com – Thu Jul 29, 2:32 pm ETHouse Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer confidently painted a rosy picture Thursday of House Democrats' prospects in the midterm elections. Full Story »
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Senate panel grills former Arlington cemetery officials
McClatchy Newspapers – 54 mins agoWASHINGTON — Two former top officials of Arlington National Cemetery faced hostile questioning on Capitol Hill Thursday about years of negligence that led to unmarked and mismarked graves and mishandled remains. Full Story »
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Bill Would Give Shareholders a Vote on Corporate Political Spending
CQPolitics.com – Thu Jul 29, 1:40 pm ETCorporations would be required to give their shareholders an annual vote on how much money to spend on political activities under a bill approved by the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday. Full Story »
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House ethics panel charges Rangel on 13 counts
McClatchy Newspapers – 1 hr 26 mins agoWASHINGTON — A special House of Representatives subcommittee on Thursday outlined 13 counts of ethics violations against Rep. Charles Rangel, the former chairman of the powerful tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. The charges place his political career in jeopardy and could put Democrats on the defensive as November's elections approach. Full Story »
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More Politics Slideshows »Dems, GOP warily eye Arizona immigration ruling
AP – 32 mins agoOn the surface, a judge's decision to block tough provisions of Arizona's immigration law was a defeat for the state's Republican governor and a win for the Democratic Obama administration. But neither party is sure it will play out that way politically, either this fall or beyond. Full Story »
Obama: We'll get back money from auto bailout
AP – 1 hr 24 mins agoPresident Barack Obama said the government will recover all the taxpayer money his administration provided to bail out the auto industry last year. Full Story »
Inside the FLOTUS office
Politico – Wed Jul 28, 2:15 pm ETThe Oval Office is nearly as familiar an image as the president himself. Full Story »
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