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House ethics panel charges Rangel on 13 counts (McClatchy Newspapers)
July 30, 2010McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — 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.
Recess Lesson: 'There Is No Private' Anymore (CQPolitics.com)
July 30, 2010CQPolitics.com - These are things that strike fear in the hearts of Members of Congress hitting the campaign trail this August recess: angry voters, bad poll numbers, damaging political ads by opponents. But perhaps most of all, they fear the unflattering video clip.
Senate panel grills former Arlington cemetery officials (McClatchy Newspapers)
July 30, 2010McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — 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.
Hope Exists for Immigration 'Down Payment' (CQPolitics.com)
July 30, 2010CQPolitics.com - There's not a prayer that comprehensive immigration reform will pass Congress this year, but there's a slim one that a smaller "down payment" measure might. And it should.
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE, WHO NEEDS KEITH OLBERMANN? (Ann Coulter)
July 30, 2010Ann Coulter - While engaging in astonishing viciousness, vulgarity and violence toward Republicans, liberals accuse cheerful, law-abiding Tea Party activists of being violent racists.
Palestinians Hold to Preconditions for Peace Talks (Time.com)
July 30, 2010Time.com - U.S. efforts to cajole Mahmoud Abbas into talks with the Israelis have yet to yield results. But the Obama Administration could soon find itself on the spot if such talks went ahead
UK: Torture inquiry chief won't be replaced (AP)
July 30, 2010AP - Britain's government said Thursday it has dismissed a call to replace the head of an inquiry into allegations the U.K. colluded in the torture of terrorism suspects overseas.
FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears (AP)
July 30, 2010AP - Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law.
WikiLeaks fallout: Tighter access to US secrets? (AP)
July 30, 2010AP - 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.
Democrats launch ‘Republican tea party contract on America’ (The Upshot)
July 30, 2010The Upshot - The Democratic National Committee debuted today a major initiative it says will tie the Republican party to the tea party movement. The idea is to drive a wedge between the activist base of today's GOP and the more moderate and independent voters the party relies on in major elections to make up for the advantage [...]
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