Hoyer: Expiration of Bush Tax Cuts Equals a ‘Republican Tax Increase’ on Middle Class
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Conservative Media Watchdog Issues Ethics Challenge to Washington Post
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Conservative media watchdog L. Brent Bozell III has issued an open letter to Washington Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli calling on the Post to fully divulge the involvement of its employees with the controversial Journolist e-mail list.
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Obama Administration Stresses Pakistani Cooperation, But Haqqani Threat Persists
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Administration officials and senior military officers insist that Pakistan’s cooperation against terrorists has improved significantly in the last 18 months, but ongoing threats posed by the Taliban faction known as the Haqqani network and its jihadist allies shows there is a long way to go.
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Missouri Ballot Measure Will Test Popularity of Obama’s Health Care Law
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More than 1 million people in Missouri are expected to participate in what amounts to the largest-ever public opinion poll on the nation’s new health care law.
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Even Before July Ends, It Is the Deadliest Month for U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
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U.S. and NATO commanders had warned that casualties would rise as the international military force ramps up the war against the Taliban, especially in their southern strongholds in Helmand and Kandahar provinces.
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NY Congressman Calls for Probe of Funding for Mosque Near Ground Zero and Its Promoter
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Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) said a mosque should not be built near Ground Zero in Manhattan and that there should be an investigation into the funding for the proposed Islamic community center, as well as the imam who is promoting the initiative.
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DNC Chair Kaine Complains of Media Effort to ‘Brand’ Sherrod, but Stops Short of Calling FoxNews ‘Racist’
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Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine, refused Wednesday to say whether he agreed with former DNC Chairman Howard Dean, that FoxNews "did something that was absolutely racist" by airing the Shirley Sherrod video and story.
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Republicans Say Obama’s Drilling Moratorium Could Have Taxpayers Picking Up Tab for More Unemployed Oil Workers
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Marking the 100th day after the Gulf oil spill disaster on Wednesday, House Republicans held a press conference to denounce the Obama administration’s moratorium on offshore drilling as well as Democrat-sponsored legislation arising from the oil spill.
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Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio Not Relenting on Immigration Enforcement
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Nowhere in the U.S. is local enforcement more stringent than in metropolitan Phoenix, where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio routinely carries out sweeps to arrest illegal immigrants.
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Dem Governors Condemn ‘Patchwork’ AZ Law; GOP Governors Hedge
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As a federal judge in Phoenix handed down a judgment barring controversial pieces of Arizona’s immigration law Wednesday, Democratic governors continued to express their opposition to a "patchwork" of state laws, while GOP state executives were more split on the issue.
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