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New York Times: When President Obama took the stage in Cairo

Politico: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner praised the “positive side” of the tea party movement Sunday, suggesting the movement’s concern with deficits could align the group with the administration in the future. Asked by NBC “Meet the Press” host David Gregory about the movement, Geithner said its concerns were informed by the expansion of spending under [...]

Wall Street Journal: Some gun owners, saying that the National Rifle Association isn’t battling hard enough for their rights, are taking the fight into their own hands. The 4.3 million-member NRA, one of the most powerful and well-funded lobbying groups in Washington, has for 35 years dominated the push to expand gun rights. But its [...]

TWINSBURG, Ohio (AP) – The clerk at the candy shop does not want to cry. She is determinedly cheerful, a professional smiler, dressed head to toe in bright turquoise. But standing next to a display of plastic-wrapped candles and teddy bears, her face crumples at the most basic of questions: Are you doing OK? “I’m [...]

The Hill: President Barack Obama returns to Southern California on Monday for his first fundraising swing in nearly a year to lend support to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). The three-term Democrat has seen her reelection prospects diminish as the Golden State’s unemployment rate has climbed above 12 percent and the GOP prepares to field a [...]

Politico: Tea party activists are divided roughly into two camps, according to a new POLITICO/TargetPoint poll: one that’s libertarian-minded and largely indifferent to hot-button values issues and another that’s culturally conservative and equally concerned about social and fiscal issues. The survey, an exit poll conducted Thursday by Edison Research at the massive Tax Day protest [...]

The Hill: Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) on Sunday said the current debate over where federal prosecutors should try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 suspects “makes us look foolish.” While President Barack Obama is reportedly mulling places other than New York to host those trials, Attorney General Eric Holder said just this week that [...]

Open Market: Obama-Dodd financial bill would further enrich Goldman Sachs Today, the SEC charged giant investment bank Goldman Sachs with more than $1 billion worth of securities fraud for its dealings in the subprime mortgage market. Ironically, at the same time the SEC is seeking justice for Goldman’s alleged victims, President Obama and Senate Banking [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. is destined to endure a new economic crisis that sticks taxpayers with the bill unless Congress tightens oversight of the financial industry, President Barack Obama said Saturday. The overhaul is the next major piece of legislation that Obama wants to sign into law this year, but solid GOP opposition in [...]

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The Telegraph: Last week I wrote a piece urging President Obama to attend the funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, the Polish First Lady, and 94 senior officials who perished in the Smolensk air disaster. I noted at the time: The Obama administration has on numerous occasions failed to acknowledge the importance of Washington’s allies, [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Toyota Motor Corp. is expected to agree to a fine of more than $16 million, the largest government penalty levied against an automaker, for a four-month delay in telling federal authorities about defective gas pedals on its vehicles, a Transportation Department official said Sunday. Toyota faces a Monday deadline to accept or [...]

WASHINGTON, Ill. (AP) April 18 – – Sarah Palin criticized President Barack Obama on Saturday for saying America is a military superpower “whether we like it or not,” saying she was taken aback by his comment. “I would hope that our leaders in Washington, D.C., understand we like to be a dominant superpower,” the former [...]

The Hill: IBM has partnered with New York state’s government to go after delinquent taxpayers. Working together, the state government and the corporation have come up with the Optimizer, a system that uses predictive modeling software to identify delinquent taxpayers most apt to pay what they owe. It also instructs tax collectors on how best [...]