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Washington Post: The Justice Department’s lawsuit against Arizona’s controversial immigration law won’t stop Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey A. Stewart’s campaign to bring a similar law to Virginia. If anything, said Stewart (R-At Large), he will push harder to get legislation passed at the state level that would enhance police officials’ power [...]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Militant attacks in once-calm northern Afghanistan have killed at least 11 police and a governorwhose car was hit by a remote-controlled bomb, officials said Sunday. Militants attacked a checkpoint overnight in Kunduz province near Tajikistan, killing at least six border police, provincial deputy police Chief Abdul Rahman Aqtash said. “We have [...]

Related: Alinsky’s Race War Fox News: Attorney General Eric Holder, just days after filing a federal lawsuit against Arizona’s immigration law, on Sunday floated the possibility of filing another suit on racial profiling grounds. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Arizona claimed the state was infringing on federal immigration responsibilities and urged [...]

Politico: President Barack Obama has presided over a dramatic turnaround in the country’s economic fortunes, but no one at the White House is celebrating or declaring victory, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Sunday, invoking a freighted-phrase from the Bush era to make his point. “I’m not here to unfurl the ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner [...]

“These are Obama voters. These are not Democratic voters” Washington Post: KANSAS CITY, MO. — Curtis Adams, who owns Curtis A’s barbershop here and who is also the establishment’s senior political analyst, is a close observer of President Obama. This is something of a full-time job itself at Curtis A’s, a gathering place in a [...]

NASSAU, Bahamas — Police in the Bahamas say they have caught the teenage U.S. fugitive known as the “Barefoot Bandit.” A police official says 19-year-old Colton Harris-Moore was arrested Sunday morning on the northern island of Eleuthera. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak publicly about the [...]

The Hill: A warning that federal tax officials will need more congressional funding to administer the Democrats’ health reform law has rekindled the partisan debate over its cost effectiveness. Senior Republicans have said for months that the new responsibilities required of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under the legislation would saddle the agency with billions [...]

Politico: For many liberals, it is the summer of their discontent. Already disappointed with President Barack Obama’s ability to deliver on campaign promises, they now contemplate a slowing economic recovery and a good chance of Republican gains in November. Such developments would make enacting Obama’s agenda even more difficult. Two recent essays framed the debate [...]

The Hill: The Sunday shows are expected to revolve around immigration after the Obama administration challenged a controversial Arizona immigration law on Tuesday. Attorney General Eric Holder will be on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” where the conversation is likely to turn to whether the government is right that “Arizona has crossed the constitutional line,” as [...]

Hundreds of demonstrators turned out on the streets of Northern Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday, protesting against a NATO-led operation in the city on Wednesday, in which two people were killed and three arrested. (July 10)

ABC Houston: HOUSTON (KTRK) — Local and federal investigators were at a northwest Houston home Friday night where an explosion sent a woman to the hospital. The woman was opening a package left at her doorstep in the 2100 block of Seamist Court Friday evening. She had found the shoe-sized box in front of her [...]