Pat Dollard

The Hill: The president of the Arab American Institute says “anti-Middle East rhetoric” has gripped the right and he accused the Republican party of “exploiting fears of Muslims and exacerbating tensions” in an effort to score political points. In an op-ed published in an Abu Dhabi newspaper, AAI President James Zogby took Republicans to task [...]

The Hill: Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) suggested a novel use Saturday for a 100-square-mile ice sheet that has broken off Greenland. “An iceberg four times the size of Manhattan has broken off Greenland, creating plenty of room for global warming deniers to start their own country,” Markey said in a statement. “So far, 2010 has [...]

WikiLeaks spokesman in Berlin, Daniel Schmitt poses for a photo after an interview with the Associated Press in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. BERLIN – The online whistle-blower WikiLeaks said it will continue to publish more secret files from governments around the world despite U.S. demands to cancel plans to release classified military documents. [...]

Christian Science Monitor: The execution-style killings of 10 people working for a Christian medical team in a remote region of northern Afghanistan fit into Taliban insurgents’ stated shift in tactics: Target Western civilians, especially Christians, as “foreign invaders.” The Taliban took credit for one of the deadliest attacks yet on aid workers in Afghanistan, saying [...]

Virginia’s recent shift into the center of the national immigration debate was more of a reentry. The Washington Post: RICHMOND — Virginia Republicans who had backed away from the hot-button topic of immigration the past couple of years, concerned that the hard-line approach could backfire at the ballot box, are embracing the issue once again. [...]

Washington Times: Relief workers in Pakistan say that Islamist charities affiliated with terrorist groups are competing with international efforts to provide relief to the millions of Pakistanis affected by massive floods. “Charities affiliated with militant groups, especially LeT [Lashkar-e-Taiba], have always exploited such crises, and this one is no different,” a humanitarian aid worker in [...]

Washington Times: Ruling that federal agents erred in attaching a satellite tracking device to a vehicle without a search warrant, a federal appeals court Friday reversed the life sentence of man accused of running a major Washington drug ring. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District found that the government’s use of GPS technology [...]

Fox News: As Sharron Angle seeks to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, she has been made to look like all kinds of things — from conspiracy theorist to anarchist to religious zealot — forcing the Republican Senate candidate to kick it up a notch. Angle has hired new staff, gone on the offensive against [...]

New York Times: MEDINA, Ohio — Of all the veins Republicans hope to mine to win seats they need to recapture the House, one may be particularly rich: Democratic seats from districts that picked John McCain over Barack Obama in the last presidential race. These split districts are scattered across the country, a total of [...]

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Customs officer in south Texas has pleaded guilty to smuggling illegal immigrants and bribery. Prosecutors say Rudy Trace Soliz III of Brownsville last September allowed a woman to pass through his inspection lane at the B&M International Bridge with illegal immigrants, in exchange for sexual favors. The U.S. Attorney’s [...]

MEXICO CITY – A violent clash between rival prison gangs has left at least 14 inmates dead at a penitentiary in the Mexican border city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas. A spokesman for police in the Gulf coast state of Tamaulipas says there is no information yet on the number of injured [...]

Politico: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Republican National Committee is entering the fall election season with dire financial problems and, to an unprecedented degree, will be forced to rely on outside groups to fund activities traditionally paid for by the national party. While embattled RNC Chairman Michael Steele and a top aide sought to use [...]

Fox News: Elena Kagan took her place in the history books Saturday when she was sworn in as the 112th justice and the fourth woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. Kagan, 50, swore to administer justice evenly to the rich and poor alike and to follow the Constitution The audience, including Kagan’s family [...]

In this combination of undated photos provided by the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, Tracy Province, left, John McClusky, center, Daniel Renwick are shown. Arizona Republic: The U.S. Marshals Service has made the second arrest in connection with the three inmates who broke out of a prison near Kingman last week. The marshals arrested Claudia Washburn, [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown filed motions Friday calling for resumption of same-sex weddings in the state. The officials filed the motions after U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker previously overturned Proposition 8, California’s voter-approved gay marriage ban. Resuming gay marriage “is consistent with California s long history [...]

The Hill: Tea Party activists plan to protest next week’s House vote on a $26 billion state aid package at district offices around the country. The activists are upset over $10 billion in the package for a fund to stop teacher layoffs. Fiscal conservatives also are fired up over reports that the American Federation of [...]

Washington (AP) – -Whistle-blower website Wikileaks is rewriting freedom-of-information laws across Europe to make its open-info agenda legal – but its legal status nevertheless remains unclear. The controversial site had operated out of Iceland, but has since broadened its operations into Sweden, showing its servers to the Associated Press on the grounds that the exact [...]