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Yahoo/Daily Caller: President Barack Obama’s administration is quietly offering a quasi-amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants aiming to win reelection by mobilizing a wave of new Hispanic voters without alienating the populous at large, say supporters of stronger immigration law enforcement. The new rules were quietly announced Friday with a new memo from [...]

WOAI Radio: Texas lawmakers will reconsider a bill that would criminalize ‘enhanced pat downs’ by Transportation Security Administration agents at the state’s airports, after Gov. Rick Perry placed the item on the agenda for the current special session of the legislature following intense pressure from conservatives and tea party groups. “I am grateful that the [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama will announce the critical next steps in America’s decade-long war in Afghanistan on Wednesday, outlining both a plan to start bringing thousands of U.S. troops home next month and a broader withdrawal blueprint aimed at giving Afghans control of their own security in 2014. But even as Obama finalizes those [...]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Hundreds of protesters for and against gay marriage in New York chanted, sang and sought out TV cameras Monday while the state Senate again came to no resolution on the issue in a closed-door session that barely touched on the nationally divisive topic. Two Republican senators said the gay marriage issue [...]

Fox News: Like many Americans seeking relief from surging gas prices at the pump, California resident Josiah Adams switched from a gas-guzzling car to a diesel truck. “We are officially gasoline free, and it feels really good,” Adams says. But now, by switching from diesel to eco-friendly biodiesel, he’s saving even more by buying fuel [...]

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LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Euro zone finance ministers gave Greece two weeks from Monday to approve further spending cuts and tax increases in exchange for another 12 billion euros in emergency loans, piling pressure on Athens to get its ragged finances in order. After two days of crisis talks, the ministers effectively issued Athens an ultimatum, [...]

I liked Ryan Dunn. His charity work is not well known but he often raised funds for Children’s Hospitals. Senseless, sad end for a funny slightly nuts guy….

The Hill: Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) will no longer be a member of Congress effective at midnight Tuesday, according to a senior Democratic aide. “Effective midnight Tuesday, June 21 (tomorrow),” the aide wrote in an email. “We’re hearing that the resignation letter is expected to be laid down on the House floor tomorrow. It is [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court unanimously ruled out a federal lawsuit Monday by states and conservation groups trying to force cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The court said that the authority to seek reductions in emissions rests with the Environmental Protection Agency, not the courts. EPA said in December that it [...]

Politico: Under attack from civil rights groups, Sen. John McCain on Monday stood by his charge that illegal immigrants started some of the wildfires burning in southern Arizona, as his office clarified he was not referring over the weekend to the largest fire raging in the state but to other, smaller ones. “There is substantial [...]