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Federal Judge Neuters Arizona Immigration Law: What's Next?
The Atlantic Wire – Wed Jul 28, 11:34 am ETThe most controversial elements of Arizona's immigration law have been blocked by a federal judge. Major provisions, such as one requiring authorities to check the immigration status of individuals while enforcing other laws, will not go into effect. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton also barred the state from requiring immigrants to carry their papers at all times. While this isn't the last say on the Arizona law, it's a major victory for the bill's opponents. Here's what observers are looking at now and anticipating for the future: Full Story »
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The Newsroom – Tue Jul 27, 10:28 pm ET- When the Tax Hikes Are Coming U.S. News & World Report – Wed Jul 28, 5:00 pm ET
- Blagojevich Corruption Trial: Final Theatrics in Court Time.com – Wed Jul 28, 11:15 pm ET
- WikiLeaks Probe Heats Up The Daily Beast – Wed Jul 28, 12:03 pm ET
- GOP Gains Weren't Always Inevitable This Year CQPolitics.com – Wed Jul 28, 11:01 pm ET
- Democrats launch ‘Republican tea party contract on America’ The Upshot – Wed Jul 28, 4:56 pm ET
- Still hope for Iran nuclear deal at Politico – Thu Jul 29, 4:33 am ET
- LeMieux emerges as small biz bill key at Politico – Wed Jul 28, 11:22 pm ET
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Biden: US doing 'significant damage' to al-Qaida
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AP WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden says U.S. forces are inflicting "significant damage" on the al-Qaida terrorist network in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Full Story »
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FBI chief says agents assisting DOD on WikiLeaks
AP – Wed Jul 28, 11:51 am ETWASHINGTON - FBI Director Robert Mueller says the bureau is assisting the Defense Department in its criminal investigation into the release of some 91,000 secret U.S. military documents on Afghanistan. Full Story »
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Progress in efforts to get Russia into WTO: US
AFP – Wed Jul 28, 4:23 pm ET
AFP/File WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States and Russia are making progress in efforts to accelerate Moscow's bid to join the World Trade Organization, President Barack Obama's top trade official said Wednesday. Full Story »
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Immigration ruling could send message to states
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AP PHOENIX - States that had been watching Arizona's immigration law in hopes of copying it received a rude awakening when a judge put most of the measure on hold and agreed with the Obama administration's core argument that immigration enforcement is the role of the federal government. Full Story »
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Crack-Powder Sentencing Disparity Reformed By Congress
Huffington Post – Wed Jul 28, 5:00 pm ETCongress addressed a historic wrong on Wednesday afternoon, replacing it instead with a slightly lesser wrong, when the House voted to reduce the disparity in the sentencing of people caught with crack cocaine versus powder cocaine. Full Story »
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GOP Weighs Simmons Factor in Connecticut
CQPolitics.com – Wed Jul 28, 11:00 pm ETIt may not matter that Rob Simmons has become a candidate again in the race to become Connecticut's next Senator. Full Story »
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House votes to eliminate cocaine sentencing disparity
McClatchy Newspapers – Wed Jul 28, 7:24 pm ETWASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed a historic bill Wednesday that narrows sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine convictions, which civil rights and civil liberties experts say contributed to the disproportionate imprisonment of African-Americans in recent decades. Full Story »
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After '08 Squeaker, Kilpatrick Faces Test Tuesday
CQPolitics.com – Wed Jul 28, 11:00 pm ETSeven-term Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick faces another tough primary -- and even the possibility of defeat -- when Democratic voters in Michigan head to the polls on Tuesday. But the dynamics of this race are different from her narrow victory in August 2008. Full Story »
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A trove of FDR's papers finally available to the public
McClatchy Newspapers – Wed Jul 28, 6:59 pm ETWASHINGTON — President Franklin D. Roosevelt never kept a diary. He never gave lengthy interviews to historians. He died before he had a chance to write a memoir. Yet he held the nation's top office at a time of amazing tumult and transition. Full Story »
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Obama to defend education policies to critics
AP – 2 hrs 39 mins agoPresident Barack Obama is defending his administration's education policies, responding to criticism that so far they have not substantially helped minority students. Full Story »
WikiLeaks fallout: Tighter access to US secrets?
AP – Thu Jul 29, 3:03 am ETCall it the big information chill, looming across the military and intelligence communities. After the massive Afghan war data spill by WikiLeaks, some veteran intelligence officers and experts are calling for a tightening of access to information and more monitoring in the spy community's lower levels. Full Story »
Inside the FLOTUS office
Politico – Wed Jul 28, 2:15 pm ETThe Oval Office is nearly as familiar an image as the president himself. Full Story »
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