The Upshot - Buoyed by Joe Miller's surprise win in Alaska's Senate GOP primary, the Tea Party Express is hoping to take down another heavily favored Republican incumbent, this time in Delaware. The group plans to spend $250,000 on radio and TV ads to boost Christine O'Donnell, a largely unknown conservative activist who is vying against longtime GOP [...]
[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:06:57 GMT]
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AP - Gov. Jan Brewer rose to national fame defending the state's immigration law and warning of rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, including a claim that headless bodies were turning up in the Arizona desert.

[Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:25:47 GMT]
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Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy, but analysts were skeptical he would be able to deliver a big enough package to lift growth significantly.

[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:14:13 GMT]
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[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:55:59 GMT]
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AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement.

[Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:21:06 GMT]
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The Upshot - It's a politician's worst nightmare: Drawing a complete blank in a high-profile debate. That's what happened to Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer, who lost her train of thought during her opening statement during her first televised debate with her Democratic challenger, state Attorney General Terry Goddard. Brewer was in the middle of talking up her [...]
[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:40:41 GMT]
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AP - Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans.

[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:37:30 GMT]
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The Upshot - President Obama heads to Milwaukee  onMonday, where he'll mark Labor Day at a statewide union event with other local Democratic candidates — except for one. Sen. Russ Feingold, who is facing a tougher-than-expected re-election campaign, is too busy to meet up with Obama this weekend. It's the second time this summer that Feingold has dodged [...]
[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:53:27 GMT]
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Politico - Democrats desperate for quick policy action to boost the economy face an excruciating dilemma.
[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:23:17 GMT]
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Politico - The fight over Arizona's 5th District is shaping up as one of the toughest holds for Democrats.
[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:18:02 GMT]
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AP - What now for the Gulf? News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on deepwater drilling.

[Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:24:10 GMT]
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AP - The Taliban is confronting a serious "cash flow" problem after losing some half of its annual drug trade money to a farming blight and government eradication efforts, a Marine two-star general said Thursday.
[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:46:55 GMT]
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AP - Police in Bosnia say they believe they have located a young woman shown in a video throwing puppies into a river.
[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:00:40 GMT]
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AFP - President Barack Obama will meet Southeast Asian leaders this month in New York, the White House said, as the United States tries to bolster its role in a region faced with a rising China.

[Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:47:11 GMT]
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The Christian Science Monitor - This Labor Day weekend, the jobs outlook appears about as inviting as leftover potato salad. But President Obama found encouragement Friday in the jobs report for August.
[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:10:56 GMT]
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CQPolitics.com - Pre-primary fundraising reports filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission provided fresh evidence that New York is a state to watch this cycle, with competitive primaries coming up Sept. 14 and the potential for Republicans to pick up a handful of seats in November.
[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:12:40 GMT]
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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — With the Labor Day weekend approaching, union leaders and U.S. business interests expressed concerns Thursday about the fragility of the nation's economic recovery. They offered drastically different remedies for fixing the country's woes, however.
[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:40:00 GMT]
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CQPolitics.com - Doug Sloan wants the microphone.
[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:05:24 GMT]
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McClatchy Newspapers - WILMINGTON, Del. — Thanks to the tea party, Rep. Mike Castle's once smooth path to Delaware's Republican Senate nomination suddenly has become less predictable — and is providing a fresh reason for already staggering moderate Republicans everywhere to be frightened.
[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:19:00 GMT]
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