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• Costly gasoline clouds Obama re-election prospects (AP)
• 'Birther' claims force GOP leaders to take a stand (AP)
• Ensign resignation: Will GOP have edge in Nev.? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Is Nancy Pelosi Getting Sidelined by Steny Hoyer? (The Atlantic Wire)
• The Obama Internet guru who wasn't (Politico)
• With Libyan stalemate, Obama faces new criticism (Politico)
• US default could be disastrous choice for economy (AP)
• DOD: First Predator strike carried out in Libya (AP)
• Italian police arrest alleged Puglia mob boss (AP)
• Obama pays tribute to Armenian victims (AP)
• Gingrich: Ryan budget cuts ‘like saying I want to save money on your car, we’re not going to change the oil’ (Daily Caller)
• Tea Party Express seeks to influence Nevada politics in wake of Ensign resignation (Daily Caller)
• O'Donnell files amended Delaware Senate campaign report (Reuters)
• Christine O'Donnell amends fundraising reports (AP)

Costly gasoline clouds Obama re-election prospects (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 02:48 PM PDT AP - With gas prices climbing and little relief in sight, President Barack Obama is scrambling to get ahead of the latest potential obstacle to his re-election bid, even as Republicans are making plans to exploit the issue.

'Birther' claims force GOP leaders to take a stand (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 12:30 AM PDT AP - It's the conspiracy theory that won't go away. And it's forcing Republican officials and presidential contenders to pick sides: Do they think Barack Obama was born outside the United States and disqualified to be president?

Ensign resignation: Will GOP have edge in Nev.? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:54 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Sen. John Ensign’s resignation aims to halt a nearly two-year Senate ethics investigation and spare the two-term Nevada senator and his family a public trial. Political handicappers say it could also give Republicans an edge to hold on to a seat expected to be highly competitive in 2012.

Is Nancy Pelosi Getting Sidelined by Steny Hoyer? (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 22 Apr 2011 09:32 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Steny Hoyer and Nancy Pelosi have been frenemies for a decade, since he lost a brutal fight for a leadership to Pelosi in 2001. Since then Hoyer's stayed loyal to Pelsoi, keeping his promise not to run against her, even when many conservative Democrats urged her not to run for House Minority Leader after losing her speakership when Democrats lost their majority. But now Hoyer is getting pretty close with President Obama, The Hill's Mike Lillis and Bob Cusack report.

The Obama Internet guru who wasn't (Politico) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 02:03 PM PDT Politico - Despite what many foreign headlines might say, Ravi Singh has never worked for Obama.

With Libyan stalemate, Obama faces new criticism (Politico) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 03:56 AM PDT Politico - The administration faces a stalemate and rising criticism that the U.S. action was not thought through.

US default could be disastrous choice for economy (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 01:56 PM PDT AP - The United States has never defaulted on its debt and Democrats and Republicans say they don't want it to happen now. But with partisan acrimony running at fever pitch, and Democrats and Republicans so far apart on how to tame the deficit, the unthinkable is suddenly being pondered.

DOD: First Predator strike carried out in Libya (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 06:07 AM PDT AP - The Pentagon says the U.S. Air Force has carried out its first Predator missile strike in Libya.

Italian police arrest alleged Puglia mob boss (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 04:56 AM PDT AP - Italian police say they have arrested the alleged No. 1 boss of the organized crime syndicate based in Puglia, the region that makes up the heel of boot-shaped Italy.

Obama pays tribute to Armenian victims (AP) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 02:30 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is honoring Armenian victims on the anniversary of their massacre in Turkey nearly a century ago. But he is stopping short of calling it a genocide.

Gingrich: Ryan budget cuts ‘like saying I want to save money on your car, we’re not going to change the oil’ (Daily Caller) Posted: 23 Apr 2011 11:11 AM PDT Daily Caller - Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich delivered a speech at the Brookings Institution Friday on the need for a fundamental re-consideration of the nation's healthcare system.

Tea Party Express seeks to influence Nevada politics in wake of Ensign resignation (Daily Caller) Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:29 PM PDT Daily Caller - Tea Party Express, the national organization that stepped into Nevada politics last year when it supported Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle, is hoping that it will be able to exert its influence in the aftermath of  Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign’s resignation.

O'Donnell files amended Delaware Senate campaign report (Reuters) Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:36 PM PDT Reuters - Christine O'Donnell, the defeated Republican candidate for the Senate in Delaware in 2010 and a Tea Party favorite, has filed amended campaign reporting forms to fix mistakes, her lawyer said on Friday.

Christine O'Donnell amends fundraising reports (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2011 04:33 PM PDT AP - New campaign finance reports filed by former U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell include what appear to be previously undisclosed payments to her for travel expenses and indicate that she ended 2010 with $230,000 less cash on hand than previously reported.

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