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• Netanyahu: Israel ready for painful compromises (AP)
• Special, indeed — Obama tends to US-Britain bond (AP)
• GOP braces for Medicare blowback (Politico)
• Obama: Midwest storms devastating, heartbreaking (AP)
• Can House race in New York alter budget fight on Capitol Hill? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Mitch Daniels Rejects Candidates' Insane Path to the Presidency (The Daily Beast)
• Candidates wanted: Republicans' void for 2012 (The Daily Beast)
• Veterans committees to look at suicides (Politico)
• Cain: Muslim comments 'misconstrued' (Politico)
• Medicare overhaul proposal causing GOP stress (AP)
• House GOP to advance $1B disaster aid package (AP)
• Libyan combat stymies moves on antiaircraft threat (AP)
• Obama Is an Encouraging Ping Pong Teammate (The Atlantic Wire)
• Michelle Obama wows Britain with her style (AP)
• Master of the Obvious, Sarah Palin Calls President Obama 'Temporary Leader' (ContributorNetwork)
• Bristol Palin: ‘There’s no such thing as dating’ (Daily Caller)
• Obama dates his note in Westminster Abbey guestbook ‘24 May 2008′ (Daily Caller)
• Assaults on Sarah Palin Devolve from Travesty to Farce (ContributorNetwork)
• Is Sarah Palin a Distraction for the Democrats? (ContributorNetwork)

Netanyahu: Israel ready for painful compromises (AP) Posted: 24 May 2011 02:42 PM PDT AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a cheering U.S. Congress on Tuesday he was willing to make "painful compromises" for peace with the Palestinians, but he offered little concrete to entice Palestinians back to the bargaining table.

Special, indeed — Obama tends to US-Britain bond (AP) Posted: 24 May 2011 02:18 PM PDT AP - In the splendor of Buckingham Palace and even a fast game of table tennis with British kids, President Barack Obama spent a full day of his European tour on Tuesday tending to and underlining the importance of U.S. relations with England. Along the way, baby boomers Barack and Michelle Obama cemented their deepening friendship with the 85-year-old queen.

GOP braces for Medicare blowback (Politico) Posted: 24 May 2011 02:18 AM PDT Politico - This week, an off-year special election in Buffalo and a purely symbolic vote in the Senate might tell Republicans all they need to know about the mercurial politics of Medicare reform.

Obama: Midwest storms devastating, heartbreaking (AP) Posted: 24 May 2011 05:59 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he will travel to Missouri on Sunday to meet with people affected by the devastating tornadoes there.

Can House race in New York alter budget fight on Capitol Hill? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 May 2011 04:18 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The plot has thickened going into Tuesday's special election in a western New York congressional district, where polls show the Democratic candidate has surged ahead of the former GOP front-runner, amid a fierce contest centered mainly on the future of Medicare.

Mitch Daniels Rejects Candidates' Insane Path to the Presidency (The Daily Beast) Posted: 23 May 2011 09:56 PM PDT The Daily Beast - In deciding not to run in 2012, Mitch Daniels took the sane route when confronted with a crazy presidential campaign process. Jack Germond on why candidates no longer are willing to subject their families to sometimes vicious intrusions by political enemies and the media.

Candidates wanted: Republicans' void for 2012 (The Daily Beast) Posted: 23 May 2011 10:51 PM PDT The Daily Beast - Republican voters are fired up and ready to take on President Obamaâ€"but with no Daniels, Huckabee, or Barbour in the race, they’re in need of a true champion. On their wish list: Christie, Ryan, Perry. Jill Lawrence reports. Plus, Jack W. Germond on candidates' insane path to the presidency.

Veterans committees to look at suicides (Politico) Posted: 24 May 2011 02:10 PM PDT Politico - Experts are expected to testify about what officials in the military are calling an epidemic of suicides.

Cain: Muslim comments 'misconstrued' (Politico) Posted: 24 May 2011 09:56 AM PDT Politico - Cain now says he would consider a Muslim for his cabinet or as a federal judge if he’s elected president.

Medicare overhaul proposal causing GOP stress (AP) Posted: 24 May 2011 03:04 PM PDT AP - Little more than a month after they backed sweeping changes to Medicare, Republicans are on the political defensive, exhibiting significant internal strains for the first time since last fall's election gains.

House GOP to advance $1B disaster aid package (AP) Posted: 24 May 2011 02:21 PM PDT AP - Republicans controlling the House began advancing a $1 billion aid package on Tuesday to make sure that disaster relief accounts don't run dry after massive flooding along the Mississippi River and devastating tornadoes in Missouri and Alabama.

Libyan combat stymies moves on antiaircraft threat (AP) Posted: 15 May 2011 03:31 AM PDT AP - The fierce combat in Libya has unleashed a once-hidden arsenal of portable anti-aircraft missiles that the government fears could easily be siphoned off to terror groups, giving rise to a potential threat to commercial aviation that the U.S. is only beginning to confront, government officials and arms experts said.

Obama Is an Encouraging Ping Pong Teammate (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 24 May 2011 12:45 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - We won't view David Cameron and Barack Obama's ping pong partnership through the lens of America's relationship with Britain. Because, as Politico noted, they appear to have lost to the student opponents they challenged in a stop at the Globe Academy school gymnasium in London. And the world leaders weren't even keeping score.

Michelle Obama wows Britain with her style (AP) Posted: 24 May 2011 02:59 PM PDT AP - There weren't any hugs, like last time, but U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama shared a warm handshake with the British queen and gained more fans during her state visit to the U.K.

Master of the Obvious, Sarah Palin Calls President Obama 'Temporary Leader' (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 24 May 2011 02:12 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Sarah Palin has now established herself as a master of the obvious.

Bristol Palin: ‘There’s no such thing as dating’ (Daily Caller) Posted: 24 May 2011 01:56 PM PDT Daily Caller - Unlike many 20-year-old girls, "Dancing With the Stars" finalist Bristol Palin has more on her mind than finding a boyfriend.

Obama dates his note in Westminster Abbey guestbook ‘24 May 2008′ (Daily Caller) Posted: 24 May 2011 01:01 PM PDT Daily Caller - In signing the guestbook at Westminster Abbey Thursday during his state visit to the UK, President Barack Obama seemed to indicate he is still stuck in the glory days of 2008.

Assaults on Sarah Palin Devolve from Travesty to Farce (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 24 May 2011 11:28 AM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Material that is sometimes written about Sarah Palin is often so at variance to reality that it is the cause of laughter to sensible people. Two recent examples demonstrate something else, however; hyperventilation about nothing.

Is Sarah Palin a Distraction for the Democrats? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 24 May 2011 10:14 AM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Democratic Party machine is fixated on Sarah Palin.

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