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• After Obama's European tour, challenges at home (AP)
• Bachmann plans presidential announcement in Iowa (AP)
• The Fast Fix: Is Sarah Palin back? (The Fast Fix)
• After '08 scalding, Romney dips toe in Iowa waters (Reuters)
• Obama, in Europe, signs Patriot Act extension (AP)
• Impasse over taxes, health in debt talks (Reuters)
• Medicare: Republicans voice resolve as they prepare to face constituents (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Competing plans on job growth (Washington Post)
• Ill. Dems eye big gains with new map (Politico)
• Rudy leads new national poll (Politico)
• Texas governor will consider running for president (AP)
• Clinton: Bin Laden raid a watershed for Pakistan (AP)
• Al-Qaida bomber leaves behind a fingerprint (AP)
• One monk, one drag queen vs 12,000 police at French G8 (Reuters)
• Obama to reassure Poland with air base deal (Reuters)
• Why Is Obama Dragging His Heels on Appointing Elizabeth Warren to Head CFPB? (The Nation)
• CNN poll: Giuliani would win the Republican nomination (Daily Caller)
• NLRB rules that large inflatable rat balloons are acceptable in union protests (Daily Caller)
• Is Sarah Palin About to Pull a Donald Trump on the Republican Party? (ContributorNetwork)
• Palin Could Leverage Unusual Campaign, Government Fatigue for Presidency (ContributorNetwork)

After Obama's European tour, challenges at home (AP) Posted: 27 May 2011 02:42 PM PDT AP - Hope you've enjoyed your European trip, Mr. President. A lot's awaiting your attention on your return Saturday.

Bachmann plans presidential announcement in Iowa (AP) Posted: 26 May 2011 08:20 PM PDT AP - Republican Michele Bachmann is making plans for a presidential campaign announcement next month in Waterloo, Iowa, the city where the Minnesota congresswoman was born.

The Fast Fix: Is Sarah Palin back? (The Fast Fix) Posted: 27 May 2011 06:19 AM PDT The Fast Fix - Is Sarah Palin returning to the national spotlight for a run at the GOP 2012 presidential nomination? Sarah Palin is back. Maybe. The former Alaska governor had largely disappeared from the national political radar over the last few months. But, she's made plenty of headlines lately. She's embarking on a bus tour over Memorial Day [...]

After '08 scalding, Romney dips toe in Iowa waters (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2011 12:11 PM PDT Reuters - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Friday made his first visit of this year to Iowa to test the waters in a key state he lost to a more conservative rival in his failed 2008 election bid.

Obama, in Europe, signs Patriot Act extension (AP) Posted: 27 May 2011 06:15 AM PDT AP - Minutes before a midnight deadline, President Barack Obama signed into law a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists.

Impasse over taxes, health in debt talks (Reuters) Posted: 26 May 2011 02:36 PM PDT Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden and top lawmakers faced an impasse on taxes and healthcare on Thursday as they worked on a deal to tame the United States' debt and increase its borrowing limit.

Medicare: Republicans voice resolve as they prepare to face constituents (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 May 2011 04:30 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - House Republicans are sharpening their message â€" but not backing down â€" after a surprise drubbing in a New York special election in which the Democratic victor targeted their plans to overhaul Medicare.

Competing plans on job growth (Washington Post) Posted: 26 May 2011 08:13 PM PDT Washington Post - After months of fighting over spending, taxes and how to rein in the national debt, President Obama and congressional Republicans on Thursday turned the spotlight to the nation’s anemic economic growth and announced competing plans to reduce the cost of doing business for American companies.

Ill. Dems eye big gains with new map (Politico) Posted: 27 May 2011 01:21 PM PDT Politico - Dems unveil a redistricting plan that forces five Republicans into match-ups with other incumbents.

Rudy leads new national poll (Politico) Posted: 27 May 2011 10:05 AM PDT Politico - A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national poll shows the former New York City mayor atop the slow-forming Republican primary field.

Texas governor will consider running for president (AP) Posted: 27 May 2011 02:41 PM PDT AP - After months of resisting calls to join the race, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Friday he would consider seeking the Republican presidential nomination, potentially reshaping the GOP field.

Clinton: Bin Laden raid a watershed for Pakistan (AP) Posted: 27 May 2011 01:01 PM PDT AP - The killing of Osama bin Laden is a watershed moment for Pakistan's confrontation with homegrown terrorism, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday. She sought to patch relations rocked by knowledge that the terror mastermind lived for years in a country receiving billions in U.S. counter-terror aid and that the U.S. didn't trust its ally enough to alert Pakistani leaders that the raid was coming.

Al-Qaida bomber leaves behind a fingerprint (AP) Posted: 24 May 2011 04:09 AM PDT AP - The FBI has a fingerprint and forensic evidence linking al-Qaida's top bomb maker in Yemen to a trio of explosive devices used in recent attacks on the United States, tangible reminders that Osama bin Laden's death has not eliminated the threat from the group's most active and dangerous franchise.

One monk, one drag queen vs 12,000 police at French G8 (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2011 12:00 PM PDT Reuters - A few hundred campers in a faraway forest, one Buddhist monk and one drag queen -- protest at G8 summits is not what it used to be.

Obama to reassure Poland with air base deal (Reuters) Posted: 27 May 2011 03:14 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will reaffirm on Saturday a U.S. commitment to Poland's security with a deal to set up an air detachment, the White House said, meeting a key Polish request for "American boots on the ground."

Why Is Obama Dragging His Heels on Appointing Elizabeth Warren to Head CFPB? (The Nation) Posted: 27 May 2011 10:43 AM PDT The Nation - The Nation -- Elizabeth Warren’s problem is not with the Republicans—though they have worked hard to demonize her.  Her real problem is with the “boys” at the Treasury Department and Timothy Geithner, the head “boy” in charge of the president’s banking policies.  Maybe she also has a problem with the “boys” at the White House.

CNN poll: Giuliani would win the Republican nomination (Daily Caller) Posted: 27 May 2011 01:54 PM PDT Daily Caller - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani would win the Republican nomination for president if he sought the office — at least according to a new CNN poll released Friday.

NLRB rules that large inflatable rat balloons are acceptable in union protests (Daily Caller) Posted: 27 May 2011 01:38 PM PDT Daily Caller - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled on Thursday that labor unions should have the right to display 16-foot, rat-shaped balloons outside businesses with which they disagree.

Is Sarah Palin About to Pull a Donald Trump on the Republican Party? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 27 May 2011 02:52 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | There is a lot of media attention -- even a bit more than usual -- being expended on Sarah Palin at the moment.

Palin Could Leverage Unusual Campaign, Government Fatigue for Presidency (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 27 May 2011 02:34 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The latest topic of conversation among political and journalistic circles is upon the question of "Will Sarah Palin Run for President or Will She Not?" Several recent developments point to the "will run" direction, but opinions vary.

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