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• Obama steps into high-stakes debt-limit talks (AP)
• House rebukes Obama but won't halt funds for Libya (AP)
• Bachmann’s standing among Republicans improves in aftermath of debate (The Ticket)
• Michelle Obama defends husband on Africa (AP)
• Should Gabrielle Giffords' husband run for Senate? (The Week)
• Huntsman launches ‘early state strategy’ in Fla. (Washington Post)
• Ron Paul and Barney Frank's 'unusual' alliance to legalize pot (The Week)
• Patriot Act Debate: Is the FBI Collecting Your Phone Data? (Time.com)
• So much for the hard-luck story? (Politico)
• Google: We're under investigation (Politico)
• Tea party reps split on war cash for US in Libya (AP)
• Pa. robot institute attracts presidential visit (AP)
• Senate approves Panetta as Pentagon chief (AP)
• Italy's Draghi takes ECB helm, France keeps board seat (AFP)
• Michelle Obama says husband is committed to Africa (Reuters)
• House Refuses to Authorize Obama's Libya War, But Agrees to Fund It (The Nation)
• Obama Slow-Rolls GOP on Budget Talks (Daily Caller)
• Palin documentary ‘The Undefeated’ to premiere next week in Iowa (Daily Caller)
• Rolling Stone caught in potential plagiarism flap over Michele Bachmann profile (The Cutline)
• Sarah Palin film premieres in Iowa theater Tuesday (AP)

Obama steps into high-stakes debt-limit talks (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:48 PM PDT AP - Struggling to break a perilous deadlock, President Barack Obama took direct control Friday of national debt-limit negotiations with both Republicans and Democrats. With the White House warning the nation's economic stability is at stake, it's one of the most severe tests yet of Obama's presidency.

House rebukes Obama but won't halt funds for Libya (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:28 PM PDT AP - Challenging presidential power, a defiant U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Friday to deny President Barack Obama the authority to wage war against Libya. But Republicans fell short in an effort to actually cut off funds for the operation in a constitutional showdown reflecting both political differences and unease over American involvement.

Bachmann’s standing among Republicans improves in aftermath of debate (The Ticket) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:26 PM PDT The Ticket - Michele Bachmann's favorability ratings among Republicans jumped in the aftermath of her better-than-expected 2012 debate performance last week. A new AP/GfK poll released Thursday found that Bachmann's approval rating went from 41 percent to 54 percent among Republicans in the last month. Meanwhile, Tim Pawlenty's favorability increased 10 points, to 43 percentâ€"thanks in part to [...]

Michelle Obama defends husband on Africa (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 01:14 PM PDT AP - Visiting Africa on a goodwill mission, first lady Michelle Obama defended her husband Friday against criticism that he isn't paying enough attention to the continent. She said her weeklong trip to South Africa and Botswana is proof of the president's commitment to Africa.

Should Gabrielle Giffords' husband run for Senate? (The Week) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 07:03 AM PDT The Week - Astronaut Mark Kelly retires to attend to his injured wife. And there's speculation that he might someday follow her into politics, too

Huntsman launches ‘early state strategy’ in Fla. (Washington Post) Posted: 23 Jun 2011 12:39 PM PDT Washington Post - MIAMI — Former Utah governor Jon M. Huntsman Jr. visited with Florida voters for the first time as a presidential candidate Thursday in his opening bid to become the crucial Sunshine State’s favorite son.

Ron Paul and Barney Frank's 'unusual' alliance to legalize pot (The Week) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 07:41 AM PDT The Week - Can a Texas libertarian and Massachusetts liberal really get the feds to mellow out and quit prosecuting weed smokers?

Patriot Act Debate: Is the FBI Collecting Your Phone Data? (Time.com) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 11:45 AM PDT Time.com - The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee met to consider worries that the Justice Department's interpretation of a section of the Patriot Act -- a section President Obama once objected to -- is overly broad

So much for the hard-luck story? (Politico) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:48 PM PDT Politico - Mitt Romney's campaign is having to answer questions about a web video that apparently isn't quite what it seems, via Jonathan Weisman:

Google: We're under investigation (Politico) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:17 AM PDT Politico - The FTC is examining its business practice.

Tea party reps split on war cash for US in Libya (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:51 PM PDT AP - The House's tea party caucus split on a major foreign policy vote Friday — whether to cut off money for air attacks in Libya — revealing a divide on the philosophical question of how often and under what terms the U.S. should intervene in foreign conflicts.

Pa. robot institute attracts presidential visit (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:55 AM PDT AP - Need help defusing a bomb, mowing a lawn or scraping old paint?

Senate approves Panetta as Pentagon chief (AP) Posted: 21 Jun 2011 03:09 PM PDT AP - The Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved the nomination of Leon Panetta to be the next Pentagon chief, handing him a crowded agenda of overseeing the drawdown of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, tamping down congressional unrest over the Libyan conflict and cutting the budget.

Italy's Draghi takes ECB helm, France keeps board seat (AFP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 09:52 AM PDT AFP - The EU on Friday appointed Italy's Mario Draghi the next European Central Bank president after France won a bid to keep a seat on the board of the key player in the debilitating eurozone debt crisis.

Michelle Obama says husband is committed to Africa (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 02:36 PM PDT Reuters - First Lady Michelle Obama rejected criticism that her husband's administration had not paid enough attention to Africa, saying on Friday her trip was a direct reflection of his commitment to the continent.

House Refuses to Authorize Obama's Libya War, But Agrees to Fund It (The Nation) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 01:57 PM PDT The Nation - The Nation -- House Speaker John Boehner, whose incoherent approach to the constitutional mandate that Congress check and balance presidential war-making has so served the interests of the Obama administration’s Libya project, steered the House into conflict with itself Friday.

Obama Slow-Rolls GOP on Budget Talks (Daily Caller) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:36 PM PDT Daily Caller - The White House is slow-rolling demands by Republicans that President Barack Obama join the debt ceiling talks, which are now deadlocked because of Republican opposition to Democrats’ demands for tax increases.

Palin documentary ‘The Undefeated’ to premiere next week in Iowa (Daily Caller) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:15 PM PDT Daily Caller - Conservative filmmaker Steve Bannon’s “The Undefeated,” a documentary about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s political rise, will premiere in Pella, Iowa next Tuesday. It will be screened at the Pella Opera House at 5 p.m. CT.

Rolling Stone caught in potential plagiarism flap over Michele Bachmann profile (The Cutline) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 12:05 PM PDT The Cutline - It's been a few months since we've had ourselves a good-old plagiarism incident to get riled up about. But thanks to Rolling Stone, our sleepy summer Friday just got a bit more scandalous! The magazine is taking some heat today for lifting quotes in Matt Taibbi's hit piece on Minnesota's 2012 Tea Party hopeful Michele [...]

Sarah Palin film premieres in Iowa theater Tuesday (AP) Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:21 AM PDT AP - A public relations firm says a film about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will premiere in the small central Iowa town of Pella.

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