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• Romney watches for Iowa path as campaigns heat up (AP)
• Justice Ginsburg's future plans closely watched (AP)
• Obama: 'Nothing can be off-limits' in budget (AP)
• Clinton: Gadhafi threats won't deter NATO mission (AP)
• Obama chooses new counterterror chief (AP)
• FAA: Tired air traffic controllers can skip work (AP)
• Administration calls for halt to Texas execution (AP)
• Ga. immigration law protested (Politico)
• Obama talks tax breaks, spending (Politico)
• Herman Cain revs up mainstream conservatives (AP)
• FBI joins Army investigation at Arlington cemetery (AP)
• Abbas says Hamas row hobbles Palestinian bid at U.N. (Reuters)
• Administration supports lesbian employee's case (AP)
• Two representatives may have committed House ethics violations (Daily Caller)
• Cain loses several senior staffers in Iowa (Daily Caller)
• GOP's Bachmann rallies tea party members in Iowa (AP)

Romney watches for Iowa path as campaigns heat up (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 09:07 AM PDT AP - The accelerating GOP presidential campaigns in Iowa probably will define front-runner Mitt Romney's chief challengers over the next six weeks and could force the former Massachusetts governor to reconsider his decision to mount only modest efforts in this early voting state.

Justice Ginsburg's future plans closely watched (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 02:16 PM PDT AP - Democrats and liberals have a nightmare vision of the Supreme Court's future: President Barack Obama is defeated for re-election next year and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 78 the oldest justice, soon finds her health will not allow her to continue on the bench.

Obama: 'Nothing can be off-limits' in budget (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:52 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Saturday that "nothing can be off-limits" in the budget debate — even though Republicans have said tax increases are. The president said every tax break and federal program must come under scrutiny.

Clinton: Gadhafi threats won't deter NATO mission (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 05:15 AM PDT AP - The United States and Spain said Saturday they won't let Moammar Gadhafi's threats of retaliatory attacks in Europe deter their mission to protect Libyan civilians and force him to leave power after four decades of often unpredictable and sometimes violent rule.

Obama chooses new counterterror chief (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:51 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's choice for his next counterterrorism chief is Matthew Olsen, a former prosecutor with extensive experience in intelligence matters for the federal government, the White House announced Friday.

FAA: Tired air traffic controllers can skip work (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT AP - The Federal Aviation Administration announced new steps Friday to help prevent air traffic controllers from falling asleep on the job, including allowing controllers to use sick or annual leave time if they are too tired to work.

Administration calls for halt to Texas execution (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2011 04:08 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration took the unusual step Friday of asking the Supreme Court to stop Texas from executing a Mexican citizen convicted of raping and killing a 16-year-old girl.

Ga. immigration law protested (Politico) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 10:48 AM PDT Politico - Thousands rally in Atlanta demanding reform of the new law.

Obama talks tax breaks, spending (Politico) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 04:05 AM PDT Politico - “Now, it would be nice if we could keep every tax break, but we can’t afford them,” the president says.

Herman Cain revs up mainstream conservatives (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 03:09 PM PDT AP - Bolstered by support from his loyal radio talk-show audience and tea party backers, businessman Herman Cain has revved up mainstream conservatives, rising recently to third place in a poll of voters in Iowa, the leadoff caucus state.

FBI joins Army investigation at Arlington cemetery (AP) Posted: 29 Jun 2011 02:55 PM PDT AP - The FBI has joined Army agents investigating possible criminal practices at Arlington National Cemetery that may have surrounded the burial of eight sets of cremated human remains found in urns in a single grave.

Abbas says Hamas row hobbles Palestinian bid at U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 08:34 AM PDT Reuters - President Mahmoud Abbas urged Hamas on Saturday to relent in a dispute over the formation of unity government for the Palestinians, saying their bid to become a U.N. member state in September was at stake.

Administration supports lesbian employee's case (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 02:40 PM PDT AP - In a strongly worded legal brief, the Obama administration has said the federal act that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman was motivated by hostility toward gays and lesbians and is unconstitutional.

Two representatives may have committed House ethics violations (Daily Caller) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 07:07 AM PDT Daily Caller - The U.S. House Ethics Committee confirmed Friday evening that it is looking into possible ethics violations by two representatives, Roll Call reports.

Cain loses several senior staffers in Iowa (Daily Caller) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 06:52 AM PDT Daily Caller - Herman Cain’s presidential run could be going the way of the Newt Gingrich campaign.

GOP's Bachmann rallies tea party members in Iowa (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:11 PM PDT AP - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is scrambling to harness support in Iowa this weekend, stopping in at restaurants and public events across the state just six weeks before a critical test in the leadoff caucus state.

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