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• Debt is a done deal, but peace truce already fades (AP)
• Budget battle moves on to super committee (AP)
• Analysis: Obama pivots to new string of problems (AP)
• FAA shutdown to continue as Congress leaves (AP)
• NJ pol resigns after nude photos appear online (AP)
• Giffords' political future still uncertain (AP)
• Analysis: Debt deal takes minor swipe at red ink (AP)
• Democrat, State Dept end impasse on Cuba money (AP)
• Obama calls for end to FAA impasse (Politico)
• Pelosi: On to jobs (Politico)
• Clinton meets Syrian activists as pressure mounts (AP)
• Senate panel votes to extend surveillance law (AP)
• Applause greets Gabby Giffords' return to House (AP)
• German air traffic controllers call strike (AP)
• 50 Wishes President Obama Should Make on His 50th Birthday (ContributorNetwork)
• Is the debt deal a disaster for Obama? (The Week)
• Are Newt Gingrich’s Twitter followers real? Social media analysts disagree (Daily Caller)
• Biden, Carney deny reports of VP’s ‘terrorists’ statement (Daily Caller)
• Changes in the Political Party Landscape -- Three Emerging Parties Gaining Power (ContributorNetwork)
• Tea Party -- Terrorists or Heroes? (ContributorNetwork)

Debt is a done deal, but peace truce already fades (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:15 PM PDT AP - With scant time to spare, President Barack Obama signed legislation Tuesday to avoid an unprecedented national default that he said would have devastated the U.S. economy. But the truce with Republicans that defused the crisis seemed to be fading already.

Budget battle moves on to super committee (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:53 PM PDT AP - The budget battle is not over. Many of the most nettlesome questions have been left for a new bipartisan super committee of 12 lawmakers whose task will be to find at least $1.2 trillion more in deficit cuts spread over the next decade.

Analysis: Obama pivots to new string of problems (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:49 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama dodged a debt-ceiling fiasco Tuesday. He reacted with a wiped brow more than a victory lap, and with good reason.

FAA shutdown to continue as Congress leaves (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 01:51 PM PDT AP - A partisan stalemate that has partially shut down the Federal Aviation Administration will continue into September, stopping airport construction projects and depriving federal coffers of potentially more than $1 billion in uncollected ticket taxes, after congressional attempts to reach deal fell through on Tuesday.

NJ pol resigns after nude photos appear online (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:33 PM PDT AP - A politician who emailed a woman nude photos of himself that were later posted on a GOP activist's website announced his resignation Tuesday and said he'll consider all legal options to have the pictures taken down.

Giffords' political future still uncertain (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:16 PM PDT AP - Like many Americans, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was watching with a sense of disgust in recent days as lawmakers on Capitol Hill flirted with the notion of defaulting on the country's debt.

Analysis: Debt deal takes minor swipe at red ink (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 11:33 AM PDT AP - The debt limit compromise may have resolved this year's most clamorous political battle between President Barack Obama and Congress, but it takes only a modest swipe at the heart of the matter: the government's relentlessly huge budget deficits.

Democrat, State Dept end impasse on Cuba money (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:10 PM PDT AP - A senior Democratic senator and the State Department have resolved their dispute over U.S. aid to a program that promotes democracy in communist Cuba, clearing the way for the Obama administration to spend $20 million in assistance.

Obama calls for end to FAA impasse (Politico) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 12:19 PM PDT Politico - “It’s another Washington-inflicted wound on America," says the president of the shutdown.

Pelosi: On to jobs (Politico) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 11:57 AM PDT Politico - The House minority leader doesn’t want to talk about what comes next on the debt ceiling deal.

Clinton meets Syrian activists as pressure mounts (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:12 PM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met Tuesday with U.S.-based Syrian democracy activists as the Obama administration weighed new sanctions on Syria, one of the few options at hand to protest an ongoing crackdown on opposition demonstrators.

Senate panel votes to extend surveillance law (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:15 PM PDT AP - The Senate Intelligence Committee has voted to extend a wide-ranging surveillance law targeting foreigners overseas, but Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon says he will block the measure unless the public is told more about the law's impact on people living in the United States.

Applause greets Gabby Giffords' return to House (AP) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 07:13 PM PDT AP - Slowly, with a sense of purpose, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords entered the House chamber Monday night to cast her first vote since she was shot in the head last January, a dramatic return that surprised colleagues. The chamber erupted in loud, sustained applause as Democrats enveloped Giffords with hugs and kisses.

German air traffic controllers call strike (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 08:55 AM PDT AP - The union representing Germany's air traffic controllers called Tuesday for them to stage a six-hour walkout later this week in a pay dispute. The national air traffic authority said it would seek a court order blocking the strike.

50 Wishes President Obama Should Make on His 50th Birthday (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:31 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - On Aug. 4, President Barack Obama turns 50. Fifty writers for the Yahoo! Contributor Network offered -- in 50 words or fewer -- what Obama should wish for when he blows out the 50 candles on his birthday cake:

Is the debt deal a disaster for Obama? (The Week) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 05:14 AM PDT The Week - Republicans got just about everything they wanted in the debt deal, while President Obama got very little — at least for now

Are Newt Gingrich’s Twitter followers real? Social media analysts disagree (Daily Caller) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:57 PM PDT Daily Caller - GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is facing accusations he paid outside firms to generate his impressive Twitter following, but is that true?

Biden, Carney deny reports of VP’s ‘terrorists’ statement (Daily Caller) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 12:53 PM PDT Daily Caller - White House spokesman Jay Carney and Vice President Joe Biden are refuting reports from Monday that Biden said Republicans “acted like terrorists” during the debt-ceiling debate.

Changes in the Political Party Landscape -- Three Emerging Parties Gaining Power (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:31 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - The political landscape in America has changed, due to large part to the efforts of the tea party. Although died in the wool Republicans and Democrats still exist, fewer voters are casting ballots strictly along party lines. The "big two" political parties have distinct factions themselves, from staunch fiscal conservatives and tea party supported candidates on the right to liberal and ultra-liberal progressive on the left. The emerging political parties and issue specific movements are gaining both notoriety and new members as Americans become even more disenfranchised with the status quo locally and in Washington.

Tea Party -- Terrorists or Heroes? (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:36 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Democratic lawmakers will not be adding any of the "Tea Party Freshman" to their Christmas list. Vice President Joe Biden feels the fiscally conservative lawmakers are terrorists, Sen. John McCain says they are hobbits, but thousands of Americans view them as heroes and the sole voice of reason in Washington.

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