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  • After House blocks Gitmo closure, Obama taps envoy

    Susan Crabtree | 06/17/13 03:25 PM

    Under pressure to demonstrate a renewed commitment to shutter the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, President Obama has tapped a high-powered Washington attorney as one of two special envoys dedicated to brokering a deal to close the facility. Obama chose Clifford Sloan, an attorney with...

  • Red-state Senate Dem embraces ‘Rockefeller Republican’ label

    Joel Gehrke | 06/17/13 03:20 PM

    Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, who is up for reelection next year, likened himself to the Republicans of yesteryear rather than accept an association with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “Probably a Rockefeller Republican,” Begich replied when offered a choice between that label...

  • Obamacare’s tariff on hiring American workers still plagues immigration bill

    Philip Klein | 06/17/13 03:15 PM

    An unnamed staffer for Sen. Marco Rubio has caused the latest stir over the immigration bill by telling the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza that, “There are American workers who, for lack of a better term, can’t cut it…There shouldn’t be a presumption that every American worker is a star...

  • Ted Cruz hopes to reverse SCOTUS ruling on Arizona voter registration law

    Joel Gehrke | 06/17/13 02:40 PM

    Seven Supreme Court (SCOTUS) justices ruled that federal law prevents Arizona from requiring a proof of citizenship from newly-registering voters, but Sen. Ted Cruz. R-Texas, hopes to change that during the ongoing debate over the Senate immigration bill. “Today #SCOTUS ruled federal...

  • Report: Lautenberg’s death may have cost Dems chance to change filibuster

    Sean Higgins | 06/17/13 02:40 PM

    Washington Post blogger Greg Sargent, who is well-connected with Senate Democrats, reports that they now fear the death of 89-year-old New Jersey Democrat Frank Lautenberg earlier this month has undermined their plans to change the Senate’s filibuster rule. The rule requires the assent of 60...

  • Edward Snowden has a pet phoenix (and other interesting Internet memes)

    Charlie Spiering | 06/17/13 02:20 PM

    NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden may have sounded a little too edgy for reporters during his online Q&A at the Guardian, but the internet is already reveling over his latest statements. We’ve highlighted the top Edward Snowden memes spread that are now trending online. 1.

  • It’s Cato scholar vs. Cato scholar on NSA surveillance

    Sean Higgins | 06/17/13 01:45 PM

    Roger Pilon, the libertarian Cato Institute’s vice president for legal affairs and director of its Center for Constitutional Studies, has angered many over the years in the intellectual world of free minds and free markets by endorsing the war on terror’s intelligence gathering policies....

  • Scott Walker, 2016′s stealth GOP candidate?

    Sean Higgins | 06/17/13 01:05 PM

    That’s argument made by the National Journal’s Beth Reinhard. She argues that while the Wisconsin Republican governor scores below several other top contenders in pols now, he is well-positioned to rise in the top. This is thanks in large part to Walker beating back a union-led recall vote...

  • Pro-Obamacare ad’s fuzzy sources

    Ashe Schow | 06/17/13 12:30 PM

    In a new ad purporting to show the benefits of Obamacare, Organizing for Action (formerly Obama’s re-election campaign) fails to provide adequate sources for its claims. The ad does not include quotes from the articles, the author of the article cited, or even the title of the article. A Lexis...

  • Edward Snowden: 'Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American'

    Charlie Spiering | 06/17/13 12:30 PM

    National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden thumped his chest today in response to being branded a traitor by former Vice President Dick Cheney. “I think he’s a traitor,” Cheney said flatly on ‘FOX News Sunday‘ yesterday. “[I]t’s important to bear in mind I’m being called...