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• Obama rushes to quell racial uproar he helped fire (AP)
• Some Gitmo detainees may come to US jails (AP)
• Obama: US to sign UN disabilities rights pact (AP)
• Blown deadline, blown chance? (Politico)
• House Democrats boost non-military spending (AP)
• US trying to bring 2nd Gitmo detainee to US trial (AP)
• First lady fetes designers, stresses arts exposure (AP)
• Clinton calls Zelaya move 'reckless' (AP)
• House permits needle exchange programs (AP)
• NJ's Corzine picks state senator as running mate (AP)
• Obamas attend Marines Corps parade (AP)
• Both U.S. political parties offend "Joe the Plumber" (Reuters)
• Bank regulators resist Obama's encroachment on their turf (McClatchy Newspapers)
• U.S. financial regulators stake out turf defenses (Reuters)
• Obama offers 'Race to the Top' contest for schools (AP)
• McCain to consider support of nuclear test ban (AP)
• Obama regrets remarks in racially charged case (Reuters)
• Text of Obama's remarks on arrest of black scholar (AP)
• GOP Sens. Cornyn, Hatch to vote against Sotomayor (AP)

Obama rushes to quell racial uproar he helped fire (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 05:27 PM PDT AP - Knocked off stride by a racial uproar he helped stoke, President Barack Obama hastened Friday to tamp down the controversy. Obama, who had said Cambridge, Mass., police "acted stupidly" in arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., declared the white arresting officer was a good man and invited him and the professor to the White House for a beer.

Some Gitmo detainees may come to US jails (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 04:56 PM PDT AP - The Pentagon's top lawyer said Friday that the Obama administration has not abandoned the possibility of transferring some prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to a prison in the United States despite strong congressional concerns.

Obama: US to sign UN disabilities rights pact (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 04:47 PM PDT AP - Marking the 19th anniversary of a landmark law barring discrimination against people with disabilities, President Barack Obama said Friday that the U.S. will sign a United Nations treaty urging countries around the world to do the same.

Blown deadline, blown chance? (Politico) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:15 AM PDT Politico - With his August deadline now dead, President Barack Obama must hope the prospects for health reform this year haven't expired as well — but the backsliding and bitter words on Capitol Hill this week show just how much his sweeping plan is at risk.

House Democrats boost non-military spending (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 04:16 PM PDT AP - Supporters of government subsidies to help the poor with their heating bills and small towns get clean water used to have to scratch and claw to stave off former President George W. Bush's budget cuts.

US trying to bring 2nd Gitmo detainee to US trial (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 03:13 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration on Friday signaled it will try to bring a second Guantanamo Bay detainee to the United States for trial in criminal court.

First lady fetes designers, stresses arts exposure (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 01:38 PM PDT AP - If you think your kids spend a little too much time on their laptops, take heart: Michelle Obama has the same problem.

Clinton calls Zelaya move 'reckless' (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:24 PM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling a move by ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to cross the border briefly into his homeland "reckless."

House permits needle exchange programs (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:30 PM PDT AP - The House voted Friday to lift a ban on using taxpayer dollars for needle exchange programs for intravenous drug users intended to prevent the spread of HIV and other diseases.

NJ's Corzine picks state senator as running mate (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 05:44 PM PDT AP - Gov. Jon Corzine has chosen northern New Jersey state Sen. Loretta Weinberg as his running mate for the November election.

Obamas attend Marines Corps parade (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 05:36 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are spending an evening out to watch a Marines Corps parade.

Both U.S. political parties offend "Joe the Plumber" (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 03:00 PM PDT Reuters - "Joe the Plumber," who came to symbolize U.S. taxpayer frustration during last year's election, sounds even angrier now at what he sees as excessive government spending on the economy and healthcare reform.

Bank regulators resist Obama's encroachment on their turf (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:41 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Federal bank regulators sparred before Congress on Friday, trying to maintain their current powers as the Obama administration seeks to strip them of the authority to regulate consumer credit and give it to a new watchdog agency.

U.S. financial regulators stake out turf defenses (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 02:31 PM PDT Reuters - Senior U.S. financial regulators defended their turf on Friday at a congressional hearing on the Obama administration's plan to shake up Washington's banking and market oversight bureaucracy.

Obama offers 'Race to the Top' contest for schools (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 01:56 PM PDT AP - Dangling the promise of $5 billion in grants, President Barack Obama pressured states to embrace his ideas for overhauling the nation's schools, ideas that include performance pay for teachers and charter schools.

McCain to consider support of nuclear test ban (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 01:51 PM PDT AP - Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who helped vote down U.S. ratification of a nuclear test ban treaty ten years ago, said he would now consider supporting it.

Obama regrets remarks in racially charged case (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 01:45 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama backed down on Friday from a statement that police had "acted stupidly" in arresting a black scholar in a racially charged case that was rapidly becoming a distraction for Obama.

Text of Obama's remarks on arrest of black scholar (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 01:08 PM PDT AP - Text of President Barack Obama's remarks at a White House briefing Friday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.

GOP Sens. Cornyn, Hatch to vote against Sotomayor (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2009 12:58 PM PDT AP - Republican Sen. John Cornyn, the head of his party's Senate campaign arm, said Friday he'll vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, siding with GOP leaders and conservatives who are lining up against President Barack Obama's nominee to be the first Hispanic justice.

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