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Troops to the Mexican border: Obama to send 1,200 (AP)
AP source: USDA offers discrimination settlement (AP)
Obama gets an earful in clash with GOP senators (AP)
5 weeks of gushing oil: 'Top kill' plug readied (AP)
Beck, Weiner duel from a distance (Politico)
As Marshall clerk, Kagan was wary of conservatives (AP)
Amid tea party divide, Idaho GOP picks a nominee (AP)
BP agrees to show 'top kill' video (AP)
Proposal to lift ban on gays in military in doubt (AP)
Gov't: 89 deaths tied to Toyota acceleration (AP)
Obama raising cash in California for Boxer (AP)
Obama, Senate Republicans discuss priorities (Reuters)
Obama wants to "plug the damn hole" (Reuters)
Troops to Mexico border: A prelude to immigration reform push? (The Christian Science Monitor)
Possible pick for intelligence czar faces pushback (Reuters)
McCain's primary challenger flubs historical fact (AP)
Obama to send 1,200 National Guard troops to border (McClatchy Newspapers)
Obama, Senate Republicans exchange testy comments over lunch (McClatchy Newspapers)
Rand Paul plans campaign shake-up after gaffes (AP)
WH kicks off summer exercise series on South Lawn (AP)

Troops to the Mexican border: Obama to send 1,200 (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:15 PM PDT

AP - Under pressure to take action, President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered 1,200 National Guard troops to boost security along the U.S.-Mexico border, pre-empting Republican efforts to force a congressional vote to send the troops.

AP source: USDA offers discrimination settlement (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:09 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration on Tuesday offered $1.3 billion to settle complaints from female and Latino farmers who say they faced discrimination from the Agriculture Department.

Obama gets an earful in clash with GOP senators (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 03:12 PM PDT

AP - If President Barack Obama thought having a private lunch with Republican senators would ease partisan tensions in Congress, he grabbed the wrong recipe.

5 weeks of gushing oil: 'Top kill' plug readied (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 03:29 PM PDT

AP - Marking five disastrous weeks, BP readied yet another attempt to slow the oil gushing into the Gulf on Tuesday as a federal report alleged drilling regulators have been so close to oil and gas companies they've been accepting gifts and even negotiating to go work for them.

Beck, Weiner duel from a distance (Politico)

Posted: 24 May 2010 08:40 PM PDT

Politico - Since Rep. Anthony Weiner last week released a report accusing conservative talk show host Glenn Beck of misleading fans into buying overpriced gold coins from a sponsor, Beck has been on a crusade against the liberal New York Democrat, accusing him of McCarthyism and conspiring with the White House to destroy him — not to mention repeatedly making fun of his last name.

As Marshall clerk, Kagan was wary of conservatives (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 01:19 PM PDT

AP - As a young lawyer working for Justice Thurgood Marshall, Elena Kagan repeatedly expressed her concern that a conservative Supreme Court was looking for ways to cut back on the rights of women, criminal defendants and prisoners.

Amid tea party divide, Idaho GOP picks a nominee (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 04:55 PM PDT

AP - Voters in Idaho were choosing a GOP nominee for Congress on Tuesday in an unusually tangled battle that divided local and national tea party activists, and raised questions of plagiarism on the campaign trail.

BP agrees to show 'top kill' video (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 04:44 PM PDT

AP - BP has agreed at the request of the Obama administration to show video of the "top kill" designed to choke off the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Proposal to lift ban on gays in military in doubt (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 02:43 PM PDT

AP - A lukewarm endorsement from Defense Secretary Robert Gates and opposition among some lawmakers cast doubt Tuesday on whether Congress this week would lift a 17-year-old ban on gays serving openly in the military.

Gov't: 89 deaths tied to Toyota acceleration (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 03:36 PM PDT

AP - Unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles may have been involved in the deaths of 89 people over the past decade, upgrading the number of deaths possibly linked to the massive recalls, the government said Tuesday.

Obama raising cash in California for Boxer (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:31 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama is helping raise money for Sen. Barbara Boxer's re-election campaign, making his second trip to California in as many months to assist the imperiled incumbent.

Obama, Senate Republicans discuss priorities (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans had a "spirited" and at times "testy" meeting on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, clashing on tough election-year issues like immigration, energy and jobs.

Obama wants to "plug the damn hole" (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama has privately expressed his frustration to senior government officials that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has not been stopped and has made clear his feelings about it.

Troops to Mexico border: A prelude to immigration reform push? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 May 2010 04:53 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Under pressure to help secure the US border with Mexico, President Obama Tuesday ordered 1,200 National Guard troops to the US Southwest and said he would ask Congress to approve an additional $500 million to pay for law-enforcement activities in the region.

Possible pick for intelligence czar faces pushback (Reuters)

Posted: 25 May 2010 04:33 PM PDT

Reuters - Top-ranking Democrats and Republicans in the Congress on Tuesday raised concerns about a leading contender to become director of national intelligence, in a sign of growing bipartisan friction with the Obama administration.

McCain's primary challenger flubs historical fact (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 04:08 PM PDT

AP - GOP Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth, locked in a tough primary fight against Sen. John McCain, flubbed a key historical fact last week, asserting wrongly that the United States never declared war on Germany in World War II.

Obama to send 1,200 National Guard troops to border (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 25 May 2010 04:08 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will dispatch up to 1,200 National Guard troops to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border and will ask Congress for $500 million to shore up law enforcement in the Southwest and provide other border protection tools.

Obama, Senate Republicans exchange testy comments over lunch (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 25 May 2010 03:59 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans — notably 2008 GOP rival John McCain — clashed sharply Tuesday over immigration policy, as a sometimes contentious closed-door meeting failed to budge either side from long-held views.

Rand Paul plans campaign shake-up after gaffes (AP)

Posted: 25 May 2010 03:28 PM PDT

AP - Kentucky senatorial candidate Rand Paul said Tuesday he's planning a campaign staff shake-up a week after a round of interviews in which he dismayed fellow Republicans by discussing his views on racial segregation.