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• The Fast Fix: Is Obama now unbeatable? (The Newsroom)
• If history is guide, bin Laden killing may not boost Obama (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)
• Bush, Congressional leaders, GOP 2012 candidates react to Bin Laden’s death (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)
• Obama going to NYC to mark Osama bin Laden's death (AP)
• Obama friend pleads no contest to soliciting sex (Reuters)
• Legislation Congress Wants After Bin Laden's Death (The Atlantic Wire)
• Obama's friend pleads no contest in Honolulu court (AP)
• Oklahoma rebukes lawmaker who suggested blacks, women lazy (Reuters)
• Tension as White House Situation Room watched raid (AP)
• Obama urges continuation of national unity (AP)
• Obama keeps poker face after bin Laden order (AP)
• Pakistan faces tough questions over bin Laden (Reuters)
• Dennis Kucinich may be seeking re-election from Washington State, not Ohio (Daily Caller)
• Obama honors 2 Army privates killed in Korean War (AP)
• 9th Circuit hears arguments in Obama birth lawsuit (AP)
• GOP calls Nevada sec. of state ruling on special election ‘partisan’ (Daily Caller)
• Obama admin message post-bin Laden death: There’s nothing America can’t do (Daily Caller)
• President Obama Takes Shots at the White House Correspondents Dinner (ContributorNetwork)
• U.S. pushes back day of reckoning on debt limit (Reuters)
• Nevada special election to be a ‘free-for-all’ (Daily Caller)

The Fast Fix: Is Obama now unbeatable? (The Newsroom) Posted: 02 May 2011 12:14 PM PDT The Newsroom - Will Osama bin Laden's death impact the 2012 presidential election? The death of Osama bin Laden is a momentous episode in American history that will undoubtedly re-shape the political dialogue for weeks and months to come. While making hard and …

If history is guide, bin Laden killing may not boost Obama (Exclusive to Yahoo! News) Posted: 02 May 2011 09:54 AM PDT Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By George E. Condon Jr. National Journal Osama bin Laden's body had barely hit the water before people were predicting the impact his death would have on the war in Afghanistan, U.S. relations with the Islamic world and President Obama's re-election …

Bush, Congressional leaders, GOP 2012 candidates react to Bin Laden’s death (Exclusive to Yahoo! News) Posted: 01 May 2011 09:43 PM PDT Exclusive to Yahoo! News - National Journal President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden broke the dramatic news themselves to top Republican and Democratic congressional leaders in telephone calls in the evening before Obama's televised announcement -- prompting a wave of bipartisan celebration. The hill …

Obama going to NYC to mark Osama bin Laden's death (AP) Posted: 02 May 2011 04:46 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama plans to visit New York City on Thursday to mark the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

Obama friend pleads no contest to soliciting sex (Reuters) Posted: 02 May 2011 04:35 PM PDT Reuters - A longtime friend and golfing buddy of President Barack Obama pleaded no contest on Monday to a misdemeanor charge of soliciting a prostitute in Hawaii but was given a chance to expunge the case from his record.

Legislation Congress Wants After Bin Laden's Death (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 02 May 2011 04:35 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Osama bin Laden might be dead, but that doesn't mean the wars are over. Representative John Conyers thinks, though, that it should mean exactly that. Conyers called for President Obama "to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq," the Democrat wrote in a statement. "With the death of Osama bin Laden, the Long War that began on 9/11 is finally over. It's time to bring our troops home, refocus our resources, reward the resiliancy of the American people, and rededicate ourselves to rebuilding our nation." Other members of Congress are using the news to push for shifts in public policy in different ways.

Obama's friend pleads no contest in Honolulu court (AP) Posted: 02 May 2011 03:29 PM PDT AP - A close friend of President Barack Obama pleaded no contest on Monday to soliciting a prostitute in Hawaii.

Oklahoma rebukes lawmaker who suggested blacks, women lazy (Reuters) Posted: 02 May 2011 05:39 PM PDT Reuters - The Oklahoma state House on Monday voted overwhelmingly to reprimand one of its own members for suggesting that African-Americans and women are lazy during a debate on the House floor last Wednesday.

Tension as White House Situation Room watched raid (AP) Posted: 02 May 2011 05:36 PM PDT AP - From halfway around the world, President Barack Obama and his national security team monitored the strike on Osama bin Laden's compound in real time, watching and listening to the firefight that killed the terrorist leader.

Obama urges continuation of national unity (AP) Posted: 02 May 2011 05:31 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is appealing to lawmakers to continue the spirit of national unity that followed Osama bin Laden's death.

Obama keeps poker face after bin Laden order (AP) Posted: 02 May 2011 05:13 PM PDT AP - In a remarkable 36 hours of his presidency, Barack Obama carried a momentous secret and gave no hint of it as he consoled tornado victims, delivered a college commencement address and cracked jokes at a black-tie dinner.

Pakistan faces tough questions over bin Laden (Reuters) Posted: 02 May 2011 05:07 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan faced embarrassing questions from the United States on Monday over how al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was able to hide there in plain view before he was killed by a secret U.S. assault team.

Dennis Kucinich may be seeking re-election from Washington State, not Ohio (Daily Caller) Posted: 02 May 2011 04:59 PM PDT Daily Caller - Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich may be considering a move. The eight-term Cleveland congressman is rumored to be interested in moving out of Ohio altogether to seek re-election to Congress from Washington State's 10th district.

Obama honors 2 Army privates killed in Korean War (AP) Posted: 02 May 2011 03:24 PM PDT AP - When President Barack Obama expressed his pride in America's men and women in uniform, he was speaking about those who hours earlier had killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and those who six decades earlier had given their lives in the Korean War.

9th Circuit hears arguments in Obama birth lawsuit (AP) Posted: 02 May 2011 03:03 PM PDT AP - A federal appeals court heard arguments Monday about a lawsuit challenging the U.S. citizenship of President Barack Obama, despite the release of his detailed birth certificate last week.

GOP calls Nevada sec. of state ruling on special election ‘partisan’ (Daily Caller) Posted: 02 May 2011 02:46 PM PDT Daily Caller - Republicans lashed out at Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller after he announced that the special election to fill Republican Rep. Dean Heller’s soon-to-be vacant seat would be a ‘free-for-all’ in which any candidate who wished to run need only file a petition with the Secretary of State’s office.

Obama admin message post-bin Laden death: There’s nothing America can’t do (Daily Caller) Posted: 02 May 2011 02:27 PM PDT Daily Caller - Via various speakers in different forums, administration officials are repeating their message of the day: The successful killing of Osama bin Laden shows how America can succeed when it unites and perseveres through difficult trials.

President Obama Takes Shots at the White House Correspondents Dinner (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 02 May 2011 02:24 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - The White House Correspondents Dinner took place Saturday. It is an annual event in which reporters and their honored guests show up to see and be seen and to hear attempts at humor by a professional comedian and the president of the United States.

U.S. pushes back day of reckoning on debt limit (Reuters) Posted: 02 May 2011 01:59 PM PDT Reuters - The Treasury on Monday pushed back the date when it expects the nation will run out of options for avoiding a default on its obligations by three weeks, buying more time to strike a budget deal with Congress.

Nevada special election to be a ‘free-for-all’ (Daily Caller) Posted: 02 May 2011 01:47 PM PDT Daily Caller - Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller announced Monday that the special election for the vacant congressional seat in Nevada’s second district would be what many have called a “free-for-all,” in which any candidate who files a petition to run with the secretary of state’s office is eligible to be on the ballot.

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