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http://news.yahoo.com/politics/ Get the latest Politics news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking Politics news, including analysis and opinion on top Politics stories.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedTue, 23 Jul 2013 16:53:33 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/politics/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ted-cruz-iowa-speech-2016--205334704.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OTCY_p8nza.jkRFuM1L_Ow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d2b14b7f28150b18380f6a7067007c90.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks to reporters after speaking at a fundraising picnic for the Iowa Republican Party, Friday, July 19, 2013, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)" align="left" title="U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks to reporters after speaking at a fundraising picnic for the Iowa Republican Party, Friday, July 19, 2013, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)" border="0" /></a>?He?s the real deal,? Iowa social conservative activist Bob Vander Plaats says.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ted-cruz-iowa-speech-2016--205334704.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 16:53:33 -0400ted-cruz-iowa-speech-2016--205334704<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ted-cruz-iowa-speech-2016--205334704.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OTCY_p8nza.jkRFuM1L_Ow--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d2b14b7f28150b18380f6a7067007c90.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks to reporters after speaking at a fundraising picnic for the Iowa Republican Party, Friday, July 19, 2013, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)" align="left" title="U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks to reporters after speaking at a fundraising picnic for the Iowa Republican Party, Friday, July 19, 2013, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)" border="0" /></a>?He?s the real deal,? Iowa social conservative activist Bob Vander Plaats says.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/-obama-speechwriter-discusses-economic-speech--%E2%80%98unfiltered-potus%E2%80%99--180942886.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9eT8iXHk2Kmti8QFPfZHWg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-23/ca03a04d-bd74-463f-8e30-4384b82d2e00_07-2302003-obama-speech-writer-sharp.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="President Barack Obama meets with Director of Speechwriting Cody Keenan" align="left" title="President Barack Obama meets with Director of Speechwriting Cody Keenan" border="0" /></a>The president&#039;s top wordsmith sat down with Yahoo News to describe how he crafts a major presidential address. Obama plans to give 6 major economic speeches, covering education, housing, retirement security, health care, poverty and jobs.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/-obama-speechwriter-discusses-economic-speech--%E2%80%98unfiltered-potus%E2%80%99--180942886.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 14:09:42 -0400-obama-speechwriter-discusses-economic-speech--%E2%80%98unfiltered-potus%E2%80%99--180942886<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/-obama-speechwriter-discusses-economic-speech--%E2%80%98unfiltered-potus%E2%80%99--180942886.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9eT8iXHk2Kmti8QFPfZHWg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-23/ca03a04d-bd74-463f-8e30-4384b82d2e00_07-2302003-obama-speech-writer-sharp.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="President Barack Obama meets with Director of Speechwriting Cody Keenan" align="left" title="President Barack Obama meets with Director of Speechwriting Cody Keenan" border="0" /></a>The president&#039;s top wordsmith sat down with Yahoo News to describe how he crafts a major presidential address. Obama plans to give 6 major economic speeches, covering education, housing, retirement security, health care, poverty and jobs.</p><br clear="all"/>One-time presidential hopeful Howard Dean re-enacted the infamous scream that helped sink his 2004 campaign for New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio on Thursday.http://news.yahoo.com/howard-dean-reenacts-infamous-scream-for-nyc-mayoral-hopeful-bill-de-blasio-150343868.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 11:03:42 -0400howard-dean-reenacts-infamous-scream-for-nyc-mayoral-hopeful-bill-de-blasio-150343868<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/is-it-fair-to-say-that-the-senate-immigration-bill-offers--amnesty----142800472.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IU8cc5NpC96NDtDZSFweog--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-16/fe5e6cb1-1659-4958-a777-7bee13c90e50_deport.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Man holds sign at &quot;&quot;DC March For Jobs&quot; rally in Washington, D.C." align="left" title="Man holds sign at &quot;&quot;DC March For Jobs&quot; rally in Washington, D.C." border="0" /></a>A long, complicated process for immigrants living in the United States illegally.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/is-it-fair-to-say-that-the-senate-immigration-bill-offers--amnesty----142800472.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 10:28:00 -0400is-it-fair-to-say-that-the-senate-immigration-bill-offers--amnesty----142800472<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/is-it-fair-to-say-that-the-senate-immigration-bill-offers--amnesty----142800472.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IU8cc5NpC96NDtDZSFweog--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-16/fe5e6cb1-1659-4958-a777-7bee13c90e50_deport.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Man holds sign at &quot;&quot;DC March For Jobs&quot; rally in Washington, D.C." align="left" title="Man holds sign at &quot;&quot;DC March For Jobs&quot; rally in Washington, D.C." border="0" /></a>A long, complicated process for immigrants living in the United States illegally.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/-obama-holds-obamacare-sales-meeting-with-celebrities-213011602.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QqdjX.GJKGdbLdDMIAtE.Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/tv/2013-07-18/f00c07ab-b133-41f2-954f-d6b8811e19a3_162591946.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Twitter Reaction from Emmy Stars" align="left" title="Twitter Reaction from Emmy Stars" border="0" /></a>President Barack Obama on Monday dropped by a star-studded meeting at the White House that brought celebrities like actress Amy Poehler, singer Jennifer Hudson and &quot;Funny or Die?s&quot; Mike Farah together to talk about how to promote Obamacare to young people.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/-obama-holds-obamacare-sales-meeting-with-celebrities-213011602.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 17:30:11 -0400-obama-holds-obamacare-sales-meeting-with-celebrities-213011602<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/-obama-holds-obamacare-sales-meeting-with-celebrities-213011602.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/QqdjX.GJKGdbLdDMIAtE.Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/tv/2013-07-18/f00c07ab-b133-41f2-954f-d6b8811e19a3_162591946.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Twitter Reaction from Emmy Stars" align="left" title="Twitter Reaction from Emmy Stars" border="0" /></a>President Barack Obama on Monday dropped by a star-studded meeting at the White House that brought celebrities like actress Amy Poehler, singer Jennifer Hudson and &quot;Funny or Die?s&quot; Mike Farah together to talk about how to promote Obamacare to young people.</p><br clear="all"/>Surprise! Anthony Weiner, the New York City mayoral candidate,?confirmed reports on Tuesday that he is the man behind a new series of lewd pictures and texts allegedly?sent to a woman last year and released this week by The Dirty. According to The Dirty, the messages were exchanged sometime around last August. In a press conference Tuesday night, Weiner said that "some of these things happened before my [Congressional] resignation, some of them happened after." The woman who received the messages claims she was promised, among other things, help in obtaining a job at ...http://news.yahoo.com/anthony-weiner-forever-scandal-154559412.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 13:57:05 -0400National Journalanthony-weiner-forever-scandal-154559412If the Senate increases energy-revenue sharing for coastal states, it will do so without the?support of the Obama administration -- and likely after a debate that pits interior states against?their coastal counterparts in the fight for federal dollars.http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-senate-democrat-odds-over-energy-revenue-175440788.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 13:54:40 -0400National Journalwhite-house-senate-democrat-odds-over-energy-revenue-175440788If the Senate increases energy-revenue sharing for coastal states, it will do so without the?support of the Obama administration -- and likely after a debate that pits interior states against?their coastal counterparts in the fight for federal dollars.http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-senate-democrats-odds-over-energy-revenue-164222415.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 12:42:22 -0400National Journalwhite-house-senate-democrats-odds-over-energy-revenue-164222415http://news.yahoo.com/poll-latest-thoughts-health-care-law-220010982.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 12:38:20 -0400National Journalpoll-latest-thoughts-health-care-law-220010982The Edge is National Journal's daily look at today in Washington -- and what's coming next. The email features analysis from NJ's top correspondents, the biggest stories of the day -- and always a few surprises. To subscribe, click here.http://news.yahoo.com/edge-moderator-house-155720916.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 11:57:20 -0400National Journaledge-moderator-house-155720916<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-homeland-security-official-probed-175520505.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oGSkdMGer2xnN.SzkMlCeg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/92e59688a2f66818380f6a7067009191.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this May 11, 2010 file photo, Immigration Services Director (USCIS) Alejandro Mayorkas listens to a question on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mayorkas, President Barack Obama&#039;s choice to be the No. 2 official at the Homeland Security Department is under investigation for his role in helping a company secure an international investor visa for a Chinese executive, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)" align="left" title="FILE - In this May 11, 2010 file photo, Immigration Services Director (USCIS) Alejandro Mayorkas listens to a question on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mayorkas, President Barack Obama&#039;s choice to be the No. 2 official at the Homeland Security Department is under investigation for his role in helping a company secure an international investor visa for a Chinese executive, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama&#039;s choice to be the No. 2 official at the Homeland Security Department is under investigation for his role in helping a company run by a brother of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Associated Press has learned.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-homeland-security-official-probed-175520505.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 19:00:33 -0400Associated Pressapnewsbreak-homeland-security-official-probed-175520505<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-homeland-security-official-probed-175520505.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oGSkdMGer2xnN.SzkMlCeg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/92e59688a2f66818380f6a7067009191.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this May 11, 2010 file photo, Immigration Services Director (USCIS) Alejandro Mayorkas listens to a question on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mayorkas, President Barack Obama&#039;s choice to be the No. 2 official at the Homeland Security Department is under investigation for his role in helping a company secure an international investor visa for a Chinese executive, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)" align="left" title="FILE - In this May 11, 2010 file photo, Immigration Services Director (USCIS) Alejandro Mayorkas listens to a question on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mayorkas, President Barack Obama&#039;s choice to be the No. 2 official at the Homeland Security Department is under investigation for his role in helping a company secure an international investor visa for a Chinese executive, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama&#039;s choice to be the No. 2 official at the Homeland Security Department is under investigation for his role in helping a company run by a brother of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Associated Press has learned.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/anthony-weiner-caught-another-sexting-scandal-220405016.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hHMeP1QLYoiVfxpc9InMDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9437f3b4a4316e18380f6a7067002d54.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner glances at his wife, Huma Abedin, as she speaks during a news conference at the Gay Men&#039;s Health Crisis headquarters, Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in New York. The former congressman says he&#039;s not dropping out of the New York City mayoral race in light of newly revealed explicit online correspondence with a young woman. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" align="left" title="New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner glances at his wife, Huma Abedin, as she speaks during a news conference at the Gay Men&#039;s Health Crisis headquarters, Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in New York. The former congressman says he&#039;s not dropping out of the New York City mayoral race in light of newly revealed explicit online correspondence with a young woman. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Anthony Weiner found himself caught in another sexting scandal Tuesday like the one that destroyed his congressional career, but stood side-to-side with his wife to say that he won&#039;t drop out of the race for mayor of New York.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/anthony-weiner-caught-another-sexting-scandal-220405016.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 18:50:59 -0400Associated Pressanthony-weiner-caught-another-sexting-scandal-220405016<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/anthony-weiner-caught-another-sexting-scandal-220405016.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hHMeP1QLYoiVfxpc9InMDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9437f3b4a4316e18380f6a7067002d54.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner glances at his wife, Huma Abedin, as she speaks during a news conference at the Gay Men&#039;s Health Crisis headquarters, Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in New York. The former congressman says he&#039;s not dropping out of the New York City mayoral race in light of newly revealed explicit online correspondence with a young woman. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" align="left" title="New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner glances at his wife, Huma Abedin, as she speaks during a news conference at the Gay Men&#039;s Health Crisis headquarters, Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in New York. The former congressman says he&#039;s not dropping out of the New York City mayoral race in light of newly revealed explicit online correspondence with a young woman. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Anthony Weiner found himself caught in another sexting scandal Tuesday like the one that destroyed his congressional career, but stood side-to-side with his wife to say that he won&#039;t drop out of the race for mayor of New York.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-economic-vision-forged-college-address-211558521.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/M63jCL9_gBWvvxaQ0.rUag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2d9bf6319f815818380f6a7067000dc6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="President Barack Obama addresses an Organizing for Action summit in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2013. The group was formed from Obama&#039;s 2012 re-election campaign with the express goal of backing his policy priorities. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)" align="left" title="President Barack Obama addresses an Organizing for Action summit in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2013. The group was formed from Obama&#039;s 2012 re-election campaign with the express goal of backing his policy priorities. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? It was 2005, just an hour or so before the graduation ceremony at tiny Knox College, and then-Sen. Barack Obama was ducking into classrooms, desperately seeking a computer to make last-minute tweaks to his commencement address.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-economic-vision-forged-college-address-211558521.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 18:24:25 -0400Associated Pressobamas-economic-vision-forged-college-address-211558521<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-economic-vision-forged-college-address-211558521.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/M63jCL9_gBWvvxaQ0.rUag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2d9bf6319f815818380f6a7067000dc6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="President Barack Obama addresses an Organizing for Action summit in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2013. The group was formed from Obama&#039;s 2012 re-election campaign with the express goal of backing his policy priorities. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)" align="left" title="President Barack Obama addresses an Organizing for Action summit in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2013. The group was formed from Obama&#039;s 2012 re-election campaign with the express goal of backing his policy priorities. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? It was 2005, just an hour or so before the graduation ceremony at tiny Knox College, and then-Sen. Barack Obama was ducking into classrooms, desperately seeking a computer to make last-minute tweaks to his commencement address.</p><br clear="all"/>WASHINGTON (AP) ? Two senators want to do away with the agreements that pharmaceutical companies make with one another to keep lower-priced generic copies of brand-name drugs off the market.http://news.yahoo.com/senators-push-quicker-generic-drug-access-200556777.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 17:56:12 -0400Associated Presssenators-push-quicker-generic-drug-access-200556777<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weiner-not-dropping-nyc-mayoral-race-214142763.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/a8aPf9SnSvRhjGOrimy_kA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/84f9776f467e2118380f6a706700a526.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2011, file photo, Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin pose for photographs after the ceremonial swearing in of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Abedin, who was notably absent five months later when Weiner resigned his congressional seat and admitted sending lewd Twitter photos to women, has been a key player in his surging mayoral run. She?s appeared in his campaign launch video, raised tens of thousands of dollars and joined him on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2011, file photo, Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin pose for photographs after the ceremonial swearing in of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Abedin, who was notably absent five months later when Weiner resigned his congressional seat and admitted sending lewd Twitter photos to women, has been a key player in his surging mayoral run. She?s appeared in his campaign launch video, raised tens of thousands of dollars and joined him on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Anthony Weiner says he&#039;s not dropping out of the New York City mayoral race in light of newly revealed explicit online correspondence with a young woman.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/weiner-not-dropping-nyc-mayoral-race-214142763.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 17:51:10 -0400Associated Pressweiner-not-dropping-nyc-mayoral-race-214142763<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/weiner-not-dropping-nyc-mayoral-race-214142763.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/a8aPf9SnSvRhjGOrimy_kA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/84f9776f467e2118380f6a706700a526.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2011, file photo, Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin pose for photographs after the ceremonial swearing in of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Abedin, who was notably absent five months later when Weiner resigned his congressional seat and admitted sending lewd Twitter photos to women, has been a key player in his surging mayoral run. She?s appeared in his campaign launch video, raised tens of thousands of dollars and joined him on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2011, file photo, Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin pose for photographs after the ceremonial swearing in of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Abedin, who was notably absent five months later when Weiner resigned his congressional seat and admitted sending lewd Twitter photos to women, has been a key player in his surging mayoral run. She?s appeared in his campaign launch video, raised tens of thousands of dollars and joined him on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Anthony Weiner says he&#039;s not dropping out of the New York City mayoral race in light of newly revealed explicit online correspondence with a young woman.</p><br clear="all"/><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/what-republican-voters-want-from-their-leaders-in-photos-1373983715-slideshow/"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8JVXu1xV4DxtFvYEvlqqbw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-16/023c7245-cbf2-48ad-832b-4b200a01b83d_Jeff-Strange.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="What Republican voters want from their party&#039;s leadership, in photos" align="left" title="What Republican voters want from their party&#039;s leadership, in photos" border="0" /></a>By Jeff Strange, Chillicothe, Ohio There is a lot of meaning in a name. The GOP needs to make its foundational plank in its party platform to get America back to a &quot;Republican&quot; form of government. America was founded as a Constitutional Republic. A republic is founded on &quot;the rule of law,&quot; whereas a democracy is founded on &quot;the rule of the majority.&quot; We have allowed ourselves to disintegrate into the chaos of a democracy. Our founding fathers established our constitution to be an unchanging rock of law, that we were to follow regardless of whatever the current whims of the majority happen to be. Without embracing the constitution, both political parties end up making, enforcing, and executing unconstitutional laws. Republicans, be &quot;Republic&quot;an.<br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/what-republican-voters-want-from-their-leaders-in-photos-1373983715-slideshow/Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:13:41 -0400lightbox/what-republican-voters-want-from-their-leaders-in-photos-1373983715-slideshow/<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/what-republican-voters-want-from-their-leaders-in-photos-1373983715-slideshow/"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8JVXu1xV4DxtFvYEvlqqbw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-16/023c7245-cbf2-48ad-832b-4b200a01b83d_Jeff-Strange.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="What Republican voters want from their party&#039;s leadership, in photos" align="left" title="What Republican voters want from their party&#039;s leadership, in photos" border="0" /></a>By Jeff Strange, Chillicothe, Ohio There is a lot of meaning in a name. The GOP needs to make its foundational plank in its party platform to get America back to a &quot;Republican&quot; form of government. America was founded as a Constitutional Republic. A republic is founded on &quot;the rule of law,&quot; whereas a democracy is founded on &quot;the rule of the majority.&quot; We have allowed ourselves to disintegrate into the chaos of a democracy. Our founding fathers established our constitution to be an unchanging rock of law, that we were to follow regardless of whatever the current whims of the majority happen to be. Without embracing the constitution, both political parties end up making, enforcing, and executing unconstitutional laws. Republicans, be &quot;Republic&quot;an.<br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/royal-baby-arrives-same-day-mitt-romneys-22nd-160415693--abc-news-politics.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EVBCfiUh2.obmzqmvd2jxg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/HT_mitt_romney_grandchild_twitpic_jef_130723_16x9_992.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Royal Baby Arrives Same Day as Mitt Romney&#039;s 22nd Grandchild" align="left" title="Royal Baby Arrives Same Day as Mitt Romney&#039;s 22nd Grandchild" border="0" /></a>There were no grand gestures?and the media did not wait hours on end outside the hospital?s doors, but on Monday, the newest member of an American political dynasty was born?on the same day that the whole world was fixated on the birth of the royal...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/royal-baby-arrives-same-day-mitt-romneys-22nd-160415693--abc-news-politics.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 12:06:44 -0400ABC Newsroyal-baby-arrives-same-day-mitt-romneys-22nd-160415693--abc-news-politics<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/royal-baby-arrives-same-day-mitt-romneys-22nd-160415693--abc-news-politics.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EVBCfiUh2.obmzqmvd2jxg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/HT_mitt_romney_grandchild_twitpic_jef_130723_16x9_992.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Royal Baby Arrives Same Day as Mitt Romney&#039;s 22nd Grandchild" align="left" title="Royal Baby Arrives Same Day as Mitt Romney&#039;s 22nd Grandchild" border="0" /></a>There were no grand gestures?and the media did not wait hours on end outside the hospital?s doors, but on Monday, the newest member of an American political dynasty was born?on the same day that the whole world was fixated on the birth of the royal...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/7-jeopardy-blunders-obamas-top-consumer-watchdog-151509313--abc-news-politics.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5fquMcFQLHkbsy7LPOxN9Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/ap_richard_cordray_kb_130719_16x9_992.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="7 &#039;Jeopardy!&#039; Blunders By Obama&#039;s Top Consumer Watchdog" align="left" title="7 &#039;Jeopardy!&#039; Blunders By Obama&#039;s Top Consumer Watchdog" border="0" /></a>? This newly installed head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau waited two years for confirmation from the U.S. Senate. He also won ?Jeopardy!? five times in 1987, graduated from both Michigan and Oxford universities, and his last name derives from the French cor de...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/7-jeopardy-blunders-obamas-top-consumer-watchdog-151509313--abc-news-politics.htmlSat, 20 Jul 2013 11:15:09 -0400ABC News7-jeopardy-blunders-obamas-top-consumer-watchdog-151509313--abc-news-politics<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/7-jeopardy-blunders-obamas-top-consumer-watchdog-151509313--abc-news-politics.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5fquMcFQLHkbsy7LPOxN9Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/ap_richard_cordray_kb_130719_16x9_992.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="7 &#039;Jeopardy!&#039; Blunders By Obama&#039;s Top Consumer Watchdog" align="left" title="7 &#039;Jeopardy!&#039; Blunders By Obama&#039;s Top Consumer Watchdog" border="0" /></a>? This newly installed head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau waited two years for confirmation from the U.S. Senate. He also won ?Jeopardy!? five times in 1987, graduated from both Michigan and Oxford universities, and his last name derives from the French cor de...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/peter-king-says-hillary-clinton-destroy-rand-paul-122922836--abc-news-politics.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_ca9p6FlhqoeQcbv6O8YeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/ap_peter_king_mi_130718_16x9_992.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Peter King Says Hillary Clinton Would &#039;Destroy&#039; Rand Paul and Ted Cruz" align="left" title="Peter King Says Hillary Clinton Would &#039;Destroy&#039; Rand Paul and Ted Cruz" border="0" /></a>If you?re a 2016 GOP presidential hopeful, watch out for Rep. Peter King?s right hook. While discussing his boxing skills with ABC News? Rick Klein, King, R-N.Y., who has been talking up his potential presidential ambitions, took jabs at other possible 2016 contenders. ?I?m going...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/peter-king-says-hillary-clinton-destroy-rand-paul-122922836--abc-news-politics.htmlSat, 20 Jul 2013 08:29:22 -0400ABC Newspeter-king-says-hillary-clinton-destroy-rand-paul-122922836--abc-news-politics<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/peter-king-says-hillary-clinton-destroy-rand-paul-122922836--abc-news-politics.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_ca9p6FlhqoeQcbv6O8YeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/ap_peter_king_mi_130718_16x9_992.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Peter King Says Hillary Clinton Would &#039;Destroy&#039; Rand Paul and Ted Cruz" align="left" title="Peter King Says Hillary Clinton Would &#039;Destroy&#039; Rand Paul and Ted Cruz" border="0" /></a>If you?re a 2016 GOP presidential hopeful, watch out for Rep. Peter King?s right hook. While discussing his boxing skills with ABC News? Rick Klein, King, R-N.Y., who has been talking up his potential presidential ambitions, took jabs at other possible 2016 contenders. ?I?m going...</p><br clear="all"/>A Washington state man who illegally fired a shotgun blamed his action on a piece of advice doled out by Vice President Joe Biden earlier this year. ?I did what Joe Biden told me to do,? Jeffrey Barton told Washington affiliate KOIN. ?I went outside...http://news.yahoo.com/man-illegally-fires-gun-blames-biden-advice-154440250--abc-news-politics.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:44:40 -0400ABC Newsman-illegally-fires-gun-blames-biden-advice-154440250--abc-news-politics<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jimmy-carter-george-zimmerman-verdict-decision-215053026--abc-news-politics.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tnxWZlWdtZybW8cjZ3P0Lg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/AP_george_zimmerman_1_jt_130713_16x9_992.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Jimmy Carter on George Zimmerman Verdict: &#039;Right Decision&#039;" align="left" title="Jimmy Carter on George Zimmerman Verdict: &#039;Right Decision&#039;" border="0" /></a>Jimmy Carter says the jury made the right call in finding George Zimmerman not guilty. ?I think the jury made the right decision based on the evidence presented, because the prosecution inadvertently set the standard so high that the jury had to be convinced that...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/jimmy-carter-george-zimmerman-verdict-decision-215053026--abc-news-politics.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 19:04:44 -0400ABC Newsjimmy-carter-george-zimmerman-verdict-decision-215053026--abc-news-politics<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jimmy-carter-george-zimmerman-verdict-decision-215053026--abc-news-politics.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tnxWZlWdtZybW8cjZ3P0Lg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/AP_george_zimmerman_1_jt_130713_16x9_992.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Jimmy Carter on George Zimmerman Verdict: &#039;Right Decision&#039;" align="left" title="Jimmy Carter on George Zimmerman Verdict: &#039;Right Decision&#039;" border="0" /></a>Jimmy Carter says the jury made the right call in finding George Zimmerman not guilty. ?I think the jury made the right decision based on the evidence presented, because the prosecution inadvertently set the standard so high that the jury had to be convinced that...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/national-review-back-warning-white-people-black-people-220330124.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uDw3J5zbtZ_5OeWoyZQT8w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/National_Review_Is_Back_to-c5c0c084824cb1cb4df18a6154340139" width="130" height="86" alt="National Review Is Back to Warning White People About Black People" align="left" title="National Review Is Back to Warning White People About Black People" border="0" /></a>Fifteen months after?The National Review ended its relationship with longtime writer John Derbyshire for an essay he wrote for TakiMag.com in which he instructs his children to be afraid of black people, the conservative magazine?has published Victor Davis Hanson&#039;s version of the same article.?It is unlikely Hanson will meet the same fate as his former colleague.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/national-review-back-warning-white-people-black-people-220330124.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 18:03:30 -0400The Atlantic Wirenational-review-back-warning-white-people-black-people-220330124<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/national-review-back-warning-white-people-black-people-220330124.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uDw3J5zbtZ_5OeWoyZQT8w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/National_Review_Is_Back_to-c5c0c084824cb1cb4df18a6154340139" width="130" height="86" alt="National Review Is Back to Warning White People About Black People" align="left" title="National Review Is Back to Warning White People About Black People" border="0" /></a>Fifteen months after?The National Review ended its relationship with longtime writer John Derbyshire for an essay he wrote for TakiMag.com in which he instructs his children to be afraid of black people, the conservative magazine?has published Victor Davis Hanson&#039;s version of the same article.?It is unlikely Hanson will meet the same fate as his former colleague.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/larry-summers-makes-comeback-fed-chair-rumor-mill-215557171.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/x9_IfyDUKX72sk6ZVZUD6w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Larry_Summers_Makes_a_Comeback-24a3169274000a4195ea10df90ef014a" width="130" height="86" alt="Larry Summers Makes a Comeback in the Fed Chair Rumor Mill" align="left" title="Larry Summers Makes a Comeback in the Fed Chair Rumor Mill" border="0" /></a>After it was starting to look like the Fed might get its first female chief in Janet Yellen, reports are emerging that?Larry Summers is now the top pick to replace Ben?Bernanke?as Federal Reserve chief. That&#039;s Larry Summers, the former Treasury Secretary and Harvard President who insulted Cornel West so much that he left Harvard for Princeton, and who drew ire after floating the idea that the shortage of women at the top of science-based fields might be due to &quot;innate&quot; differences of aptitude between the sexes.?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/larry-summers-makes-comeback-fed-chair-rumor-mill-215557171.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 17:55:57 -0400The Atlantic Wirelarry-summers-makes-comeback-fed-chair-rumor-mill-215557171<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/larry-summers-makes-comeback-fed-chair-rumor-mill-215557171.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/x9_IfyDUKX72sk6ZVZUD6w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Larry_Summers_Makes_a_Comeback-24a3169274000a4195ea10df90ef014a" width="130" height="86" alt="Larry Summers Makes a Comeback in the Fed Chair Rumor Mill" align="left" title="Larry Summers Makes a Comeback in the Fed Chair Rumor Mill" border="0" /></a>After it was starting to look like the Fed might get its first female chief in Janet Yellen, reports are emerging that?Larry Summers is now the top pick to replace Ben?Bernanke?as Federal Reserve chief. That&#039;s Larry Summers, the former Treasury Secretary and Harvard President who insulted Cornel West so much that he left Harvard for Princeton, and who drew ire after floating the idea that the shortage of women at the top of science-based fields might be due to &quot;innate&quot; differences of aptitude between the sexes.?</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/adultery-sodomy-repaid-loans-whats-going-virginias-governors-202800538.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.tnd9.3ennWJS9ch4.Nd9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Adultery__Sodomy__and_Repaid_Loans-ce5bc682992bea89e1bf7d2b49959d13" width="130" height="86" alt="Adultery, Sodomy, and Repaid Loans: What&#039;s Going on in Virginia&#039;s Governor&#039;s Race?" align="left" title="Adultery, Sodomy, and Repaid Loans: What&#039;s Going on in Virginia&#039;s Governor&#039;s Race?" border="0" /></a>Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell just made life harder for state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican hoping to replace him. McDonnell, under fire for months over his acceptance of loans and gifts from a key campaign fundraiser, repaid over $100,000 and apologized. That move could shift the focus of that scandal back onto Cuccinelli, who received gifts from the same donor ??bad news for a campaign already trying to deal with downplaying the candidate&#039;s past push to outlaw certain sexual acts and, as reported on Tuesday, adultery.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/adultery-sodomy-repaid-loans-whats-going-virginias-governors-202800538.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 16:28:00 -0400The Atlantic Wireadultery-sodomy-repaid-loans-whats-going-virginias-governors-202800538<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/adultery-sodomy-repaid-loans-whats-going-virginias-governors-202800538.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.tnd9.3ennWJS9ch4.Nd9w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Adultery__Sodomy__and_Repaid_Loans-ce5bc682992bea89e1bf7d2b49959d13" width="130" height="86" alt="Adultery, Sodomy, and Repaid Loans: What&#039;s Going on in Virginia&#039;s Governor&#039;s Race?" align="left" title="Adultery, Sodomy, and Repaid Loans: What&#039;s Going on in Virginia&#039;s Governor&#039;s Race?" border="0" /></a>Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell just made life harder for state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican hoping to replace him. McDonnell, under fire for months over his acceptance of loans and gifts from a key campaign fundraiser, repaid over $100,000 and apologized. That move could shift the focus of that scandal back onto Cuccinelli, who received gifts from the same donor ??bad news for a campaign already trying to deal with downplaying the candidate&#039;s past push to outlaw certain sexual acts and, as reported on Tuesday, adultery.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/steve-wants-protect-border-cantaloupe-sized-calves-194253100.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/quDKkA_gqJwABl0hvjvk4w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Steve_Wants_to_Protect_the-f31b41af061ca7571a7eb9c280acb27c" width="130" height="86" alt="Steve Wants to Protect the Border from Cantaloupe-Sized Calves" align="left" title="Steve Wants to Protect the Border from Cantaloupe-Sized Calves" border="0" /></a>Are you still self-conscious about your beach body? Rep. Steve King has a workout for you! It&#039;s called the drug mule.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/steve-wants-protect-border-cantaloupe-sized-calves-194253100.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 15:42:53 -0400The Atlantic Wiresteve-wants-protect-border-cantaloupe-sized-calves-194253100<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/steve-wants-protect-border-cantaloupe-sized-calves-194253100.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/quDKkA_gqJwABl0hvjvk4w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Steve_Wants_to_Protect_the-f31b41af061ca7571a7eb9c280acb27c" width="130" height="86" alt="Steve Wants to Protect the Border from Cantaloupe-Sized Calves" align="left" title="Steve Wants to Protect the Border from Cantaloupe-Sized Calves" border="0" /></a>Are you still self-conscious about your beach body? Rep. Steve King has a workout for you! It&#039;s called the drug mule.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/steve-king-wants-protect-border-cantaloupe-sized-calves-194253149.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0xeye8P4W3QNx._PwCDjxA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Steve_King_Wants_to_Protect-f31b41af061ca7571a7eb9c280acb27c" width="130" height="86" alt="Steve King Wants to Protect the Border from Cantaloupe-Sized Calves" align="left" title="Steve King Wants to Protect the Border from Cantaloupe-Sized Calves" border="0" /></a>Are you still self-conscious about your beach body? Rep. Steve King has a workout for you! It&#039;s called the drug mule.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/steve-king-wants-protect-border-cantaloupe-sized-calves-194253149.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 15:42:53 -0400The Atlantic Wiresteve-king-wants-protect-border-cantaloupe-sized-calves-194253149<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/steve-king-wants-protect-border-cantaloupe-sized-calves-194253149.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0xeye8P4W3QNx._PwCDjxA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Steve_King_Wants_to_Protect-f31b41af061ca7571a7eb9c280acb27c" width="130" height="86" alt="Steve King Wants to Protect the Border from Cantaloupe-Sized Calves" align="left" title="Steve King Wants to Protect the Border from Cantaloupe-Sized Calves" border="0" /></a>Are you still self-conscious about your beach body? Rep. Steve King has a workout for you! It&#039;s called the drug mule.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michelle-obamas-gun-violence-project-unusual-first-lady-183100438.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SPJSO768LtIZKsa408UQWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Michelle_Obama_s_New_Gun_Violence-a124ee62d6a3fe4210598cea43b5cc07" width="130" height="86" alt="Michelle Obama&#039;s New Gun Violence Project Is Unusual for a First Lady" align="left" title="Michelle Obama&#039;s New Gun Violence Project Is Unusual for a First Lady" border="0" /></a>Michelle Obama is taking a break from getting our kids moving to focus on gun violence. It&#039;s a shift from something fairly non-controversial?everyone agrees childhood obesity is bad, right??to a topic slightly more serious than what past first ladies have taken up. The Associated Press reports?that she&#039;s combining gun violence with her overall efforts to help kids focus on completing their educations. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/michelle-obamas-gun-violence-project-unusual-first-lady-183100438.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 14:31:00 -0400The Atlantic Wiremichelle-obamas-gun-violence-project-unusual-first-lady-183100438<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michelle-obamas-gun-violence-project-unusual-first-lady-183100438.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/SPJSO768LtIZKsa408UQWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Michelle_Obama_s_New_Gun_Violence-a124ee62d6a3fe4210598cea43b5cc07" width="130" height="86" alt="Michelle Obama&#039;s New Gun Violence Project Is Unusual for a First Lady" align="left" title="Michelle Obama&#039;s New Gun Violence Project Is Unusual for a First Lady" border="0" /></a>Michelle Obama is taking a break from getting our kids moving to focus on gun violence. It&#039;s a shift from something fairly non-controversial?everyone agrees childhood obesity is bad, right??to a topic slightly more serious than what past first ladies have taken up. The Associated Press reports?that she&#039;s combining gun violence with her overall efforts to help kids focus on completing their educations. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/woman-claims-anthony-weiner-still-sexting-last-summer-165900030.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yqL89trPpNN96cRFhPkUxQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Woman_Claims_Anthony_Weiner_Was-6edd5dae7cc64be4c0742006ff892cbd" width="130" height="86" alt="Woman Claims Anthony Weiner Was Still Sexting Last Summer" align="left" title="Woman Claims Anthony Weiner Was Still Sexting Last Summer" border="0" /></a>Gossip website TheDirty.com claims to have acquired more sexually explicit online chats between Anthony Weiner and a young woman ??chats that the site claims took place after Weiner resigned from Congress in disgrace in 2011. The site claims Weiner used the laughable name &quot;Carlos Danger&quot; in some of his messages and sent sexually-charged messages as late as last summer. The Atlantic Wire called the Weiner campaign for comment; we&#039;re awaiting a response.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/woman-claims-anthony-weiner-still-sexting-last-summer-165900030.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 12:59:00 -0400The Atlantic Wirewoman-claims-anthony-weiner-still-sexting-last-summer-165900030<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/woman-claims-anthony-weiner-still-sexting-last-summer-165900030.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yqL89trPpNN96cRFhPkUxQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Woman_Claims_Anthony_Weiner_Was-6edd5dae7cc64be4c0742006ff892cbd" width="130" height="86" alt="Woman Claims Anthony Weiner Was Still Sexting Last Summer" align="left" title="Woman Claims Anthony Weiner Was Still Sexting Last Summer" border="0" /></a>Gossip website TheDirty.com claims to have acquired more sexually explicit online chats between Anthony Weiner and a young woman ??chats that the site claims took place after Weiner resigned from Congress in disgrace in 2011. The site claims Weiner used the laughable name &quot;Carlos Danger&quot; in some of his messages and sent sexually-charged messages as late as last summer. The Atlantic Wire called the Weiner campaign for comment; we&#039;re awaiting a response.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nsa-scrambles-defend-surveillance-tools-160428331.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LSD3M6vZCzk63R.vSQiFYQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/The_NSA_Scrambles_to_Defend-d5afbb53f5893a662dfd25e803bea682" width="130" height="86" alt="The NSA Scrambles to Defend Its Surveillance Tools" align="left" title="The NSA Scrambles to Defend Its Surveillance Tools" border="0" /></a>National Security Agency chief Keith Alexander is scrambling to bolster support for his agency&#039;s (recently renewed) ability to collect massive amounts of data on phone calls under the Patriot Act. The Huffington Post reports that Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland has issued an invitation to members of Congress to join Alexander for a briefing on the NSA&#039;s activity, meant as a response to an effort to cut funding for it.?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nsa-scrambles-defend-surveillance-tools-160428331.htmlTue, 23 Jul 2013 12:04:28 -0400The Atlantic Wirensa-scrambles-defend-surveillance-tools-160428331<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nsa-scrambles-defend-surveillance-tools-160428331.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LSD3M6vZCzk63R.vSQiFYQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/The_NSA_Scrambles_to_Defend-d5afbb53f5893a662dfd25e803bea682" width="130" height="86" alt="The NSA Scrambles to Defend Its Surveillance Tools" align="left" title="The NSA Scrambles to Defend Its Surveillance Tools" border="0" /></a>National Security Agency chief Keith Alexander is scrambling to bolster support for his agency&#039;s (recently renewed) ability to collect massive amounts of data on phone calls under the Patriot Act. The Huffington Post reports that Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland has issued an invitation to members of Congress to join Alexander for a briefing on the NSA&#039;s activity, meant as a response to an effort to cut funding for it.?</p><br clear="all"/>Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/politics

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