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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 reservedMon, 22 Jul 2013 10:49:54 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/politics/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spanish-pm-speak-corruption-case-144954521.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/e_2x38OoI.7D44radimvww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d10d468183394c18380f6a7067005d81.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Spain&#039;s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is lit by a sun ray as he walks underneath trees with Romania&#039;s Prime Minister Victor Ponta, not seen, before a meeting at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Monday, July 22, 2013. Opposition leaders called for Rajoy to explain himself before Parliament or face a censure vote. Rajoy brushed off demands he should resign after text messages emerged showing him comforting a former political party treasurer under investigation over a slush fund and secret Swiss bank accounts. The treasurer has claimed Rajoy took under-the-counter payments, accusations denied by Rajoy. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)" align="left" title="Spain&#039;s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is lit by a sun ray as he walks underneath trees with Romania&#039;s Prime Minister Victor Ponta, not seen, before a meeting at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Monday, July 22, 2013. Opposition leaders called for Rajoy to explain himself before Parliament or face a censure vote. Rajoy brushed off demands he should resign after text messages emerged showing him comforting a former political party treasurer under investigation over a slush fund and secret Swiss bank accounts. The treasurer has claimed Rajoy took under-the-counter payments, accusations denied by Rajoy. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)" border="0" /></a>MADRID (AP) ? Spain&#039;s prime minister will address Parliament on a slush-fund scandal that is rocking his ruling Popular Party after opposition parties threatened to present a no-confidence motion.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/spanish-pm-speak-corruption-case-144954521.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 10:49:54 -0400Associated Pressspanish-pm-speak-corruption-case-144954521<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spanish-pm-speak-corruption-case-144954521.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/e_2x38OoI.7D44radimvww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d10d468183394c18380f6a7067005d81.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Spain&#039;s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is lit by a sun ray as he walks underneath trees with Romania&#039;s Prime Minister Victor Ponta, not seen, before a meeting at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Monday, July 22, 2013. Opposition leaders called for Rajoy to explain himself before Parliament or face a censure vote. Rajoy brushed off demands he should resign after text messages emerged showing him comforting a former political party treasurer under investigation over a slush fund and secret Swiss bank accounts. The treasurer has claimed Rajoy took under-the-counter payments, accusations denied by Rajoy. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)" align="left" title="Spain&#039;s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is lit by a sun ray as he walks underneath trees with Romania&#039;s Prime Minister Victor Ponta, not seen, before a meeting at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Monday, July 22, 2013. Opposition leaders called for Rajoy to explain himself before Parliament or face a censure vote. Rajoy brushed off demands he should resign after text messages emerged showing him comforting a former political party treasurer under investigation over a slush fund and secret Swiss bank accounts. The treasurer has claimed Rajoy took under-the-counter payments, accusations denied by Rajoy. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)" border="0" /></a>MADRID (AP) ? Spain&#039;s prime minister will address Parliament on a slush-fund scandal that is rocking his ruling Popular Party after opposition parties threatened to present a no-confidence motion.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/voters-shifting-force-house-gop-keep-pace-073338401.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PzFQ9yFY3KMXKCSz41njFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/aee4865f819a4518380f6a706700076f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this July 17, 2013, file photo, Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., center, and Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., right, chairman of the House Education Committee, walk to the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote to delay the individual and employer mandates of President Barack Obama&#039;s signature health care law, at the Capitol in Washington. It&#039;s the 38th time the GOP majority has tried to eliminate, defund or scale back the program since Republicans took control of the House in January 2011. House Republicans feel growing pressure to steer firmly right on some big issues, thanks to changes in primary-election politics that are complicating Congress&#039; ability to solve big problems. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this July 17, 2013, file photo, Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., center, and Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., right, chairman of the House Education Committee, walk to the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote to delay the individual and employer mandates of President Barack Obama&#039;s signature health care law, at the Capitol in Washington. It&#039;s the 38th time the GOP majority has tried to eliminate, defund or scale back the program since Republicans took control of the House in January 2011. House Republicans feel growing pressure to steer firmly right on some big issues, thanks to changes in primary-election politics that are complicating Congress&#039; ability to solve big problems. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? House Republicans feel growing pressure to steer firmly right on key issues, thanks to changes in primary-election politics that are complicating Congress&#039; ability to solve big problems.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/voters-shifting-force-house-gop-keep-pace-073338401.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 10:48:27 -0400Associated Pressvoters-shifting-force-house-gop-keep-pace-073338401<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/voters-shifting-force-house-gop-keep-pace-073338401.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PzFQ9yFY3KMXKCSz41njFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/aee4865f819a4518380f6a706700076f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this July 17, 2013, file photo, Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., center, and Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., right, chairman of the House Education Committee, walk to the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote to delay the individual and employer mandates of President Barack Obama&#039;s signature health care law, at the Capitol in Washington. It&#039;s the 38th time the GOP majority has tried to eliminate, defund or scale back the program since Republicans took control of the House in January 2011. House Republicans feel growing pressure to steer firmly right on some big issues, thanks to changes in primary-election politics that are complicating Congress&#039; ability to solve big problems. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this July 17, 2013, file photo, Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., center, and Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., right, chairman of the House Education Committee, walk to the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote to delay the individual and employer mandates of President Barack Obama&#039;s signature health care law, at the Capitol in Washington. It&#039;s the 38th time the GOP majority has tried to eliminate, defund or scale back the program since Republicans took control of the House in January 2011. House Republicans feel growing pressure to steer firmly right on some big issues, thanks to changes in primary-election politics that are complicating Congress&#039; ability to solve big problems. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? House Republicans feel growing pressure to steer firmly right on key issues, thanks to changes in primary-election politics that are complicating Congress&#039; ability to solve big problems.</p><br clear="all"/>WASHINGTON (AP) ? The government is expanding the ways airline passengers can enroll in an expedited screening program that allows travelers to leave on their shoes, light outerwear and belts and keep laptop computers in cases at security checkpoints.http://news.yahoo.com/tsa-expands-faster-screening-more-travelers-212055922.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 09:38:16 -0400Associated Presstsa-expands-faster-screening-more-travelers-212055922<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-meet-pro-white-house-outside-group-072711464.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pim37GQso3uwS0rRWKWj9Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/77cc98ee45741c18380f6a706700dde3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama delivers inaugural address during the 57th Presidential Inauguration on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington. Obama outlined the liberal vision for his new term, which included protecting children from gun violence, tackling climate change and reducing the deficit while bolstering government programs to help the poor and vulnerable. Time since then has showcased the political limits of some of those ambitions. The result has been an uneven and sometimes disjointed start to what could arguably be the most important year of Obama&#039;s second term. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama delivers inaugural address during the 57th Presidential Inauguration on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington. Obama outlined the liberal vision for his new term, which included protecting children from gun violence, tackling climate change and reducing the deficit while bolstering government programs to help the poor and vulnerable. Time since then has showcased the political limits of some of those ambitions. The result has been an uneven and sometimes disjointed start to what could arguably be the most important year of Obama&#039;s second term. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama is meeting Monday with his most loyal supporters to discuss ways to promote his agenda on issues like immigration reform and the economy as lawmakers prepare to return home for their annual summer break.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/obama-meet-pro-white-house-outside-group-072711464.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 09:27:58 -0400Associated Pressobama-meet-pro-white-house-outside-group-072711464<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-meet-pro-white-house-outside-group-072711464.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pim37GQso3uwS0rRWKWj9Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/77cc98ee45741c18380f6a706700dde3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama delivers inaugural address during the 57th Presidential Inauguration on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington. Obama outlined the liberal vision for his new term, which included protecting children from gun violence, tackling climate change and reducing the deficit while bolstering government programs to help the poor and vulnerable. Time since then has showcased the political limits of some of those ambitions. The result has been an uneven and sometimes disjointed start to what could arguably be the most important year of Obama&#039;s second term. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama delivers inaugural address during the 57th Presidential Inauguration on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington. Obama outlined the liberal vision for his new term, which included protecting children from gun violence, tackling climate change and reducing the deficit while bolstering government programs to help the poor and vulnerable. Time since then has showcased the political limits of some of those ambitions. The result has been an uneven and sometimes disjointed start to what could arguably be the most important year of Obama&#039;s second term. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool)" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama is meeting Monday with his most loyal supporters to discuss ways to promote his agenda on issues like immigration reform and the economy as lawmakers prepare to return home for their annual summer break.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/portuguese-markets-cheer-govt-crisis-defused-122448649.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/w10Pi0.INUMnH5Y4AgBfWA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5605989f65e93c18380f6a706700216b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Portugal&#039;s President Anibal Cavaco Silva addresses the country from the Belem presidential palace in Lisbon Sunday, July 21 2013. Cavaco Silva had asked the government to reach a consensus with the Socialist Party, the main opposition party, but on Friday Socialist leader Antonio Jose Seguro said his party had left the talks. The president announced that he won&#039;t call elections. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)" align="left" title="Portugal&#039;s President Anibal Cavaco Silva addresses the country from the Belem presidential palace in Lisbon Sunday, July 21 2013. Cavaco Silva had asked the government to reach a consensus with the Socialist Party, the main opposition party, but on Friday Socialist leader Antonio Jose Seguro said his party had left the talks. The president announced that he won&#039;t call elections. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)" border="0" /></a>LISBON, Portugal (AP) ? Portuguese financial markets cheered on Monday the decision to allow the fragile coalition government to remain in charge, eliminating for now the prospect of snap elections and more political uncertainty.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/portuguese-markets-cheer-govt-crisis-defused-122448649.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 08:24:48 -0400Associated Pressportuguese-markets-cheer-govt-crisis-defused-122448649<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/portuguese-markets-cheer-govt-crisis-defused-122448649.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/w10Pi0.INUMnH5Y4AgBfWA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5605989f65e93c18380f6a706700216b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Portugal&#039;s President Anibal Cavaco Silva addresses the country from the Belem presidential palace in Lisbon Sunday, July 21 2013. Cavaco Silva had asked the government to reach a consensus with the Socialist Party, the main opposition party, but on Friday Socialist leader Antonio Jose Seguro said his party had left the talks. The president announced that he won&#039;t call elections. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)" align="left" title="Portugal&#039;s President Anibal Cavaco Silva addresses the country from the Belem presidential palace in Lisbon Sunday, July 21 2013. Cavaco Silva had asked the government to reach a consensus with the Socialist Party, the main opposition party, but on Friday Socialist leader Antonio Jose Seguro said his party had left the talks. The president announced that he won&#039;t call elections. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)" border="0" /></a>LISBON, Portugal (AP) ? Portuguese financial markets cheered on Monday the decision to allow the fragile coalition government to remain in charge, eliminating for now the prospect of snap elections and more political uncertainty.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/helen-thomas----a-reporter-who--stood-there--for-those-who-couldn-t--141857666.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/u10Hpsk5DOsKbki_R85GGw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-20T143033Z_514995414_GM1DTEMULJAA_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-HELENTHOMAS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of US President Bush greeting veteran reporter Thomas during visit to the last-ever briefing from the press briefing room of the White House in Washington" align="left" title="File photo of US President Bush greeting veteran reporter Thomas during visit to the last-ever briefing from the press briefing room of the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>Helen Thomas stood there. She stood in the front row as long as they let her. She asked the first question at the press conferences as long as they let her, too.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/helen-thomas----a-reporter-who--stood-there--for-those-who-couldn-t--141857666.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 10:18:57 -0400helen-thomas----a-reporter-who--stood-there--for-those-who-couldn-t--141857666<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/helen-thomas----a-reporter-who--stood-there--for-those-who-couldn-t--141857666.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/u10Hpsk5DOsKbki_R85GGw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-20T143033Z_514995414_GM1DTEMULJAA_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-HELENTHOMAS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="File photo of US President Bush greeting veteran reporter Thomas during visit to the last-ever briefing from the press briefing room of the White House in Washington" align="left" title="File photo of US President Bush greeting veteran reporter Thomas during visit to the last-ever briefing from the press briefing room of the White House in Washington" border="0" /></a>Helen Thomas stood there. She stood in the front row as long as they let her. She asked the first question at the press conferences as long as they let her, too.</p><br clear="all"/>?It is unbelievably quiet here,? says Scott Brennan, the interim chairman of Democratic Party of Iowa. ?There?s nothing. It?s just deadly still.?http://news.yahoo.com/republican-presidential-hopefuls-flood-iowa--but-democrats-are-scarce--141258652.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 10:12:58 -0400republican-presidential-hopefuls-flood-iowa--but-democrats-are-scarce--141258652<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/-stop-hillary--pac-prepares-for-2016-140322371.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mLqhNdB.oIESV1DihQ1OLA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-22/09467149-43f6-462d-b01f-0f137d12a43a_Clinton.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Hillary Clinton" align="left" title="Hillary Clinton" border="0" /></a>Hillary Clinton hasn&#039;t announced whether she&#039;ll run for president, but one political action committee has already ramped up efforts to stop her.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/-stop-hillary--pac-prepares-for-2016-140322371.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 10:03:21 -0400-stop-hillary--pac-prepares-for-2016-140322371<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/-stop-hillary--pac-prepares-for-2016-140322371.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mLqhNdB.oIESV1DihQ1OLA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-07-22/09467149-43f6-462d-b01f-0f137d12a43a_Clinton.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Hillary Clinton" align="left" title="Hillary Clinton" border="0" /></a>Hillary Clinton hasn&#039;t announced whether she&#039;ll run for president, but one political action committee has already ramped up efforts to stop her.</p><br clear="all"/>Looking to retake the initiative on Americans? No. 1 concern, President Barack Obama this week will deliver three speeches on the economy.http://news.yahoo.com/obama-to-press-congress-to-act-on-economy--205050902.htmlSun, 21 Jul 2013 16:50:50 -0400obama-to-press-congress-to-act-on-economy--205050902<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mccain-backs-obama-s-call-for--stand-your-ground--review-153105503.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KQJnHMOHfAnlKk.Imy7C0w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/88d50c1c423f9518190f6a706700f443.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this March 28, 2012 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCain was the toast of the Republican convention four years ago, the GOP&#039;s comeback kid crowned as the party&#039;s presidential nominee. He&#039;ll attend the 2012 party celebration Wednesday but won&#039;t stay for long. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this March 28, 2012 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCain was the toast of the Republican convention four years ago, the GOP&#039;s comeback kid crowned as the party&#039;s presidential nominee. He&#039;ll attend the 2012 party celebration Wednesday but won&#039;t stay for long. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)" border="0" /></a>Sen. John McCain is backing President Barack Obama&#039;s call for &quot;stand your ground&quot; laws in Florida and other states to be re-examined in the wake of the George Zimmerman case.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mccain-backs-obama-s-call-for--stand-your-ground--review-153105503.htmlSun, 21 Jul 2013 11:31:05 -0400mccain-backs-obama-s-call-for--stand-your-ground--review-153105503<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mccain-backs-obama-s-call-for--stand-your-ground--review-153105503.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KQJnHMOHfAnlKk.Imy7C0w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/88d50c1c423f9518190f6a706700f443.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this March 28, 2012 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCain was the toast of the Republican convention four years ago, the GOP&#039;s comeback kid crowned as the party&#039;s presidential nominee. He&#039;ll attend the 2012 party celebration Wednesday but won&#039;t stay for long. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this March 28, 2012 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCain was the toast of the Republican convention four years ago, the GOP&#039;s comeback kid crowned as the party&#039;s presidential nominee. He&#039;ll attend the 2012 party celebration Wednesday but won&#039;t stay for long. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)" border="0" /></a>Sen. John McCain is backing President Barack Obama&#039;s call for &quot;stand your ground&quot; laws in Florida and other states to be re-examined in the wake of the George Zimmerman case.</p><br clear="all"/>In a joint military exercise with Australia last week, the U.S. Navy dropped four unarmed bombs on the Great Barrier Reef (that thing that's endangered and can be seen from space). None exploded.http://news.yahoo.com/u-accidentally-drops-2-000-lbs-bombs-great-104501027.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 07:11:13 -0400National Journalu-accidentally-drops-2-000-lbs-bombs-great-104501027The Panamanian government on Sunday announced that two MiG fighter planes had been discovered in the hold of the North Korean freighter it seized earlier this month as the ship attempted to pass through the Panama Canal, Reuters reported.?The Soviet-era supersonic jets have already been claimed by Cuba, which said it struck a deal with Pyongyang to transport the planes and other obsolete weaponry, including radar components, to North Korea for repairs and eventual repatriation back to the Caribbean nation. ...http://news.yahoo.com/panama-n-korean-ship-cargo-included-soviet-era-110206599.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 07:02:06 -0400National Journalpanama-n-korean-ship-cargo-included-soviet-era-110206599WASHINGTON -- Syria?s Western-backed opposition group on Monday accused President Bashar Assad?s forces of using chemical arms to attack a Palestinian enclave of Damascus.http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-forces-accused-gassing-palestinian-district-damascus-110204526.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 07:02:04 -0400National Journalsyrian-forces-accused-gassing-palestinian-district-damascus-110204526Yes, Helen Thomas was ornery, at times curmudgeonly and not the most subtle of White House correspondents. Yes, she was a much-admired gender trailblazer in an overwhelmingly white-guys profession a half-century ago. And yes, she had a blind spot for the Palestinians and an antipathy towards Israel that ultimately proved her career undoing three years ago.But make no mistake: more than any other White House journalist of her era, Helen is responsible for turning the daily White House briefing into an appropriately adversarial institution. ...http://news.yahoo.com/helen-thomas-changed-white-house-press-corps-better-092630384.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 05:26:30 -0400National Journalhelen-thomas-changed-white-house-press-corps-better-092630384The circus surrounding the coming spawn of the U.K's Prince William and Kate Middleton isn't just a global womb-watch. It's also estimated to bring $380 million into the U.K.'s economy. And even though the country's economic growth has ticked up a bit of late, Britain could still use the help.http://news.yahoo.com/kate-middleton-giving-birth-nearly-400-million-economic-090401382.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 05:17:09 -0400National Journalkate-middleton-giving-birth-nearly-400-million-economic-090401382<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/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"/>If it were up to one U.S. senator, the U.S. Olympic team won?t be going for the bronze, silver, or gold in the Winter Olympic Games in Russia in 2014. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Tuesday that the U.S. should send a clear message to...http://news.yahoo.com/u-boycott-russian-olympics-over-snowden-162205855--abc-news-politics.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 14:36:02 -0400ABC Newsu-boycott-russian-olympics-over-snowden-162205855--abc-news-politicsThe story of a new heir in Great Britain has Americans abuzz about royalty again. But there are few signs than anyone in the former Colonies wants the monarchy back, for some good historical reasons.http://news.yahoo.com/despite-royal-buzz-americans-still-pass-monarchy-145209535.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 11:16:07 -0400National Constitution Centerdespite-royal-buzz-americans-still-pass-monarchy-145209535The latest legal defeat for big TV broadcasters against the start-up company Aereo could lead to a Supreme Court showdown over your ability to get free television signals.http://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-could-decide-future-broadcast-television-101807395.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 10:00:54 -0400National Constitution Centersupreme-court-could-decide-future-broadcast-television-101807395<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nsa-using-cell-phone-data-drone-civilians-pakistan-135254073.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JfiCcF3QH_l4lVgro.nLrg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/How_the_NSA_is_Using-77cbce37b65a90732eed324521114f41" width="130" height="86" alt="How the NSA is Using Cell Phone Data to Drone Civilians (In Pakistan)" align="left" title="How the NSA is Using Cell Phone Data to Drone Civilians (In Pakistan)" border="0" /></a>In late 2001, a National Security Agency analyst was asked to do something unusual. Instead of locating a target&#039;s cell phone to eavesdrop on his conversation, the analyst was asked for the phone&#039;s location in real-time. It was apparently the beginning of the NSA&#039;s role in the CIA&#039;s drone operations that, a new report compiled by Pakistan suggests, had killed nearly 200 civilians by 2009.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nsa-using-cell-phone-data-drone-civilians-pakistan-135254073.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 09:52:54 -0400The Atlantic Wirensa-using-cell-phone-data-drone-civilians-pakistan-135254073<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nsa-using-cell-phone-data-drone-civilians-pakistan-135254073.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JfiCcF3QH_l4lVgro.nLrg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/How_the_NSA_is_Using-77cbce37b65a90732eed324521114f41" width="130" height="86" alt="How the NSA is Using Cell Phone Data to Drone Civilians (In Pakistan)" align="left" title="How the NSA is Using Cell Phone Data to Drone Civilians (In Pakistan)" border="0" /></a>In late 2001, a National Security Agency analyst was asked to do something unusual. Instead of locating a target&#039;s cell phone to eavesdrop on his conversation, the analyst was asked for the phone&#039;s location in real-time. It was apparently the beginning of the NSA&#039;s role in the CIA&#039;s drone operations that, a new report compiled by Pakistan suggests, had killed nearly 200 civilians by 2009.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mitch-mcconnells-republican-challenger-matt-bevin-enter-race-134659082.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/S4VB7.eXPKkZL3v0QTsBww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Mitch_McConnell_s_Republican_Challenger_Matt-4d807ef3b184974baca2c2af0e87a01d" width="130" height="86" alt="Mitch McConnell&#039;s Republican Challenger Matt Bevin Is About to Enter the Race" align="left" title="Mitch McConnell&#039;s Republican Challenger Matt Bevin Is About to Enter the Race" border="0" /></a>Mitch McConnell ? the Senate Minority Leader and who has led Senate Republicans&#039; efforts to block President Obama&#039;s agenda the last four years ? will be challenged from the right in the Republican primary in 2014. Kentucky businessman Matt Bevin will announce his candidacy on Wednesday, The Daily Caller&#039;s Alex Pappas reports, and will make eight campaign stops across the state. The group Matt Bevin for Senate has reserved ad time on Kentucky television starting this week, Politico&#039;s Alexander Burns reports.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mitch-mcconnells-republican-challenger-matt-bevin-enter-race-134659082.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 09:46:59 -0400The Atlantic Wiremitch-mcconnells-republican-challenger-matt-bevin-enter-race-134659082<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mitch-mcconnells-republican-challenger-matt-bevin-enter-race-134659082.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/S4VB7.eXPKkZL3v0QTsBww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Mitch_McConnell_s_Republican_Challenger_Matt-4d807ef3b184974baca2c2af0e87a01d" width="130" height="86" alt="Mitch McConnell&#039;s Republican Challenger Matt Bevin Is About to Enter the Race" align="left" title="Mitch McConnell&#039;s Republican Challenger Matt Bevin Is About to Enter the Race" border="0" /></a>Mitch McConnell ? the Senate Minority Leader and who has led Senate Republicans&#039; efforts to block President Obama&#039;s agenda the last four years ? will be challenged from the right in the Republican primary in 2014. Kentucky businessman Matt Bevin will announce his candidacy on Wednesday, The Daily Caller&#039;s Alex Pappas reports, and will make eight campaign stops across the state. The group Matt Bevin for Senate has reserved ad time on Kentucky television starting this week, Politico&#039;s Alexander Burns reports.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/senate-immigration-reform-supporters-push-lobbyists-target-house-133059367.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xu83zdPjsx5q_87YCtpJjw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Senate_Immigration_Reform_Supporters_Push-5c35690efeb441269c53257f1b13c935" width="130" height="86" alt="Senate Immigration Reform Supporters Push Lobbyists to Target House GOP" align="left" title="Senate Immigration Reform Supporters Push Lobbyists to Target House GOP" border="0" /></a>John McCain and his fellow immigration gangsters called about 50 business lobbyists to the Capitol with a simple message: Pony up and fight. Delivering some of his famous ?straight talk,? McCain told them they weren?t spending enough money and were losing the battle for comprehensive immigration reform. What?s needed, McCain said, was a national, coordinated campaign to push the House to act on immigration reform.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/senate-immigration-reform-supporters-push-lobbyists-target-house-133059367.htmlMon, 22 Jul 2013 09:30:59 -0400The Atlantic Wiresenate-immigration-reform-supporters-push-lobbyists-target-house-133059367<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/senate-immigration-reform-supporters-push-lobbyists-target-house-133059367.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xu83zdPjsx5q_87YCtpJjw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Senate_Immigration_Reform_Supporters_Push-5c35690efeb441269c53257f1b13c935" width="130" height="86" alt="Senate Immigration Reform Supporters Push Lobbyists to Target House GOP" align="left" title="Senate Immigration Reform Supporters Push Lobbyists to Target House GOP" border="0" /></a>John McCain and his fellow immigration gangsters called about 50 business lobbyists to the Capitol with a simple message: Pony up and fight. Delivering some of his famous ?straight talk,? McCain told them they weren?t spending enough money and were losing the battle for comprehensive immigration reform. What?s needed, McCain said, was a national, coordinated campaign to push the House to act on immigration reform.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/report-scalia-approaches-godwins-law-judicial-activism-033034521.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zHK.hsleCJbxzFi7e1nYJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Report_Scalia_Approaches_Godwin_s_Law-17f5ace7d6241eb02672163458db5a74" width="130" height="86" alt="Report: Scalia Approaches Godwin&#039;s Law on Judicial Activism" align="left" title="Report: Scalia Approaches Godwin&#039;s Law on Judicial Activism" border="0" /></a>Eventually, as Godwin&#039;s law scholars are well aware, any online discussion will produce a comparison to Hitler or the Nazis. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia reportedly expanded Godwin&#039;s reach to?Snowmass Village, Colorado, on Saturday by dropping what sounds like a somewhat oblique reference to Nazi Germany to drive home a point he was making to the Utah State Bar Association against what opponents refer to as &quot;judicial activism.&quot;?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/report-scalia-approaches-godwins-law-judicial-activism-033034521.htmlSun, 21 Jul 2013 23:30:34 -0400The Atlantic Wirereport-scalia-approaches-godwins-law-judicial-activism-033034521<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/report-scalia-approaches-godwins-law-judicial-activism-033034521.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zHK.hsleCJbxzFi7e1nYJQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Report_Scalia_Approaches_Godwin_s_Law-17f5ace7d6241eb02672163458db5a74" width="130" height="86" alt="Report: Scalia Approaches Godwin&#039;s Law on Judicial Activism" align="left" title="Report: Scalia Approaches Godwin&#039;s Law on Judicial Activism" border="0" /></a>Eventually, as Godwin&#039;s law scholars are well aware, any online discussion will produce a comparison to Hitler or the Nazis. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia reportedly expanded Godwin&#039;s reach to?Snowmass Village, Colorado, on Saturday by dropping what sounds like a somewhat oblique reference to Nazi Germany to drive home a point he was making to the Utah State Bar Association against what opponents refer to as &quot;judicial activism.&quot;?</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mccain-goes-stand-ground-cruz-avoids-2016-talk-195257310.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1uhNXM.B.4.UHTTNvRWE_w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/McCain_Goes_After__Stand_Your-da49c578e389306445a252c0c8c63ceb" width="130" height="86" alt="McCain Goes After &#039;Stand Your Ground&#039;; Cruz Avoids 2016 Talk" align="left" title="McCain Goes After &#039;Stand Your Ground&#039;; Cruz Avoids 2016 Talk" border="0" /></a>Arizona Sen. John McCain said he wants states to review &quot;stand your ground&quot; laws after the George Zimmerman acquittal during his appearance on CNN&#039;s State of the Union. And yes, he wants his home state to review the law, too. &quot;I can also see that Stand Your Ground laws may be something that needs to be reviewed by the Florida legislature or any other legislature that has passed such legislation,&quot; McCain said Sunday morning. When asked by host Candy Crowley if his advice applies to Arizona too, McCain said it did. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/mccain-goes-stand-ground-cruz-avoids-2016-talk-195257310.htmlSun, 21 Jul 2013 15:52:57 -0400The Atlantic Wiremccain-goes-stand-ground-cruz-avoids-2016-talk-195257310<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mccain-goes-stand-ground-cruz-avoids-2016-talk-195257310.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1uhNXM.B.4.UHTTNvRWE_w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/McCain_Goes_After__Stand_Your-da49c578e389306445a252c0c8c63ceb" width="130" height="86" alt="McCain Goes After &#039;Stand Your Ground&#039;; Cruz Avoids 2016 Talk" align="left" title="McCain Goes After &#039;Stand Your Ground&#039;; Cruz Avoids 2016 Talk" border="0" /></a>Arizona Sen. John McCain said he wants states to review &quot;stand your ground&quot; laws after the George Zimmerman acquittal during his appearance on CNN&#039;s State of the Union. And yes, he wants his home state to review the law, too. &quot;I can also see that Stand Your Ground laws may be something that needs to be reviewed by the Florida legislature or any other legislature that has passed such legislation,&quot; McCain said Sunday morning. When asked by host Candy Crowley if his advice applies to Arizona too, McCain said it did. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tipping-point-war-leaks-154027906.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7OFzU1n.D69DCXtaxi8FgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/The_Tipping_Point_in_the-13be63108011d552ba0ade4807c0c02a" width="130" height="86" alt="The Tipping Point in the War on Leaks" align="left" title="The Tipping Point in the War on Leaks" border="0" /></a>The United States government has faced criticism for its aggressive war against classified information leaks from within its normally well-secured walls. But there was a tipping point, just after Obama took office, when the administration decided something must be done about leaks.?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/tipping-point-war-leaks-154027906.htmlSun, 21 Jul 2013 11:40:27 -0400The Atlantic Wiretipping-point-war-leaks-154027906<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/tipping-point-war-leaks-154027906.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7OFzU1n.D69DCXtaxi8FgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/The_Tipping_Point_in_the-13be63108011d552ba0ade4807c0c02a" width="130" height="86" alt="The Tipping Point in the War on Leaks" align="left" title="The Tipping Point in the War on Leaks" border="0" /></a>The United States government has faced criticism for its aggressive war against classified information leaks from within its normally well-secured walls. But there was a tipping point, just after Obama took office, when the administration decided something must be done about leaks.?</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/remembering-helen-thomas-165906250.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fkzJyaSGttu02DJdC7Xumw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Remembering_Helen_Thomas-7d65723b71ddbf707703a8492c151dec" width="130" height="86" alt="Remembering Helen Thomas" align="left" title="Remembering Helen Thomas" border="0" /></a>Tributes have started rolling in for Helen Thomas, one of the first women to break into Washington&#039;s notoriously (to this day)?male-dominated press corps.?Her death was announced on Saturday by the Gridiron Club. 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