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John M. Broder / New York Times:
Lawmaker Quits After He Pleads Guilty to Bribes  —  LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28 - Representative Randy Cunningham, a Republican from San Diego, resigned from Congress on Monday, hours after pleading guilty to taking at least $2.4 million in bribes to help friends and campaign contributors win military contracts.
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Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
A Growing Wariness About Money in Politics  —  For several years now, corporations and other wealthy interests have made ever-larger campaign contributions, gifts and sponsored trips part of the culture of Capitol Hill.  But now, with fresh guilty pleas by a lawmaker and a public relations executive …
Washington Post:
Congressman Admits Taking Bribes, Resigns  —  Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.) resigned from Congress yesterday after tearfully confessing to evading taxes and conspiring to pocket $2.4 million in bribes, including a Rolls-Royce, a yacht and a 19th-century Louis-Philippe commode.
Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
San Diego-area Rep. Cunningham pleads guilty to bribery, resigns
Discussion: Nitpicker
White House:
President Discusses Border Security and Immigration Reform in Arizona  —  Fact Sheet: Securing America Through Immigration Reform  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all.  Please be seated.  Thank you for the warm welcome.  It is such a pleasure to be back in Arizona, and it's great to be here in Tucson.
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Case Reopens Abortion Issue for Justices  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 - When the Supreme Court meets on Wednesday to hear its first abortion case in five years, the topic will be familiar: a requirement that doctors notify a pregnant teenager's parent before performing an abortion.
Discussion: Feministe and PoliBlog
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Associated Press:
High Court Stands Behind Public Punishment
Discussion: The Heretik and ACSBlog
Washington Post:
'86 Alito Memo Argues Against Foreigners' Rights  —  Work for Justice Dept. Points to Views That May Affect Anti-Terrorism Rulings on High Court  —  As a senior lawyer in the Reagan Justice Department, Samuel A. Alito Jr. argued that immigrants who enter the United States illegally …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Michael / Petrelis Files:
Justice Dept: 470 Pages of Alito Files for 180 Minutes of Examination
Discussion: AGITPROP
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Alito Memos Supported Expanding Police Powers
Discussion: Wonkette
Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Sunnis Accuse Iraqi Military of Kidnappings and Slayings  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 28 - As the American military pushes the largely Shiite Iraqi security services into a larger role in combating the insurgency, evidence has begun to mount suggesting that the Iraqi forces are carrying out executions in predominantly Sunni neighborhoods.
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Solomon Moore / Los Angeles Times:
Killings Linked to Shiite Squads in Iraqi Police Force  —  With loyalties to banned paramilitary groups, the fighters have kidnapped, tortured and slain Sunnis, officials and witnesses say.  —  BAGHDAD — Shiite Muslim militia members have infiltrated Iraq's police force and are carrying …
Discussion: Billmon
Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
Ex-Powell Aide Criticizes Bush on Iraq  —  WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell's chief of staff says President Bush was "too aloof, too distant from the details" of post-war planning, allowing underlings to exploit Bush's detachment and make bad decisions.
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Campbell Clark / Globe and Mail:
Tough sledding for Liberals  —  Paul Martin's Liberals enter an election campaign six percentage points ahead of the Conservatives, but losing ground in Ontario and facing an increased desire for a change of government, a new poll shows.  —  Canadians, especially Ontarians …
Discussion: The Reaction and Peaktalk
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Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
Miami Police Take New Tack Against Terror  —  MIAMI - Miami police announced Monday they will stage random shows of force at hotels, banks and other public places to keep terrorists guessing and remind people to be vigilant.  —  Deputy Police Chief Frank Fernandez said officers might …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Labor's Lost Story  —  Decades ago, Walter Reuther, the storied head of the United Auto Workers union, was taken on a tour of an automated factory by a Ford Motor Co. executive.  —  Somewhat gleefully, the Ford honcho told the legendary union leader: "You know, not one of these machines pays dues to the UAW."
Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Time Reporter Called a Key to Rove's Defense In Leak Probe  —  The reporter for Time magazine who recently agreed to testify in the CIA leak case is central to White House senior adviser Karl Rove's effort to fend off an indictment in the two-year-old investigation, according to two people familiar with the situation.
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Power to the People  —  Washington policy makers stand in the way of sensible energy policies.  —  After Hurricane Katrina temporarily knocked out 30% of America's oil refinery capacity and caused gasoline prices to spike, it became dramatically obvious that the nation needed to build …
Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
Vice President's Office Keeps Travel Expenses Under Wraps  —  Open-government advocates say that Vice President Cheney is to executive branch secrecy what darkness is to the night.  —  In 2001, Cheney famously refused to disclose the names of oil company executives and others who attended meetings …
Lorie Byrd / Townhall.com:
Set the Record Straight on Iraq  —  This month, the president finally began to fight back against the Democrats' claims that he lied about pre-war intelligence and misled the country into war in Iraq.  —  The issues that the president has addressed—the accusation that he lied …
Gary Emerling / Washington Times:
No more 'holiday' trees at Capitol  —  House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert has told federal officials that the lighted, decorated tree on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol — known in recent years as the "Holiday Tree" — should be renamed the "Capitol Christmas Tree," as it was called until the late 1990s.

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Scott Johnson / Weekly Standard:
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Renae Merle / Washington Post:
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Discussion: AMERICAblog and Eric Umansky
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Daniel Trotta / Reuters:
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