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4:05 PM ET, April 25, 2006

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John Byrne / rawstory.com:
Democrats will propose eliminating federal gas taxes for sixty days; 18 cents a gallon  —  Mulling proposal to give feds more power to target price gougers  —  Democrats are set to introduce a measure that would create a "federal gas tax holiday" by eliminating the federal tax on gas and diesel for sixty days, RAW STORY has learned.
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Eases Environmental Rules on Gasoline  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday ordered a temporary suspension of environmental rules for gasoline, making it easier for refiners to meet demand and possibly dampen prices at the pump.  He also halted for the summer the purchase of crude oil for the government's emergency reserve.
Opinion Journal:
Denny Pelosi  —  Gas prices rise, and Republicans panic.  —  Few things are less becoming in a political party than desperation, as Republicans are now demonstrating as they panic over rising oil and gas prices.  If blaming private industry for Congress's own energy mistakes is the best the GOP can do …
Henry Payne / Detroit News:
Mad about gas prices?  Blame government, not Big Oil  —  D espite strong economic growth, the poll numbers of national Republicans dove this month as gasoline prices soared above $3 a gallon.  —  As opportunistic Democrats pile on, Republicans defensively point to their passage last year …
Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
Republicans Worry Gas Prices Add to Woes
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Neil Cavuto / Fox News:
Congress Blowing Hot Air at Energy Crunch
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Wizbang
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
CIA VS. THE WHITE HOUSE: TY COBB AIN'T NO BENCHWARMER  —  The Mary McCarthy story just took a fascinating turn with the revelation that high powered criminal attorney Ty Cobb has taken on McCarthy as a client.  —  What is significant about Mr. Cobb is that he defended some of the highest profile criminals …
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Dafna Linzer / Washington Post:
CIA Officer Fired for Leaking Classified Data  —  Post, Others Received Information; CIA Investigations Ongoing  —  Washington Post staff writer Dafna Linzer was online Tuesday, April 25, at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the firing of CIA intelligence officer Mary McCarthy for leaking classified information …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Help Me!  I Am Trapped In This Circle Of Logic!  —  Dana Linzer of the WaPo answered questions about sacked CIA officer Mary McCarthy in an online WaPo chat.  I am still spinning from this one: … But... but... if Ms. McCarthy was *not* a source for Dana Priest, then there is no compact, yes?
Washington Post:
Dismissed CIA Officer Denies Leak Role
Bill Roggio / Counterterrorism Blog:
Zarqawi Releases Video Tape (Updated)  —  Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaeda's commander in Iraq, has released "the first [videotape] to contain a 'message'... U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News."  The tape is titled A Message to the People.  This is his first video without a mask …
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Suzanne Malveaux / CNN:
Sources: Tony Snow likely to take White House post  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sources close to the White House said Monday that Fox anchor Tony Snow is likely to accept the job as White House press secretary, succeeding Scott McClellan.  —  The sources said they expect him to announce his decision within the next few days.
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Hotline On Call:   Snow In May?  —  A week after White House press secretary Scott …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Lone Lawmaker Blocks Flight 93 Monument in Pa.  —  For emotional wallop, there are few rivals to the windswept, grassy field outside of Shanksville, Pa., where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001.  —  But for three years, that field has made do with a makeshift monument …
Christopher Elliott / New York Times:
One Day, That Economy Ticket May Buy You a Place to Stand  —  The airlines have come up with a new answer to an old question: How many passengers can be squeezed into economy class?  —  A lot more, it turns out, especially if an idea still in the early stage should catch on: standing-room-only "seats."
Michael Forsythe / Bloomberg:
Democrats Beat Republicans in 2005 Fund-Raising on Wall Street  —  April 24 (Bloomberg) — Democrats outdid Republicans last year in attracting political donations from investment banks, brokerages and fund managers for the first time since 1994, helped by support from hedge funds and companies such as Merrill Lynch & Co.
Ben Platt / MLB.com:
Monday's act heroic after 30 years  —  Outfielder recalls protecting country's honor from protesters  —  LOS ANGELES — It was 1976, a fun year for America.  It was the country's bicentennial, the war in Vietnam had ended a year earlier and everyone really wanted to put all the problems from the 1960s …
New York Times:
Iran Is Described as Defiant on 2nd Nuclear Program  —  WASHINGTON, April 24 — Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency that it will refuse to answer questions about a second, secret uranium-enrichment program, according to European and American diplomats.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sen. Roberts seeks delay of Intel probe  —  Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said he wants to divide his panel's inquiry into the Bush administration's handling of Iraq-related intelligence into two parts, a move that would push off …
 
 
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J. Patrick Coolican / Las Vegas Sun:
Home not so sweet  —  As Reid's power grows in D.C., his support slides in NV
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Bush Faces Dissent From Republicans on Climate Change (Update1)
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Baron Bodissey / Gates of Vienna:
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