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9:35 PM ET, May 31, 2006

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Washington Post:
U.S. Sets Conditions for Talks With Iran  —  The United States is willing to join European nations in direct talks with Iran if the Iranian government first agrees to suspend its programs to enrich uranium and reprocess spent nuclear fuel, activities that Washington charges are part of plans to build nuclear weapons.
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran Media Calls Talks Offer 'Propaganda'  —  The official Iranian news agency said Wednesday the U.S. offer to join in direct talks with Iran about its disputed nuclear program was "a propaganda move."  —  The American proposal, a major policy shift after decades without official public contact between …
Discussion: GOP Bloggers
Mary Ann Glendon / Opinion Journal:
Principled Immigration  —  This country needs more people.
Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
U.S. Says It's Prepared to Talk With Iran
Discussion: In From the Cold
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Washington Post:
DHS to Slash Funds for N.Y., Washington  —  Smaller Cities to Receive Larger Antiterror Grants  —  The two cities attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, will receive far less antiterrorism money under plans unveiled today by the Department of Homeland Security, which has designated more money for many smaller cities throughout the country.
Discussion: the talking dog and Booman Tribune
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Homeland Security Grants to New York Slashed  —  WASHINGTON, May 31 — After vowing to steer a greater share of anti-terrorism money to the nation's highest-risk cities, Homeland Security officials today announced grants to New York City and Washington that would be slashed by 40 percent …
Brad / THE BRAD BLOG:
[UPDATED] EXCLUSIVE: BOBBY KENNEDY JR. TO QUESTION 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN MAJOR ROLLING STONE FEATURE ARTICLE!  —  Tells BRAD BLOG: 'Evidence Shows High-Level Republicans Succeeded in Scheme to Steal Election in Ohio'!  —  Mag to Hit Stands Friday, Internet on Thursday, Publicity Push to Accompany
Robert B. Bluey / Human Events:
Paulson Pick Goes From Bad to Worse  —  A few things to add to my earlier report on the nomination of Henry M. Paulson Jr. to replace John Snow as Treasury secretary.  Let me preface this post by noting that what you read here is depressing.  At a time when the Bush Administration desperately needs …
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Jennifer Fermino / New York Post:
GI'S BIG FAT SUIT VS. MOORE  —  SEEKS $85M FOR 'LYING' 9/11 CLIP  —  A double-amputee Iraq-war vet is suing Michael Moore for $85 million, claiming the portly peacenik recycled an old interview and used it out of context to make him appear anti-war in "Fahrenheit 9/11."
PR Newswire:
Dixie Chicks New Album, Taking The Long Way, Debuts At #1 On Billboard Top 200  —  Dixie Chicks Become First Female Group Ever To Have Three Albums Debut In Top Slot  —  On Sales Dates For Dixie Chicks "Accidents & Accusations Tour" Announced  —  NEW YORK, May 31 /PRNewswire …
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Billboard:
Dixie Chicks' 'Long Way' Nests In At No. 1
Discussion: News Hounds and Wizbang
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
AP: Reid Acted Unethically By Not Breaking the Law  —  One more detail that the AP's John Solomon left out in his piece on Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).  —  The crux of Solomon's story was that Reid acted wrongly by accepting free boxing tickets from the Nevada Athletic Commission.
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Rob Christensen / Raleigh News & Observer:
Contest for 13th already strident  —  Robinson, Miller can both be biting  —  GRAHAM - Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Miller is a seasoned campaign veteran, but never before has he faced such intrusive questions.  —  "My wife was interviewed on three television stations last week …
Judi McLeod / canadafreepress.com:
The film the world never viewed:  —  Fahrenheit Jimmy Carter  —  Ex-U.S. President Jimmy Carter is in league with Osama bin Laden.  —  A paper trail shows that more than $1 million has been funneled from Bakr M. Bin Laden on behalf of the Saudi Bin Laden Group to The Carter Center.
Nancy Vogel / Los Angeles Times:
Bill to Bolster Election Clout Gains  —  The Assembly passes a measure to pledge the state's Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote.  —  SACRAMENTO — Seeking to force presidential candidates to pay attention to California's 15.5 million voters …
Democrat Taylor Marsh Blogs Politics:
Taheri Invited to the White House  —  Wait until you read this one.  It is simply incredible.  —  I've been all over the Iranian badge story, as you undoubtedly know by now.  But this latest development defies all rational thinking.  —  The man who fabricated the whole story was invited to the White House as an "expert" yesterday.
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
What You Don't Know About the Immigration Bill  —  The Senate passed legislation last week that Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) hailed as "the most far-reaching immigration reform in our history."  You might think that the first question anyone would ask is how much it would actually increase or decrease legal immigration.
Gateway Pundit:
So, How Bad Are Things in Iraq Really?  —  We all know that despite news reports of massacre and carnage, the civilian death toll in Iraq has gone down considerably since the war to remove Saddam Hussein began back in March 2003.  —  Here are more figures on how the Iraq War stacks up historically:
Associated Press:
Coin dealer admits illegal donations  —  TOLEDO, Ohio - A coin dealer and prominent GOP fundraiser at the center of an Ohio political scandal pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges he illegally funneled about $45,000 to President Bush's re-election campaign.
Discussion: Roger Ailes
William Yardley / New York Times:
A Senate Challenger Works to Shorten His Long Odds  —  HARTFORD, May 29 — Ned Lamont has already shown that his candidacy should be taken seriously.  On May 19, a third of the delegates to the Democratic state convention voted to endorse him instead of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman.
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