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10:05 AM ET, June 27, 2006

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Says Report on Bank Data Was Disgraceful  —  WASHINGTON, June 26 — President Bush on Monday condemned as "disgraceful" the disclosure last week by The New York Times and other newspapers of a secret program to investigate and track terrorists that relies on a vast international database …
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Associated Press:
Argument against report puzzles NYT editors
Discussion: Swords Crossed
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Condemns Report on Bank Records
Discussion: Balkinization
Associated Press:
Limbaugh's latest drug run-in: Viagra  —  Police say commentator had drug without a prescription  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — Rush Limbaugh was detained for about 3 1/2 hours at Palm Beach International Airport after authorities said they found a bottle of Viagra in his possession without a prescription.
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Joy Purdy / cbs4.com:
Limbaugh Detained At Airport  —  (CBS4 News) WEST PALM BEACH Sources have confirmed to CBS4 News that conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been detained at Palm Beach International Airport for the possible possession of illegal prescription drugs Monday evening.
The Skeptic / Skepticseye.com:
Here's Your Randall v. Sorrell Roadmap  —  A splintered decision, indeed.  For those of you with busy schedules (or short attention spans) here's what you need to know about the Supreme Court's decision in Randall v. Sorrell, otherwise known at "that Vermont decision."
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices Reject Campaign Limits in Vermont Case
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Justices Reject Vermont's Campaign Finance Law
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Steele's Donor List Stirs Racial Questions  —  The fundraiser thrown for Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele on Thursday night, while ordinary in most ways, struck some African American leaders as notable because of the host.  —  Unlike the dozens of high-dollar events across the country …
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USA Today:
Black candidates paint new picture for GOP politics
Discussion: RedState and BrothersJudd Blog
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
A Well-Known Political Blogger Is Hired by the Clinton Campaign  —  WASHINGTON, June 26 — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign has hired Peter Daou, one of the most prominent political bloggers in the nation, to help disseminate her message in a forum that has not always been that hospitable to her.
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Pakistan Daily Times:
Seven Sunni groups seek truce in Iraq  —  * Russia confirms death of 4 embassy employees  —  BAGHDAD: Seven Sunni Arab insurgent groups have contacted the government to declare their readiness to join in efforts at national reconciliation, a key Shia legislator said on Monday.
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Some Insurgents Are Asking Iraq for Negotiations
Discussion: QandO and PrairiePundit
Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Taking Ramadi a Neighborhood at a Time  —  RAMADI, Iraq, June 26 — The 120-millimeter mortar shell landed with a crash in the middle of the new American-Iraqi outpost on Monday, hurling foot-long shards of metal and puncturing the chest of a young American soldier.  —  "What's the condition of the casualty?"
Discussion: PrairiePundit and Needlenose
Perry Bacon, Jr / Time:
Can Lieberman Survive Iraq?  —  With bloggers, consituents and many party officials still angry about his support for the war, Connecticut's moderate Democratic senator is fighting for his political life  —  As Joe Lieberman was criss-crossing Connecticut last Friday, picking up endorsements …
Orin Kerr / OrinKerr.com:
Court Divides Sharply Over Death Penalty  —  The Supreme Court's sharp internal divisions about capital punishment were on unusually open display in today's opinion in Kansas v. Marsh.  —  Of particular interest, Justice Souter wrote a dissent joined by Ginsburg, Breyer …
Agence France Presse:
Harry Potter may perish in last book, author hints  —  Harry Potter may perish in the final installment of the boy wizard series in which two main characters die, author J.K. Rowling hinted in a television interview.  —  Speaking on Monday evening, Joanne Kathleen Rowling, 40 …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Dean's World
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Bush ignores laws he inks, vexing Congress  —  WASHINGTON - A bill becomes the rule of the land when Congress passes it and the president signs it into law, right?  —  Not necessarily, according to the White House.  A law is not binding when a president issues a separate statement saying …
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Top Democrat Finds F.D.A.'s Efforts Have Plunged  —  WASHINGTON, June 26 — A 15-month inquiry by a top House Democrat has found that enforcement of the nation's food and drug laws declined sharply during the first five years of the Bush administration.  —  For instance, the investigation found …
Joseph Kahn / New York Times:
China Weighs Fines for Reports on 'Sudden Events'  —  BEIJING, June 26 — Chinese media outlets will be fined up to $12,500 each time they report on "sudden events" without prior authorization from government officials, according to a draft law under review by the Communist Party-controlled legislature.
Discussion: Liberty and Justice and Majikthise
Dean Baquet / Los Angeles Times:
Why we ran the bank story  —  The Times editor on the paper's decision to expose U.S. money monitoring.  —  MANY READERS have been sharply critical of our decision to publish an article Friday on the U.S. Treasury Department's program to secretly monitor worldwide money transfers in an effort to track terrorist financing.
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt, Feministe and Marc Cooper
 
 
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Buffett calls for retention of estate tax
Michaelgalien / Liberty and Justice:
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
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The precision-made mine that has 'killed 17 British troops'
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Military Fails Some Widows Over Benefits
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Leslie Eaton / New York Times:
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Laylan Copelin / Austin American-Statesman:
Ex-lawmaker might stay on ballot, judge signals.
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BBC:
Israel rules out prisoner release
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Cheney's Cheney  —  This week in the magazine, Jane Mayer …
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