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5:00 PM ET, May 18, 2007

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Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
Wolfowitz Resigns From World Bank  —  Paul D. Wolfowitz, ending a furor over favoritism that blew up into a global fight over American leadership, announced his resignation as president of the World Bank Thursday evening after the bank's board accepted his claim that his mistakes at the bank were made in good faith.
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Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
How Battles at Bank Ended 'Second Chance' at a Career  —  Paul D. Wolfowitz was ready to move on from the Pentagon in early 2005.  He had been thwarted in his effort to become defense secretary or national security adviser.  And the war in Iraq had deteriorated.
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
President Bush to Replace Wolfowitz Quickly
Discussion: World Bank President
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
For Washington Insider, Job Was an Uneasy Fit
Discussion: TAPPED
Graeme Wearden / Guardian:
Race on to succeed Wolfowitz
Discussion: World Bank President
GOP.com:
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS  —  The Facts About Border Security and Immigration Reform  —  Administration And Bipartisan Group Of Senators Reach Agreement On Comprehensive Immigration Reform  —  Today, Administration Officials And A Bipartisan Group Of Senators Reached Agreement On Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation.
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Michelle Malkin:
The J. Wellington Wimpy immigration plan: Amnesty now, enforcement later  —  Republicans in Washington who are embracing the Bush-Kennedy amnesty will tell you the package is tough on enforcement because the millions of illegal aliens who are here now will be deported later if they fail to meet …
Nicole Gaouette / Los Angeles Times:
Senators, administration craft immigration compromise  —  The bill, seen as last chance for reform before '08 election, creates a path to citizenship and temporary-worker program only after border security measures are in place.  —  WASHINGTON — After months of painstaking negotiations …
Discussion: Ezra Klein and TAPPED
Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
Adversaries praise a relentless Kennedy
White House:
Press Gaggle by Tony Fratto  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. FRATTO: Good morning, everyone.  The President had his normal briefings this morning; taped the radio address — as you can imagine, it's on comprehensive immigration reform, so look forward to that.
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Douglas W. Kmiec / Washington Post:
Testimony in a Teacup  —  What's Overlooked in Comey's Histrionics  —  James Comey's Senate testimony on Tuesday was staggeringly histrionic.  It has, as Sen. Arlen Specter suggested, the dramatic flair of the Saturday Night Massacre.  Presidential emissaries seeking the signature …
Editor and Publisher:   Reporters Demand Answers On 'Ashcroft Hospital Visit'
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Obama Disputes Claim of Sharing Clinton's Stance on War  —  Senator Barack Obama yesterday directly challenged former President Bill Clinton's assertions that Mr. Obama and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton hold the same essential positions on the Iraq war.  —  Throughout the spring …
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David Kopel / The Volokh Conspiracy:
HATE CRIMES LAWS: DANGEROUS AND DIVISIVE: The "Hate Crimes" …
Discussion: Clayton Cramer's BLOG
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Just the Two of Us  —  For President Bush, the sensation must have been akin to watching his own funeral.  —  Bush's closest ally, Tony Blair, was on his final visit to the White House before the British prime minister, now deeply unpopular, leaves office.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Bush gives Blair hearty benediction
Discussion: Tom Watson
Washington Wire:
One Step at a Time for Sen. Johnson  —  Mary Lu Carnevale reports on Sen. Tim Johnson.  —  A South Dakota radio personality who visited with Sen. Tim Johnson last month says the South Dakota Democrat will likely be back in his Senate office sooner than most people expect.
Discussion: MyDD and On Deadline
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David Saltonstall / NY Daily News:
In Rudy's heart & on payroll  —  Judith Giuliani got $125G to craft speeches  —  Being Mrs. Rudy Giuliani can't be easy, but at least it pays well - about $10,000 a month.  —  A day after the former mayor disclosed in federal filings that he considers his third wife, Judith, a salaried employee …
John Ward Anderson / Washington Post:
60 Die in Iraq; Study Warns Of Collapse  —  British Center Finds Country Close to Being a 'Failed State'  —  More than 60 people were killed and dozens wounded in mortar strikes, drive-by shootings, roadside explosions, suicide bombings and other violent attacks in Iraq on Thursday …
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
The Man Who Wasn't There  —  Fred Thompson isn't yet running, but he's running a great campaign.  —  Having watched the second Republican debate the other night, it's clear to me the subject today is Fred Thompson, the man who wasn't there.  While the other candidates bang away earnestly …
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
House Democratic Leaders Write to President Bush on  —  Troop Pay Raises, Widows' Benefits  —  May 18th, 2007 by Jesse Lee  —  As noted yesterday, the White House issued a Statement of Administration Policy (pdf) declaring their opposition to a 3.5% pay raise for the troops …
New York Times:
Senators in Bipartisan Deal on Immigration Bill  —  Senate negotiators from both parties announced Thursday that they had reached agreement on a comprehensive immigration bill that would offer legal status to most of the nation's 12 million illegal immigrants while also toughening border security.
Benjamin Bidder / Spiegel Online:
Kremlin Clamps Down on Protests  —  Russian opposition leaders, including Garry Kasparov, were arrested Friday morning on their way to Samara to protest an EU-Russia summit.  The Kremlin doesn't want images of police beating up protestors to be beamed around the world.
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
McCain's missed votes on Iraq trigger Reid rebuke  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is the only presidential candidate in Congress to have missed a major vote on the Iraq war this year, and his absences are not sitting well with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
Greenpeace:
Exxon Still Funding Climate Change Deniers  —  So.  The day of reckoning has come - when we get to find out just how much of the climate change denial industry ExxonMobil is still paying for.  —  This is the company which, apparently, has been "misunderstood" on global warming and has said it has dropped its funding of the deniers.
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
ABM  —  I have long admired John McCain and wanted to like him as a presidential candidate.  I've been rereading his remarkable memoir Faith of My Fathers in the hope that the time might come when I could pay tribute to his manifest gifts.  I've reserved judgment on the relative merits of the three major Republican candidates.
Discussion: Heading Right and Townhall.com
 
 
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Jerusalem Post:
Three killed in IAF airstrike on Gaza
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Talks Between White House And Congressional Dems Breaking Down
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
Hillary Inc.  —  In a packed ballroom in midtown Manhattan …
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Conservatives Are Fascists
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