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10:25 AM ET, May 16, 2011

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Kim Willsher / Guardian:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces further claim of sexual assault  —  Socialist party official says her daughter was left traumatised after alleged attack by Strauss-Kahn in 2002  —  By this time next year, Dominique Strauss-Kahn might well have been president of France.
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Mosi Secret / New York Times:
Police Seek Evidence From I.M.F. Chief on Sex Attack  —  Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the leader of the International Monetary Fund, spent most of Sunday at the Manhattan Special Victims Unit in East Harlem as prosecutors sought additional evidence, including possible DNA evidence on his skin …
Kim Willsher / Guardian:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn to face fresh sex assault complaint
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and FrumForum
Landon Thomas Jr / New York Times:
Money Troubles Take Personal Toll in Greece
Discussion: National Review
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich Blasts House GOP's Medicare Plan  —  Presidential Candidate Calls It ‘Right-Wing Social Engineering,’ Agrees With Obama About Need for Insurance Mandate  —  White House hopeful Newt Gingrich called the House Republican plan for Medicare “right-wing social engineering,” …
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Jay Newton-Small / Swampland:
Gingrich Was for Ryan's Budget Before He Was Against It  —  A couple of weeks ago, I spent a day following Newt Gingrich around New Hampshire.  After a radio interview in Concord, Gingrich had a lunchtime Guinness at the Barley House in Concord with Thomas Wilhelmsen, the CEO of a local hospital who first met Gingrich in the mid-1990s.
Healthwatch:
GOP's big Medicare gamble  —  Republicans on Capitol Hill may be in the process of learning a hard lesson: Meddling with Medicare, whatever the nation's fiscal circumstances, just isn't popular.  —  They are feeling the heat now because of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) …
Discussion: The Caucus and msnbc.com
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Gingrich Spokesman: ‘There Is Little Daylight Between Ryan and Gingrich’ on Medicare Reform
Discussion: TPMDC, msnbc.com and National Review
Andrew Stiles / National Review:
Newt Tacks Left, Slams Ryan's Medicare Plan
Wall Street Journal:
As Debt Limit Reached, Agreement Still Far Off  —  The U.S. government is expected to hit the $14.294 trillion debt ceiling Monday, setting in motion an uncertain, 11-week political scramble to avoid a default.  —  The Treasury Department plans to announce Monday it will stop issuing …
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: Happy debt-ceiling day!
Discussion: New York Times, Hot Air and Daily Kos
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
America Held Hostage
Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Boehner To Obama: Let's Make A Deal On Debt Limit
Discussion: Firedoglake
Bill Carter / New York Times:
Gay CNN Anchor Sees Risk in Book  —  Don Lemon, the weekend prime-time anchor for CNN, was on the air on Sunday night this month when the news broke that President Obama would address the nation at the unusual hour of 10:30 p.m.  —  By the time the news network was confirming the reports …
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Iowa gov says on your marks ...  Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad will call on the Republican presidential candidates to pick up the pace of their campaigns in the first-in-the-nation caucus state, using his weekly news conference on Monday to fire a starter's pistol on the 2012 race.
Discussion: USA Today and National Review
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Des Moines Register:
Open GOP field raises profile of straw poll
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Israeli Troops Fire as Marchers Breach Borders  —  JERUSALEM — Israel's borders erupted in deadly clashes on Sunday as thousands of Palestinians — marching from Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank — confronted Israeli troops to mark the anniversary of Israel's creation.
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The Atlantic Online:
How to Understand the Golan Heights Demonstrations
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Abu Muqawama / cnas.org:
Just Another Sunday in the Levant
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
David Carr / New York Times:
How Drudge Has Stayed on Top  —  For most big news Web sites, about 60 percent of the traffic is homegrown, people who come directly to the site by dint of a bookmark or typing in www.latimes.com or www.huffingtonpost.com.  The other critical 40 percent comes by referrals …
Andy Barr / The Politico:
President Obama polls well despite jobs fears  —  Despite widespread disapproval of Barack Obama's handling of the economy, more than half of Americans approve of the president and are open to reelecting him.  —  The economy and government spending stand as the dominant issues on the minds …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Herman Cain sounds off on race, a debate win, and the need to simplify government  —  Chief Political Correspondent Follow Him @ByronYork  —  STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. - Herman Cain's handsome glass-walled office overlooks the first fairway of the Eagle's Landing Country Club in this exurb of Atlanta …
Discussion: FrumForum
John / Power Line:
A Verdict on Obama's “Stimulus” Plan  —  Economists Timothy Conley and Bill Dupor have studied the effects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the purported stimulus bill) with great rigor.  Earlier this week, they reported their findings in a paper titled “The American Recovery …
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Nursing Homes Seek Exemptions From Health Law  —  WASHINGTON — It is an oddity of American health care: Many nursing homes and home care agencies do not provide health insurance to their workers, or they pay wages so low that employees cannot afford the coverage that is offered.  —  The numbers are stark.
The Daily Caller:
When it comes to Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann, the Tea Party rhetoric doesn't always match the record.  Should she launch a serious bid for president, Bachmann would likely find herself defending a slew of questionable votes and decisions, including on earmarks, pardons and farm subsidies.
 
 
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The Pakistan Whisperer
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Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
U.S. should sell assets like gold to get out of debt, conservative economists say
Discussion: Yglesias and The Foundry
Sean Daly / New York Post:
Big Trump news due today
Discussion: The Page
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
President Obama short on campaign surrogates
Discussion: Right Wing News
Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
Romney's Path  —  With the field clarifying, Mitt Romney's interests …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and GOP 12
Stuff.co.nz:
Schools arrange secret abortions
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Paul Ryan / Chicago Tribune:
The budget debate we all deserve
Dan Barry / New York Times:
A Sports Executive Leaves the Safety of His Shadow Life
Charles Hoskinson / The Politico:
Gates: Obama made a ‘gutsy’ call
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Arizona Dem: Having Giffords on the ballot more helpful than Obama
Discussion: NY Daily News