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12:25 PM ET, December 26, 2012

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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Obama Returning to Capital to Seek Fiscal Deal  —  KAILUA, Hawaii — President Obama was planning to cut his Christmas vacation short and return to Washington to make a last-ditch push for a compromise on a tax and spending dispute that remains stubbornly unresolved.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans' Optimism Wanes About Averting “Fiscal Cliff”  —  Obama, Democratic leaders see increase in approval on budget negotiations  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' optimism that President Barack Obama and congressional leaders will reach a budget agreement before Jan. 1 has waned somewhat over the past week.
Reuters:
Obama, Congress set for one last effort on “fiscal cliff”
Discussion: Daily Kos and Hot Air
ABCNEWS:
President Barack Obama is likely to cut short his traditional …
Discussion: Politico
Josh Margolin / New York Post:
Benghazi penalties are bogus  —  The four officials supposedly out of jobs because of their blunders in the run-up to the deadly Benghazi terror attack remain on the State Department payroll — and will all be back to work soon, The Post has learned.  —  The highest-ranking official caught …
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Fox News:
Lawmaker rips State after claim that official who ‘resigned’ over Libya remains on payroll
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
FreedomWorks tea party group nearly falls apart in fight between old and new guard  —  The day after Labor Day, just as campaign season was entering its final frenzy, FreedomWorks, the Washington-based tea party organization, went into free fall.  —  Richard K. Armey, the group's chairman …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Give Chuck a Chance  —  In case you haven't heard, President Obama is considering appointing Chuck Hagel, a former United States senator from Nebraska and a Purple Heart winner, as the next secretary of defense — and this has triggered a minifirefight among Hagel critics and supporters.
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Washington Post:
In defense of Chuck Hagel  —  Regarding the Dec. 21 front-page article “Vietnam scars still show in Hagel's policies”:  —  We strongly object, as a matter of substance and as a matter of principle, to the attacks on the character of former senator Chuck Hagel.
Starbucks Coffee Company:
Let's Come Together, America  —  Posted by Howard S., Starbucks chairman, president and chief executive officer  —  There are moments in our lives when we have an opportunity to ignite tremendous positive change—not just in the lives of the customers and communities we serve every day, but in our country.
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CNNMoney.com:
Starbucks makes political push on fiscal cliff
Discussion: The Raw Story
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Frank Luntz: NRA not listening to public  —  Pollster Frank Luntz, who has studied attitudes about gun control, said on Wednesday that he doesn't “think the NRA is listening” to the American public in the wake of the massacre of 20 children at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school.
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Virginia embodies GOP's woes  —  RICHMOND, Va. — Look no further than Virginia to catch a glimpse of the GOP's national dilemma.  —  As the Old Dominion becomes a firmly centrist state, more closely resembling the rest of the country demographically and politically, Virginia Republicans are shifting rightward.
Norman J. Ornstein / Washington Post:
Look beyond the Capitol for the next speaker  —  Norman J. Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and co-author of “It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism.”
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Reason:
The Rioter's Veto  —  Can violence in the Middle East justify censorship in the United States?  —  Jacob Sullum from the January 2013 issue  —  “In any war between the civilized man and the savage,” says the ad, “support the civilized man.  Support Israel.  Defeat jihad.”
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
W.H. Petition: ‘Press Charges Against David Gregory’ for Breaking D.C. Gun Laws  —  A petition on the White House's website calls for charges to be filed against David Gregory for breaking Washington, D.C.'s gun laws.  “Press charges against David Gregory for possession of a 30-round …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Police probe NBC's David Gregory on gun clip
FRANCE 24:
Gunmen kill six at Nigerian Christmas service  —  Gunmen attacked a church in northern Nigeria during a midnight mass on Christmas Eve, killing six people including the pastor, before setting the building ablaze, residents and police said Tuesday.  —  Gunmen killed six people attending midnight mass …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
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George M. Walsh / Associated Press:
Body found in Webster home is believed to be killer's sister
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Clout Diminished, Tea Party Turns to Narrower Issues
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