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10:55 AM ET, April 11, 2013

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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Veterans poll: 91 percent back gun checks  —  The vast majority of veterans support universal background checks, a new poll shows.  —  According to a survey commissioned by the organization Vote Vets and the liberal Center for American Progress Action Fund, 91 percent of veterans support requiring …
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Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
Gun bill gets a big boost from Toomey  —  President Obama hailed the agreement, crafted by Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), as a sign of “welcome and significant bipartisan progress.”  The National Rifle Association (NRA) quickly denounced the bill.
Washington Post:
Gun control, immigration and budget talks: Is there a thaw in Washington?  —  For the first time in a while, members of the two parties — at least some of them — appear to be talking about getting things done, even without the deadline of a manufactured crisis looming.
David Rogers / Politico:
Where's Mitch McConnell?  —  For the fifth time in just two months, Democrats hope to win a showdown procedural vote in the Senate Thursday morning — a burst of momentum which is beginning to raise fragile hopes of a bipartisan revival.  —  Gun control legislation is the immediate issue …
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Senate in Deal on Gun Checks
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Manchin and Toomey Reach Gun Bill Compromise
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Immigration, gun deals make Tea Party lawmakers restless  —  House conservatives are growing restless.  —  With bipartisan deals emerging on guns and immigration, Tea Party lawmakers in the lower chamber are warning their leaders to slow down.  —  Longtime immigration reform critic Rep. Steve King …
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Mark Murray / First Read:
NBC/WSJ poll: Strong majority backs citizenship for undocumented immigrants
Discussion: ThinkProgress, msnbc.com and Politico
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama: White House dinner with GOP senators ‘constructive’  —  President Obama “enjoyed a constructive and wide-ranging discussion” over dinner with Republican senators on Wednesday night, White House officials said.  —  During the dinner, which lasted two-and-half-hours …
Discussion: Booman Tribune, Politico and CNN
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Brooklynbadboy / Daily Kos:
'We won't have the White House forever, folks!'
Discussion: Eschaton
Politico:
President Obama's risky ‘goodwill’ gambit
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Andrew Stiles / National Review:
Ryan Open to Chained CPI
Discussion: Mother Jones and Daily Kos
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House to begin furloughs in May
Discussion: Politico
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Top Republican Blasts Obama Budget As ‘Shocking Attack On Seniors’  —  Remember those warnings about how instead of welcoming President Obama's adoption of Chained CPI, Republicans would continue to deny him a budget deal and attack him for proposing to cut Social Security?
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The Week:
5 things Republicans should like about Obama's new budget
Joseph Ryan / Chicago Tribune:
Daughter of former Obama pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright indicted … The daughter of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright — the controversial former pastor to President Barack Obama — was indicted today in an expanding federal probe of a state grant tied to a former suburban police chief.
Andrea K. Walker / Baltimore Sun:
Ben Carson steps down as Hopkins commencement speaker … Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson stepped down Wednesday as commencement speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine after complaints from students about controversial comments concerning same-sex marriage.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:   Obama prayer breakfast critic will not speak at commencement
George Eaton / New Statesman:
Exclusive: Blair warns Miliband: offer answers, not outrage  —  The former prime minister says Labour must be more than “fellow travellers in sympathy” and warns it not to “tack left on tax and spending”.  —  In his statement on Margaret Thatcher's death earlier this week …
Discussion: BBC and Guardian
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Aron Heller / Associated Press:
Israel Detains Five Women For Wearing Prayer Shawls At Western Wall  —  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Thursday detained five women at a Jerusalem holy site for performing religious rituals there that ultra-Orthodox Jews say are reserved for men.  —  The detentions come …
Peter H. Stone / The Huffington Post:
Haley Barbour Leaves American Crossroads Amid Concerns Over Conservative Victory Project  —  The powerful fundraising team that American Crossroads deployed in 2012 to pull in more than $300 million has lost ace fundraiser Haley Barbour, according to three GOP operatives close to the super PAC.
Discussion: Politico and Poynter
Associated Press:
Gun Shop Where Lanza's Mother Bought Bushmaster Shut Down For Selling To A Felon, Background Check Violations  —  EAST WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — Federal authorities say a Connecticut gun shop that legally sold weapons used in the Newtown school shootings lost its federal firearms license …
Politico:
Obamacare funds much in doubt  —  Here's today's billion-dollar question: Are Republicans going to allow the administration to spend more money on Obamacare?  —  Don't count on it.  —  The landmark health law may have survived the Supreme Court, countless repeal efforts and a presidential election …
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Jennifer Martinez / The Hill:
Facebook's Zuckerberg launches lobby group with push for immigration reform  —  A new lobby organization co-founded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other tech executives launched on Thursday, focusing its efforts on rallying support for immigration reform.
Discussion: TechCrunch, Mashable, CNN and Taylor Marsh
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Democrats pressing federal regulators for documents related to shoddy foreclosures  —  Two congressional Democrats are pressing federal regulators to reconsider their decision to withhold documents related shoddy foreclosures.  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (Md.) …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
At Howard University, Rand Paul Falsely Claims He Never Opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act  —  Following an awkward, earnest speech to an audience at Howard University, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) insisted several times that he did not oppose the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Michael O'Brien / First Read:
Social conservatives warn Priebus they could abandon GOP
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
David Corn and Mother Jones find themselves with another audio scoop
Politico:
Martin O'Malley wants to be Mr. Fix-It
Discussion: AEIdeas and First Read
Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Ken Cuccinelli Loses Petition To Uphold Anti-Sodomy Law
Discussion: Mother Jones and AMERICAblog
Katie Dvorak / The Hill:
US expatriates plead for relief from IRS
Discussion: Politico
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