Former senator and astronaut John Glenn and his wife were recovering at a hospital Saturday after a car accident a day earlier, Glenn's former press secretary said.
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2 Carter: Bush Israel's 'worst ally' in D.C.
Former President Carter, who helped broker the historic Camp David peace accord, said President Bush has pursued an "erroneous policy" that has fostered violence in the Middle East.
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3 Bush urges opening up legal immigration
With 6,000 National Guard troops deployed to Southwestern states, President Bush said Saturday he has fulfilled his pledge to help beef up border security and challenged Congress to give him legislation that will welcome more foreigners into the country.
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4 Democrats cry foul on minimum wage 'trick'
A failed Republican attempt to tie an estate-tax cut to the first federal minimum wage increase in nearly a decade was "political blackmail" and the result of "cynical politics," Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colorado, said Saturday.
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5 Rice urges Cubans to stay put
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday urged the Cuban people not to flee the island for Florida because of political uncertainty.
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6 Fight of his life: Lieberman confronts anti-war criticism
Facing intense pressure in his bid for the Democratic primary, Sen. Joe Lieberman strongly distanced himself from President Bush, saying he opposed the White House's domestic agenda and its handling of the Iraq war.
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7 Embattled Ohio lawmaker drops out of race
Embattled U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, announced Monday that he would retire at the close of the 109th Congress, abandoning a bid to win a seventh term to the House of Representatives in November.
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8 GOP abandons Tom DeLay ballot battle
Texas Republicans on Monday abandoned their court fight to replace former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on the November ballot after being turned back at the Supreme Court.
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9 Lieberman blames Rove-like tactics for Web site disruption
Officials with U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman's re-election campaign blamed "dirty politics" and "Rovian tactics" for what they said was an online attack on their Web site as Connecticut voters headed to the polls Tuesday.
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10 Reid: VA secretary should resign
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday called on Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson to resign after another incident involving the loss of a computer containing personal data on tens of thousands of veterans.
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11 House panel chief: BP hedged pipeline problem
In weeks leading up to BP's decision to begin shutting down its giant Prudhoe Bay field in Alaska, the London-based oil company told U.S. lawmakers it had a handle on pipeline corrosion found in March, the head of the U.S. House Energy Committee said Friday.
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12 Bush: Never think danger of terror gone
President Bush said Saturday that a scheme to blow up several flights between Britain and the United States was carefully planned and well-advanced, with the potential to cause "death on a massive scale."
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13 Abramoff cohort pleads guilty
An Interior Department official linked to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and charged with filing a false financial disclosure report pleaded guilty today in federal court. The official, Roger Stillwell, pleaded to a single misdemeanor count of false certification.
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14 Richardson calls on Lieberman to step aside
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson became the first prominent national Democrat to call on Sen. Joe Lieberman to drop his independent bid for re-election in Connecticut.
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15 Dems to contest Ney replacement
The process of replacing Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Ney on the November ballot has gone according to script - the Democrats' script.
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16 Iowa to showcase White House hopefuls
The Iowa State Fair is a showcase for turkey calling, prized sheep, 600 pounds of butter carved in the shape of heifer and another breed lurking this year - 2008 White House hopefuls.
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17 U.S. sought to cut anti-terror funds
As the British terror plot was unfolding, the Bush administration quietly tried to take away $6 million that was supposed to be spent this year developing new explosives detection technology.
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18 WP: Bad to worse For GOP in NE
When it comes to President Bush and the Republican Congress, Rep. Jim Gerlach says voters in his suburban Philadelphia district are in a "sour mood."
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19 No ‘None of the Above’ on ballot
A Tennessee court has ruled that a U.S. Senate candidate can't use his middle name on the ballot. The middle name is "None of the Above."
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20 Lamont surprised by partisan vitriol
Democratic Senate nominee Ned Lamont, the anti-war candidate who toppled Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut primary, says he was surprised by Lieberman and Vice President Dick Cheney’s claims that his victory could embolden terrorists.
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