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Second Woman Surfaces in Weinergate

The New York Times reports : Representative Anthony D. Weiner , a Queens Democrat already under fire because of an online episode involving a young female college student who followed him on Twitter, may be facing even more trouble. The conservative Web site Big Government reported …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Colleges' Push New Sex Assault Guidelines

The Chronicle reports : American courts take exacting precautions to avoid convicting an innocent person of a crime. It was therefore startling to read the April 4, 2011, directive on sexual violence sent by the U.S. Department of Education's assistant secretary for civil rights, Russlynn …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Edwards Nixed Prison Term Deal

The Raleigh News & Observer today reports : The investigation had gone on for two years. Prosecutors presented evidence and called witnesses before a grand jury in Raleigh, in the Eastern District of North Carolina. In January, the case moved from Raleigh to Washington, D.C., to the …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday June 6, 2011

Diamond Withdraws Fed Bid

The Huffington Post reports : Nobel Prize winner Peter Diamond said on Sunday he planned to withdraw as a nominee for Federal Reserve governor, after his nomination was repeatedly opposed by Republicans. "It is time for me to withdraw, as I plan to inform the White House," Diamond, an …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

5 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq Attack

Reuters reports : Five U.S. service members were killed in a rocket attack in Iraq on Monday in the worst single toll for American troops in the country in at least two years, the U.S. military and Iraqi security officials said. The attack showed Iraq's still precarious security …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Santorum: "We're In It To Win"

ABC News reports : And with that another Republican challenger jumped into the 2012 race this morning on "GMA." "We're ready to announce that we are going to be in this race and we're in it to win," Rick Santorum told me. Santorum, a former two-term Senator from Pennsylvania, will …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

U.S. May Speed Afghan Pullout

The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — President Obama’s national security team is contemplating troop reductions in Afghanistan that would be steeper than those discussed even a few weeks ago, with some officials arguing that such a change is justified by the rising cost of the war and …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

CBS 60 Minutes Visits the City of David

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Romneycare's Rising Popularity in Massachusetts

Matthew Yglesias writes : As one would hope, with the political din calming and more people seeing it’s operation in action, more people are liking Massachusetts’ universal health care law . Kay Lazar has the story for the Boston Globe: The poll by the Harvard School of Public Health and …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Strauss-Kahn Pleads Not Guilty

ABC News reports : Dominique Strauss Kahn, the man who was a contender to be the next president of France, pleaded not guilty in a New York criminal court today at his arraignment on multiple charges of sexually assaulting a hotel room maid at a posh Manhattan hotel last month. In …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday June 6, 2011

Palin Apologizes for Upstaging Romney

The Los Angeles Times reports Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin apologized Sunday for upstaging Republican Mitt Romney's formal campaign announcement last week. The 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee said she didn't mean to step on toes when her bus rolled into a nearby town just …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Circumcision Ban May Soon Be on Ballots

The New York Times reports SANTA MONICA, Calif. — When a group of activists proposed banning circumcision in San Francisco last fall, many people simply brushed them aside. Even in that liberal seaside city, it seemed implausible that thousands of people would support an effort to …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Cain Rises in Popularity

The New York Times reports MANCHESTER, N.H. — Michele Bachmann was campaigning just north of here, the Sarah Palin tour was rumored to be arriving soon, and Mitt Romney was on his way to announce his entry into the presidential race. Yet here was another voter swooning for Herman …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 6, 2011

Israeli Troops Kill 25 at Syrian Border

CNN reports Golan Heights (CNN) -- Israeli troops fired on protesters trying to cross the fortified border between Syria and the occupied Golan Heights on Sunday, with Syrian authorities reporting more than a dozen dead and hundreds wounded. The protests came on the anniversary of the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 5, 2011

Ron Paul: His Campaign is More Serious Now

Politico reports Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said Sunday that he knows that his 2008 presidential campaign was regarded in many quarters as a joke, but that no one is treating him that way now as he embarks on another bid for the White House. "During the last campaign I knew what was …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 5, 2011

Palin "didn't mess up about Paul Revere"

Politico reports Presidential hopeful or history teacher? After a week on the road visiting national monuments and historical sites, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin repeated her claim Sunday that Revolutionary War hero Paul Revere had warned the British that they weren’t going to …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 5, 2011

Dems Stay Quiet on Medicaid Cuts

Politico reports Since Rep. Paul Ryan introduced his budget blueprint in April, Democrats have held countless news conferences and issued even more press releases condemning the plan — as they say — to eliminate, end or kill Medicare as we know it. Yet, for all the Democrats’ …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 5, 2011

GOP Women Watch for Palin, Bachmann Bids

The Washington Post reports They don’t like identity politics and aren’t crazy about the word “feminist.” But a lot of conservative women here can’t help but rejoice that they may have a couple of tough-talking, tea-drinking mothers to choose from in the Republican primary. Rep. Michele …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 5, 2011

Huntsman Would Skip Iowa Caucuses

ABC News reports : Jon Huntsman has kicked off his three-day, eleven-stop tour of New Hampshire this weekend to appeal to voters in the state holding the nation’s first primary. Voters in Iowa, on the other hand, will not be awarded the same face time. “I'm not competing in Iowa for a …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 5, 2011

Gates: Slow Afghan Drawdown

Politico reports : As his final act before leaving the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is working to build support for what he is calling a “modest” drawdown in Afghanistan, even though a war-weary Capitol Hill wants more. Gates, who retires June 30, is hoping that his 12th and …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday June 5, 2011