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Bin Laden News Broke on Twitter

Politico reports : It was the kind of historic news that makes you remember where you were when you heard it. And for many, that place was on Twitter. A 9:45 p.m. ET tweet from Dan Pfeiffer, the White House communications director, alerted the public to what the networks were also …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday May 2, 2011

Obama: 'Justice Has Been Done'

The New York Times reports : President Obama announced late Sunday that Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, was killed in a firefight during an operation he ordered Sunday inside Pakistan, ending a 10-year manhunt for the world’s most wanted …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday May 1, 2011

Bloomberg: U.S. Kept Promise to Kill Bin Laden

The AP reports : New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says Americans have kept their promise after Sept. 11 to capture or kill Osama bin Laden. President Barack Obama announced Sunday night bin Laden was killed in an operation led by the United States. Bloomberg says the killing of the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday May 1, 2011

Bin Laden is Dead

The New York Times reports : Osama bin Laden has been killed, two United States officials said. President Obama was expected to make an announcement on Sunday night, almost ten years after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. One of the officials said …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday May 1, 2011

For GOP: Pawlenty vs. Romney is the Main Event

The GOP primary field is about to get crowded, but in the end the race will boil down to a battle between Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty. Bill Kristol posts that he now believes that Mitch Daniels, Mike Huckabee and Michelle Bachmann will indeed all declare. The National Journal simultaneousl…

Written by David Frum on Sunday May 1, 2011

Taliban Used 12 Yr Old Suicide Bomber

Washington Post reports : On the first day of its promised spring offensive, the Taliban used a 12-year-old boy as a suicide bomber in an attack Sunday that killed four civilians, President Hamid Karzai said, calling the child’s recruitment inhumane and un-Islamic. It was one of …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday May 1, 2011

Endeavour Won't Launch Monday

The AP reports : NASA's space shuttles are dragging their tails toward retirement. The high-profile voyage of Endeavour — the next-to-last space shuttle flight led by the husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords — is off until at least next Sunday because of a technical problem. The …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday May 1, 2011

Report: Newt to Launch Prez Bid Next Week

Hotline on Call reports : Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich plans to officially enter the presidential race early next week, he told Hotline On Call before Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner. "I'll be in by the 10th or 11th," Gingrich said, without elaborating on where or how …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday May 1, 2011

Western Embassies Attacked in Libya

Reuters reports : The British and Italian embassies in Tripoli have been attacked, prompting Britain to expel the Libyan ambassador, the two countries said on Sunday. "I condemn the attacks on the British Embassy premises in Tripoli as well as the diplomatic missions of other countries,…

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday May 1, 2011

Trump: Jokes Were 'Inappropriate'

The Hill reports : Real estate mogul Donald Trump called jokes made about him at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner "inappropriate in certain respects." Speaking on Fox & Friends on the Sunday morning after the dinner, Trump responded to jokes directed at him from …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday May 1, 2011

Gross: UN Silent on Syrian Crackdown

Tom Gross writes: The Obama administration official quoted by The New Yorker last week saying the president's strategy was to "lead from behind," also said "We were still trying to engage the Iranian government and we did not want to do anything that made us side with the protesters." …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday May 1, 2011

Assad's Troops Shell Town

The Guardian reports : Syrian army tanks have shelled the old quarter of Deraa, the southern city at the heart of the six-week-old uprising, a witness said on Sunday. Deraa has been without water, fuel or electricity since Monday, when the regime sent in troops backed by tanks and …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday May 1, 2011

NATO Denies Targeting Qaddafi

The Guardian reports : Nato has denied targeting the family of Muammar Gaddafi following the strikes on a Tripoli residential compound that reportedly killed the Libyan leader's son and three of his grandchildren. "All Nato's targets are military in nature and have been clearly linked to …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday May 1, 2011

Pope John Paul II Beatified

The AP reports : Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II before 1.5 million faithful in St. Peter's Square and surrounding streets Sunday, moving the beloved former pontiff one step closer to possible sainthood. The crowd in Rome and in capitals around the world erupted in cheers, …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday May 1, 2011

'Midnight's Children' Turns 30

Anvar Alikhan writes in Outlook : It’s now thirty years since Midnight’s Children was published. When Salman Rushdie first sent the manuscript to the publishers, the initial reaction was damning: “The author should concentrate on short stories”. Fortunately, they ultimately changed their …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday May 1, 2011

Washington Gets the Last Laugh at Trump

Last night, the President of the United States and comedian Seth Meyers ridiculed Donald Trump to his face in every way imaginable. First the Washington Post seats Donald Trump in the middle of the vast ballroom in the Washington Hilton at the White House Correspondents dinner. Then the …

Written by David Frum on Sunday May 1, 2011

Obama Polls Weakly in PA

The Weekly Standard reports : If there is a must-win state for President Obama, it’s Pennsylvania. The only time that Republican presidential candidates win Pennsylvania is when they don’t need it, while no Democrat has won the presidency without Pennsylvania in the past 60 years. …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday May 1, 2011

The GOP's Gay President?

Fred Karger is running for president on the Republican ticket but he has no name recognition and no experience in elected office. What do you do if you’re running for president, but have no name recognition and no experience in elected office? Like Republican Fred Karger, who is in just that …

Written by Tim Mak on Sunday May 1, 2011

Qaddafi's Son Killed in Airstrike

Reuters reports : Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survived a NATO airstrike on Saturday night that killed his youngest son Saif al-Arab and three of his grandchildren, a Libyan government spokesman said. Mussa Ibrahim said Saif al-Arab was a civilian and a student who had studied in …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 30, 2011

Bachmann: Debt Debate "Similar" To Holocaust

The AP reports : MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann on Saturday described the loss of "economic liberty" that young Americans face today as a "flash point of history" in which the younger generation will ask what their elders did to stop it. In a speech to New …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 30, 2011