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TECHNOLOGY 44 minutes ago

Senate, House Committees Eye Facebook IPO Flap

The Senate Banking Committee is looking into reports that banks involved with Facebook's IPO shared vital earnings information with only a few people, a Democratic committee aide told National Journal on Wednesday.

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WHITE HOUSE 1:04 p.m.

Channeling Reagan, Obama Offers Robust Defense of Foreign Policy

President Obama offered a robust defense of his foreign policy on Wednesday, using an address to the graduating class of the U.S. Air Force Academy to tout the accomplishments of his first term and pledge to use a second to build “another great American century.” 

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COMMENTARY 12:13 p.m.

NATO Decoded: Reading Between the Lines of the Chicago Summit Declarations

NATO members held a two-day summit ending on Monday in Chicago. The following is a concluding communique and what it really means.

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9:17 a.m.

King: ‘Potentially Dangerous Collaboration’ Between Administration, Hollywood on bin Laden Film

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said on Wednesday that a planned Hollywood feature film on the Osama bin Laden raid that relied on CIA and Defense Department help was a “potentially dangerous collaboration” that could reveal classified information to the filmmakers. He also said the matter “requires more investigation.”

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AGAINST THE GRAIN 9:30 p.m.

The Emerging Democratic Divide

Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s off-message criticism of the Obama campaign’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s background at Bain Capital gave the campaign an untimely, unwanted headache this week. But more significantly, it exposed a tension that’s developing between the Democratic Party’s centrist wing and its more-outspoken liberal base—one that threatens to fester more openly if President Obama fails to win a second term.

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5/22/2012

Public Wary of Sequestration, Not Clean Energy

A large majority of Americans support a pair of congressional efforts to create an economy based on cleaner-energy sources, according to the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll.

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NATIONAL SECURITY 9:18 p.m.

Report: Four Secret Service Agents Contesting Dismissals

Four Secret Service agents implicated in the agency's scandal in Colombia last month and subsequently dismissed from their positions are now fighting their dismissals on the basis that, they say, they broke no rules, the Washington Post reports.

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TECHNOLOGY 5:02 p.m.

Senate Cybersecurity Bills Snagged on 'Fundamental' Differences

The chances for bipartisan agreement on sweeping cybersecurity legislation appeared slim on Tuesday, as top Republicans in the Senate said that fundamental differences remain.

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TECHNOLOGY May 22, 2012

Senate Immigration Bill Creates Two New Visas To Encourage New Talent

A bipartisan Senate immigration bill introduced on Tuesday would create two new types of visas to attract and keep immigrants skilled in the fields where the United States is weakest: science, technology, engineering, and math. The bill is designed to follow on the success of the Jobs Act in helping start-ups get capital.

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NATIONAL SECURITY May 22, 2012

General’s Blog Entry Reignites Army Suicide Debate

Maj. Gen. Dana Pittard commands Fort Bliss, one the nation’s largest Army bases, so his blunt comments about suicide raised eyebrows throughout the military.

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Columns
Josh Kraushaar: Against the Grain

The Emerging Democratic Divide

9:30 p.m.
The brouhaha over a moderate New Jersey mayor’s comments has aggravated tensions that have been growing within the party’s coalition.
Charlie Cook: Charlie Cook's Off to the Races

If It Hits the Fan

May 21, 2012
Europe’s economy is in a tailspin and China’s is slowing. Our political system is a mess. Who are voters going to blame if it all goes bad? Not just Obama.
Gwen Ifill: Gwen's Take

History's Romance: Why Politics Past Beats Politics Present

May 21, 2012

Is it just my imagination, or have politics and politicians grown smaller?

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Expert Opinions
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Powering Our Military: What's the Role of Clean Energy?

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Latest Response by Keith Crane: DoD Renewable Fuels Investment Premature

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Powering Our Military: What's the Role of Clean Energy?

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