Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War
(AP)
 AP - Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over.
SC senator defends ouster of Honduran president
(AP)
AP - South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is defending the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and says the rule of law is working in Honduras.
Documents describe chaos of Gitmo's early months
(AP)
AP - Newly released Defense Department documents and memos about the first years of operation of the jail at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, portray a chaotic and sometimes violent operation that its own commanders described as dysfunctional.
Obama calls Dems to talk health care
(Politico)
Politico - The president tells top Democratshe'll put his political capital behind health care reform.
Capitol Hell: Worst states to govern
(Politico)
Politico - Serving aschief executive can be an unenviabletask-- especially in these five states.
US wants privacy in new cyber security system
(AP)
AP - The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections.
Analysis: US leverage small in Honduran coup
(AP)
 AP - The coup that deposed the president of Honduras exposed the small leverage that even millions of dollars in aid and longtime military cooperation will buy.
Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage
(AP)
 AP - Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
FBI notes: Saddam feared Iran more than US attack
(AP)
AP - The farm where Saddam Hussein hid from U.S. forces before he was captured in December 2003 was familiar ground for the Iraqi dictator: It was the same place, he told an FBI agent, where he sought refuge 44 years earlier after taking part in a failed attempt to kill Iraq's president.
GOP, White House at odds on Sotomayor documents
(AP)
AP - A top Republican pressed for more information Thursday about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's ties to a Puerto Rican civil rights group he said took extreme positions on race, as the White House argued that the material was irrelevant to the judge's nomination.
Police seeking record US aid to avoid layoffs
(AP)
 AP - The nation's police departments are clamoring for an unprecedented amount of federal aid to forestall big local tax hikes or the possible layoff of nearly 40,000 police officers enough to staff the entire New York City Police Department.
Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found
(AP)
 AP - British researchers have announced the discovery of a rare original copy of America's Declaration of Independence just in time for the Fourth of July.
Italy's train derailment death toll rises to 19
(AP)
 AP - Italian officials say the death toll from a train explosion in Tuscany has risen to 19, with 25 people injured.
Obama sure of rebound despite job loss figures
(AFP)
 AFP - President Barack Obama said he was confident the US economy would recover, despite new data showing unemployment at a 26-year-high of 9.5 percent, which dampened hopes of a quick rebound.
Did hacker threaten Sanford and lover over affair?
(McClatchy Newspapers)
 McClatchy Newspapers - RIO DE JANEIRO A television anchor who's the only journalist known to have spoken with South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's Argentine lover since news of their affair broke last week said the couple received an e-mail threat from the person who hacked into her Hotmail account.
Franken Likely To Take Senate Seat on Tuesday
(CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Senate Democratic leaders are inching closer to seating Democrat Al Franken as the junior senator from Minnesota and clinching control, at least on paper, of 60 votes.
Senate’s Warner Concerned Obama Agency May be ‘Gotcha’ Enforcer
(Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - July 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senator Mark Warner expressed
concern that President Barack Obama’s proposed Consumer
Financial Protection Agency, centerpiece of a rules overhaul,
is “divorced” from markets and would be a “gotcha”
enforcer.
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